Author: Ivan Bellman
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DING DONG THE HITCH IS DEAD: Christopher Hitchens, Garland Wright, Reza Abdoh & Meditations on Genius Cut Short
Renegade arts writer Ivan Bellman contributes this latest thought piece, meditating on Genius Cut Short as embodied by Christopher Hitchens, Garland Wright and Reza Abdoh.
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Ian Belton’s Emails from Ground Zero, 10 years later
Back a few years ago Ian Belton wrote a Hunter S. Thompson-y series of rambles for Culturebot under the name Ivan Bellman. He occasionally pops by to chime in – here are his 9/11-related memories.
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Red Carpet Muncher 2: Ivan as Cartman, your mom as Kyle & the elusive Mr. Pussy
To those readers flipping the stations of their microaerophile attention spans, X-TINA, a short film directed by yours temporarily, was in the marginalia (literally the basement) at Cannes Film Fest but there nonetheless. This event, held annually for two weeks in May, is over ergo rendering this screed not so much a blog entry but…
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Red Carpet Muncher 1: Ivan Bellman on a taut leash at Cannes Film Festival
Ivan Bellman on a taut leash at Cannes Film Festival
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Paola's Gig on Wednesday, May 26
My homegirl Paola Prestini from VIA and the Yard has a gig with three other composers this Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 8:00 PM at The Greene Space 44 Charlton […]
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Cynthia Hopkins: Essential Viewing
AKA that spacesuit show Tarbot’s been working on You will dig this show I just saw if you, like me, have cremative diffuifulties, like with writing n’ schtuff… Or like […]
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Chris’ Nona’s DVD Realease Party! (Today/Sat/4/10/2008)
Sorry for the brief absence but I have been on the run from the Credit Card Police. Just got a reprieve in the form of a .99% APR balance transfer. […]
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CHAUTAUQUA! & PS 122’s Sword of Damocles (Mark Russell is not a Dick)
To say that CHAUTAUQUA! Is thought-provoking is to say that Lauren Caitlin Upton is stupid. (I heard that she is doing porn now which I find heartwarming in an odd […]
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TINA FEY CAMEL TOE: Reflections on the movie MEMORIAL DAY & other slightly belated detritus from Ivan Bellman’s toilet head.
Reflections on the movie MEMORIAL DAY & other slightly belated detritus from Ivan Bellman’s toilet head.
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The Closing of the Irish-American Mind (& the latest McDonagh play on Bway)
THE PATRIOT GAME Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing, For the love of one’s country is a terrible thing. It banishes fear with the speed of […]
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The Closing of the Irish-American Mind (& the latest McDonagh play on Bway)*
THE PATRIOT GAME Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing, For the love of one’s country is a terrible thing. It banishes fear with the speed of […]
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Zezu, que ce n’est pas vrai! (Your Mom, Ivan Bellman & the World Cup)
My Spanish language skills are about as good as my knowledge of professional sports. I know about five phrases in the worlds second most popular language, three of which involve […]