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Latest Additions to the Blog
AI, the end of Illustration art
I recently came across an illustration of Elon Musk published on a popular news and commentary website. The credit for the likeness read “Image generated
Frida Kahlo and The Dream
The culture vultures have descended. On Nov. 20, 2025 Sotheby’s New York auctioned a 1949 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo. It is titled El sueño (La
Luigi’s Circle Jerk Army
On April 13, 2025, the antediluvian punk rock band from Los Angeles, the Circle Jerks, performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Singer
Three Random Blog Posts
O Tannenbaum! O Tannenbaum!
The yuletide carol, O Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas tree) was written in 1820 and based on a German folk melody. German anti-Fascist artist John Heartfield
Santa Monica Review
The Santa Monica Review is one of the premier literary arts journals in the United States. Published twice a year since 1988 by Santa Monica
Shipping Out with Thomas Kinkade
In 2004, Thomas Kinkade published reproductions of his painting, Heading Home, a schmaltzy and manipulative piece of classic war propaganda. But the title of Kinkade’s