What would Jesus buy?

I just finished watching a documentary called What Would Jesus Buy? Produced by Morgan Spurlock (of Supersize Me and television’s 30 Days fame), the documentary follows an activist performance group on a cross-country (via biodiesel bus) odyssey on their quest to remind Americans the true meaning of Christmas. While Jesus features prominently in the title,…

Strange days

First stop: Crazy town — What is the deal with the New Yorker cover featuring the Obamas dressed as terrorists and burning a flag in the fireplace? Racist fear-mongering is never funny! The New Yorker can suck it. Not quit out of Crazy Town: Word of Nevada’s sorry excuse for a governor, or GW Jr.…

I am a sexy winner

A while back I posted a notice about the first annual, sex-positive journalism awards called The Sexies. Well, I’m shameless and nominated myself for my Las Vegas CityLife cover story Hot and Bothered. I won first-runner-up in the feature news category. So there you go. And just in case you think this is a chumpy award,…

I’m so sick of elitist, pop-culture fascists

I’ve been a subscriber to Entertainment Weekly off and on since college. But you know how I know I’m getting old? The magazine’s starting to really piss me off. It seems like every week there’s an article or a review that makes me think, “Who’s writing this? 20-year-olds? They don’t know what they’re talking about!”…