I’ll admit it. On a recent evening I watched episodes of “America’s Next Top Model” and “Britney and Kevin Chaotic,” a new reality show that marks Britney’s latest attempt to burrow in America’s collective consciousness. Britney and Kevin are the next Nick and Jessica, who I guess were the next Sonny or Cher or […]

Fans of the Burlington-born jam band Phish, announced this week that they have formed a political action committee, “Close Bases Now,” which will lobby the Pentagon to close as many bases as is “humanly possible” in the upcoming round of base closures.
“We feel the closing of bases would advance the Phish agenda two-fold,” David Clobber, […]

Notes on the disposable society

I might sound like an ornery old man, sipping sweat tea on a rocking chair, on porch in front of an Iowa farmhouse, but I getting tired of the disposable nature of things. I like my things - my pants, my books, my barbells. I don’t like buying new stuff. I […]

I recently rented “The Woodsman” starring Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick. It is a compelling story of a child molestor who is really good with his hands. Arthur, (Bacon) has just been released from a 12 year prison sentence for touching some young girls. In order to help Arthur the system places […]

I returned from Omaha a week ago today. The shoot went well despite the chill, unforgiving, tornado like winds that taunted our tan California hides. My first night in Omaha was spent in a kindergarten like production meeting in the conference room of the Cornhusker Travelodge. After a gracious speech from the director […]

A short note to readers: I’m not sure about the direction of Steampipe. Lately I’m having a hard time thinking ironically about the Bush administration. I’m not sure if I’ve lost my sense of humor about it all or if it just seems more tragic these days, not to sound melodramatic but I’ve gone […]

My first night in New Orleans I had dinner at 2 a.m. at the St. Charles Tavern, a block away from where I was staying. I was crashing with three girls I didn’t know and who I probably wouldn’t get along with in any lifetime, unless maybe I was reincarnated as a Sgt. […]