Category: From the Editor

  • repo man at lincoln center

    In the NY TIMES week ahead section they highlighted the upcoming showing of REPO MAN at Lincoln Center saying, REPO MAN “could serve as a manifesto for much of American independent film over the succeeding 25 years.” I made a similar argument in an article on Nerve.com called PUNK PLANET. Read it. Some of my…

  • bigger buildings may not be better

    Now the economic downturn has reined in a lot of these big dreams and has also led to questions about whether ambitious building projects from Buffalo to Berkeley ever made sense to begin with. Some are arguing that arts administrators and their patrons succumbed to an irrational exuberance that rivaled the stock market’s in the…

  • Happy Sixth-A-Versary (and 5 Questions throwdown)

    Culturebot went live on December 1, 2003 so this is our SIXTH YEAR on the interwebs. If you would like to donate some money, now would be a great time to do it. I did my first FIVE QUESTIONS mini-interview on December 30, 2003, it was with Kyle Jarrow. I’ve been doing them semi regularly…

  • Art, Science and Climate Change

    I keep trying to write this story and I don’t know where to begin or how to proceed. Maybe, certainly, I should have taken better notes. But all the notes in the world would still have left me struggling for words to describe the past two days. What happened? I was fortunate enough to be…

  • i got my google wave

    hey all! so I got my google wave account. if you are on google wave, send me a note so i can practice using it! PS: I know I’m behind in posting stuff.  planning to catch up this week and over the holiday. have seen a bunch of stuff and have a bunch of “five…

  • no surprises

    last saturday i went to see Jack Ferver in the afternoon and LIZ ONE at Chocolate Factory in the evening. In between, after a chat over tea with friends, I made my way over LIC and spent a bit of time at Dominie’s Hoek. As it rained outside and proceeded to get darker I sat…

  • A Note From the Founder

    It has been a long time since I’ve actually written anything too terribly personal on Culturebot. Partially its because I’ve been striving to turn it into something more than just a blog and didn’t want to muddy the waters with too much personal, non arts-related content. Partially its because at one point I had three…

  • The Results Are In

    The results are in and even though its a small-ish sample, it seems like folks really like the interviews most. Thanks to all of you who voted! This will definitely help inform how we plan to grow Culturebot and which directions we’ll be exploring. If you have other ideas or thoughts, please feel free to…

  • the future of arts journalism

    apparently Culturebot is not the future of arts journalism.  at least not yet. oh but we shall see. you’re darned tootin’ mister.

  • What Is Your Favorite Culturebot Feature?

    As I get busier and busier I’m trying to figure out how to best use my Culturebot time to deliver the best experience for my readers. You can help by letting me know what you like best – what direction should I be taking the site? More op/ed type stuff? More reviews? More previews? interviews?…

  • Aliens, Art, Liminality and the Existence of the Soul

    In Sophie Barthes’ delightful new film COLD SOULS actor Paul Giamatti plays an actor named Paul Giamatti who is struggling with Uncle Vanya. Convinced that his soul is causing him physical discomfort and holding him back, on a whim and advice from his agent he gets his soul extracted. Hijinks ensue as Giamatti begins to…

  • Culturebot 101

    For those of you just coming to Culturebot and trying to get a sense of what we do around here, I’ll give you a quick primer. We approach arts, culture and ideas with a mix of previews, reviews & points of view, all kind of jumbled together in the interest of creating unexpected juxtapositions. That’s…