Monthly Archives: July 2009
Fear & Self-Loathing In America’s Rust Belt
A new series of personal essays about job loss, mental health, and the undying pursuit of art.
When we drove out of the mountains that morning it was hot, the sun climbing higher in the sky, heating up the plants and the air around us and the metal of our car as it barreled down a neck of Lincoln…
The Steve-O Files: Celebrity narcissism is seducing America
After a suicidal freefall that landed him in the Cedars-Sinai psych ward last year (following an eight-person intervention that included Johnny Knoxville), post-millennial stuntman Steve-O is attempting to put his life back together. I only learned of Steve-O‚Äôs addiction-fueled meltdown after flipping through the current issue of Spin magazine and stumbling across this article ‚Äî ‚ÄúThe Last Temptation of Steve-O‚Äù…
The Arnsberg Miracle Tree
In 2001, Dutch performance artist Iepe B. T. Rubingh ‚Äî better known as IEPE ‚Äî erected an elaborate installation titled ‚ÄúThe Berlin Miracle‚Äù in the German city‚Äôs Hackescher Market. The installation centered around a tree rooted in the center of the busy market, one that residents and commuters passed each day. But out of nowhere, the tree began to…
