Fiction, Nonfiction, and Art
Halloween marks the anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini. Each year, spiritualists attempt to make contact with the dead escape artist, an annual tradition I’ve written about in both …
Harry Houdini and Halloween Read More
The below piece originally on June 13, 2016. Also, I previously interviewed Cherokee Rose, producer of Naked Girls Reading Washington, D.C. Naked Girls Reading: Because Books are Better Bare While …
Happy International Read Naked Day! Read More
This story originally on April 7, 2017. The retrospective exhibition of Yayoi Kusama’s artwork currently on display at Washington, D.C.’s showcases a 6-decade career hallmarked by obsessive, mind-bending repetitions of patterns and …
The Polka Dot Princess’s Fear of the Phallus Read More
This story originally appeared in Dirge Magazine on Jan. 26, 2017. Barbie body harvesters are turning your favorite childhood toys into unnerving and unforgettable works of art. Dolls placed into scenes of …
Doll Part Art: Visual Feasts Made of Plastic Bodies Read More
This story originally appeared in Dirge Magazine on Dec. 28, 2016. Since it’s publication, Dirge went to black and white photos. I’m reprinting the piece here in color with permission. …
Arts Armament: How the CIA Secretly Shaped The Arts in America Read More
This story originally appeared in Dirge Magazine on Dec. 28, 2016. Since it’s publication, Dirge went to black and white photos. I’m reprinting the piece here in color with permission. …
Bringing the Surreal into Focus: Fred Scruton’s Art Environment Photography Read More
Recently, while trying to wrap my head around the pop-surrealist art movement, I stumbled across a video showing a painting of a creepy, big-eyed Katy Perry likeness reclined amongst flowers …
Stars Like Katy Perry and Weird Al Collaborate with Pop-Surrealist Mark Ryden Read More
The retrospective exhibition of Yayoi Kusama’s artwork currently on display at Washington, D.C.’s Hirshhorn Museum showcases a 6-decade career hallmarked by obsessive, mind-bending repetitions of patterns and immersive viewer experiences. …
The Polka Dot Princess’s Fear of the Phallus Read More
Barbie body harvesters are turning your favorite childhood toys into unnerving and unforgettable works of art. Dolls placed into scenes of sin and sexuality create disarming juxtapositions. Detached, neatly contoured …
Doll Part Art: Visual Feasts Made of Plastic Bodies Read More
In this season of music sweet enough to rot your teeth, here’s a medley of truly bizarre holiday songs wholly inappropriate for your family gatherings and office parties. Ramones – “Merry …
10 Holiday Songs You’ll Never Hear at the Mall Read More