Archive for September, 2011 (8 posts)

  1. The High Bar w/Warren: Trimpin (Music appreciation)

    What’s music to my ears, may be noise to yours. The space between cacophony and symphony is the field in which MacArthur genius grant recipient, Trimpin, has been frolicking for [...]

  2. Hug it out… with yourself

    Hold on, there really is no use in beating yourself up? Not according to the erudite and effervescent Kristin Neff, PhD who chronicles the reverse psychology in her best-selling book, [...]

  3. Cowboys 2011: Of Mice and ‘Boys

    Tell me about the rabbits, George? It’s a bittersweet story that Lennie requests repeatedly in Of Mice and Men. At its core, it’s a soothing, happy-making tale but also one [...]

  4. Amuse Booze: Susie Bright

    Sex is a lot like riding a bicycle: It can be fun, it can be a workout and, if you don’t do it right, it can even hurt. But remember, [...]

  5. The High Bar w/Warren: Miranda July (Connectivity)

    Just because we are all caught in the world wide web, doesn’t mean we’re all connected. For actress-filmmaker Miranda July, THE FUTURE (thefuturethefuture.com/​) is now, both in regards to the [...]

  6. Next up at The High Bar…

    Mike Daisey has a bone to pick with Steve Jobs.  Doesn’t matter that, recently, the latter resigned his role at Apple.  Mike still believes there are serious ethical, if not [...]

  7. All the news that’s fit to scroll

    Marshall McLuhan famously instructed: “The medium is the message.” However, if you read Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man on-line, you might have already forgotten the phrase and its implications. [...]

  8. It’s not as simple as, uh, B.C.

    When I moved to Seattle 14 or 15 years ago, I heard talk of a local film community but could never find it. Then, in the past few years, one [...]