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.
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.
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 more like a redactive memoir or advice column from the rotting corpses of my former selves. It is, as I am, not bad (meaning: talent-free) as much as naughty.
Ivan Bellman on a taut leash at Cannes Film Festival
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 Street (corner of Varick) 1 train to Houston, C/E to Spring If you can’t get
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 you can’t like articulate yourself good enough to get a job… Or you can’t break
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. Woo-hooo! I’m going to celebrate by attending the Depression Cooking DVD release party at the
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 Americun-type-o’way.) No seriously, folks… This show is dope! I took my Dad (yes the Vanilla
Reflections on the movie MEMORIAL DAY & other slightly belated detritus from Ivan Bellman’s toilet head.
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 a flame, And it makes us all part of the patriot game. – Dominic Behan
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 a flame, And it makes us all part of the patriot game. – Dominic Behan
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 taco . . . the other two involve your mother. However, this puts me squarely