Oldies but Goodies

February 12th, 2015 is going to be remembered as a tragic day for the megalopolis of Los Angeles and will be felt throughout the Southwest. Yesterday…

The L.A. Art Show: Metropolis Rising

Now in its 20th year, the Los Angeles Art Show concluded this past weekend. However, it has only been in the past few years that its international recognition…

Unlocking the Pandora Box

When you read the first page of Penny Dora and the Wishing Box by Image Comics, you’re at once introduced to concepts of land use and…

Appreciating the Part Time Punks Radio Show

At approximately 3:00pm every Thursday, if you’re dialed in to 88.9 KXLU radio station straight out of the Loyola Marymount College campus, you will hear The…

God Help the Girl

For the past year or so, I had been listening to songs from God Help the Girl, in anticipation for the new film written and directed…

Looking Backward; Looking Forward: The Art of Jason Hernandez

Often when we do art, we tap into a historical narrative that influences our current perspective. This could be done in several ways such as examining…

War on the Cholo Colony

I’ve read different variations of the origin of the word “cholo”. I read somewhere that it was an ancient pre-Columbian word, the equivalent to a mixed-bred…

Devils’ Town Art Exhibition Opening This Weekend

Los Angeles is a fragmented metropolis. Since the war of conquest when California was annexed into the United States and the village or pueblo of Los…

Gothic Summer

Photo Courtesy of: JWNY 2014 If you grew up in Southern California during the 80’s and 90’s, and were exposed to street gangs and violence anywhere…

Dealing with Depression

There are different forms of depression. Some are internal, such as: loneliness, anxiety or low self-esteem, while some may be external like: rejection, abandonment, or lack…