The Chinese Massacre in Los Angeles was one of the worst atrocities to happen in the city. In the end, as a result of an accidental shooting, five hundred local white men killed 19 Chinese men and boys. Only a plaque currently memorializes the terrible…
I’ll Never Have Dinner with the President
This month marks the 29th anniversary of Ice Cube’s second solo album, Death Certificate. While his first solo album, Amerikkka’s Most Wanted, was produced by Public Enemy’s The Bomb Squad, this one featured a more West-Coast-style production by longti…
“Barista” is a fascist neologism
The History Guy presents a Brief History of Coffee On the popular YouTube channel The History Guy Lance Geiger explores “short snippets of forgotten history” ranging from the Los Angeles Chinese Massacre of 1871 to the history of housecats. He’s also …
I’ll paint you mornings of gold, I’ll spin you Valentine evenings
The Labyrinth (of Jareth) Masquerade Ball is an annual dance and narrative theatrical event, based in Los Angeles and inspired by the As The World Falls Down sequence from Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (Fanfare). Photo galleries of attendees’ elaborate costum…
College Radio for Your Eyes
Why is Phyllis so excited? Perhaps because it’s time for another broadcast from The Museum of Home Video, a found-footage channel dedicated to unearthing the strangest possible video ephemera for its audience of “stoners, seekers, archivists and drinke…
Making Photography in a Surveillance State
Last summer’s uprisings were likely the most photographed in history , with not only mainstream press in attendance, but near-every attendee equipped with their own networked camera, live-streaming and hashtagging the protests, creating layers upon lay…