Author: Christopher Ian
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Christopher Ulrich
12-21-12 has passed and as so many mystics foresaw the planet still exists. The end of the world was a media driven monster. It never was the end of the world, but it was an end of one era and the beginning of a new one. We have entered an era of responsibility. To quote…
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Lord of Garbage
To quote Kim Fowley in the dressing room of The Palms West Hollywood during the transgender club night Viva’s Illusions, “I’m the real motherfucker.” Kim Fowley is larger than life and through all the plastic, illusion, glam, and false pretenses that have soared through the decades of Los Angeles Kim Fowley has stood the test…
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The Demonic Principle
One of the great misfortunes of modern religious philosophy is the demonizing of demons. To demonize is to essentially categorize something as being contrary to nature’s order. A modern definition of a demon is a thing that exists outside of the law, whether it is the order of nature or the order of God. Therefore,…
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Amato Couture
The universal principle that light prevails darkness is eminent in the fashion designs of Furne One, creator of Amato Couture. A spectrum of pastels and luminous colors shine across the couture lines, ranging in concepts inspired by femininity and spiritual emancipation. Amato Couture’s designs are ghostly, angelic, ostentatious, disconnected from any commercial trends and therefore…
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Suicide Room
Sala Samobójców, or Suicide Room, is a 2011 tragic film by director Jan Komasa. The film covers several worldwide social issues including homosexuality, bullying, depression, self-injury, and suicide. These are extremely sensitive issues, and each difficult to portray in a way that can show the reality without being completely exploitive and losing a deeper philosophical…
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Armen Ra
The veil is soon to be lifted with the upcoming documentary film, When My Sorrow Died: The Legend of Armen Ra & the Theremin. Master thereminist Armen Ra is very much the instrument he plays. Despite being a world renowned musician, a famed socialite in the New York club kid scene and currently a socialite…
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Tableau Vivant of Steven Arnold
The art of photography is to suspend a moment in time with a perspective that will serve as a surrogate universe in which time lives through still imagery. This concept is exaggerated in the art form tableau vivant “living picture”, in which a landscape setting and costumed actors are staged to represent the illusion of…
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Lethal Amounts Grand Opening
Last night was the grand opening of Lethal Amounts, an art gallery and production space for clothing and accessories near downtown Los Angeles. Their space is far from polished and set in a gritty neighborhood, both which compliment their DIY philosophy, or to quote their website, “An exercise in poor taste and an assault on the…
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The Art of Bleeding
Los Angeles based vaudeville troupe the Art Of Bleeding is a mix of multi-media live performance and safety education. Education is somewhat misleading as the concept is a satire of medical safety education, however, the facts aren’t misleading or fabricated. True medical accounts and health information are used during the course of the performance, but…
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Triviál
New York based designer Neon Music, also vocalist for the band Youthquake and bassist/songwriter for Sphinx, is creator of the haute macabre millenary house, Triviál. This is decadence at its finest and fashion at its highest. Triviál collections include headwear from hats to headbands, veils to lace crowns, each handmade in Neon’s New York studio. His…