Steven Otero
Steve’s Weekly Dish 345.0.
May 23rd, 2013
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Timothy Leary’s Trip Thru Time” - an interview with RU Sirius, biographer of the psychedelic guru
RU Sirius - acclaimed journalist of alternative culture - is a deep admirer of Timothy Leary, the multi-faceted catalyst of the 1960’s revolution
How We Imagined the Internet Before the Internet Even Existed
In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. Sounds obvious today. But in 1968, a full year before ARPANET made its first connection? It was downright clairvoyant.
Into the Water Tower, With Flair
Urban exploration is usually considered the realm of thrill-seeking bridge climbers and sewer-spelunkers, but there is a small contingent who use abandoned, hidden, or otherwise odd spaces as a creative medium
Strange Is Normal: The Amazing Life of Colin Wilson - FREE MOVIE
Many have said that this incredibly prolific author who shot to overnight fame with his book, The Outsider, is the last of the greats. In this unique and exclusive film we go inside the home and mind of Colin Wilson to discover what makes him tick and get the insider story on time spent amongst the rich and famous
THE MAN WHO (ALMOST) FOOLED EVERYONE
During the 20th century, one man, a charming Hungarian aristocrat named Elmyr de Hory, threatened to take down the entire art world with his flawless forgeries. From Van Gogh to Matisse and everyone in between, de Hory was a master drawer and forger who fooled the most savvy of art critics, collectors, and museums with his immaculate fakes. TREATS! delves into the mercurial man who went by dozens of nom de plumes and finds, in a delicious twist of fate, that the master copier is now considered a “master artist” by the very community he bilked for so many years
Steve’s Weekly Dish 344.0.
May 16th, 2013
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A Place to Hang Out (Read, Too)
It is definitely not your mother’s Donnell
Slums as Tourist Destinations: Inside a Rio Favela
As Rio tries to pacify violence in its infamous shantytowns ahead of the Olympics, a new industry has cropped up: Favela Tourism. As part of “The Real Brazil” special series, Bloomberg’s Trish Regan takes you inside Rocinha, Brazil’s largest favela to get a behind-the-scenes look at the business of slum tours
Autism is not a disability but an alternate way of perceiving the world and the self. It is part of a human response to the unnatural limitations of consensus reality
John Gilbert, the silent era’s talk of the town
The charismatic leading man and romantic partner to Garbo and Dietrich never made a successful transition to sound films, but his troubles ran deeper than his voice.
How I Met Your Mother’: How Cristin Milioti got the mother of all roles — EXCLUSIVE
So, who is the girl with the yellow umbrella?
Steve’s Weekly Dish 343.0.
May 9th, 2013
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In her new memoir, Country Girl, Edna O’Brien recalls when writers were drunk, brawling, and fabulous
Burroughs, Bogey and Bourdain: A portrait of Tangier
Tony explores the “Interzone” where artists like Burroughs & Bowles sought escape from Western moral prohibitions.Does that “anything goes” attitude still exist?
Take it easy, be happy alone.
The Remains of a Paris ‘Kowloon’ Walled City
I certainly wouldn’t mind a walk across those creamy grey rooftops with a Paris sunset in the backdrop.
Soon, another glass tower will rise here, a clone to match the one that rose right across the avenue on the grave of McHale’s.So many glass towers with nothing much to say for themselves.
Steve’s Weekly Dish 342.0.
May 2nd, 2013
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The Man who Lives in a Paris Bridge
James built his makeshift Parisian apartment/ den with his friend Marco over the years. The 50 square metre space probably served as a storage place for road maintenance, but James is living in what is being referred to as a ‘tolerated squat’
WHY YOUNG AMERICANS SHOULD WORK OVERSEAS
If you are college educated and under 30, there’s a significant chance that you would be better off working in a country outside of the United States
The rise of the graduate entrepreneur
Britain’s booming tech industry is gasping for new talent and fresh ideas. Duncan Hopwood examines the options open to bright graduates
Ravishing Ishtar: Reclaiming Masculine & Feminine Fierceness. ~ Rebecka Eggers
The rush to the light hasn’t solved anything. It has only caused the mass rejection of fierceness and the characterization of all aggression as a sin worthy of excommunication from the progressive community. All this emphasis on the light to the exclusion of anything resembling darkness has only sent aggression and fierceness underground rather than giving it its rightful expression in the warrior archetype. We have tried to exorcise the warrior. It is now expressing as the opposite pole to the passivity that runs rampant in the New Age community.
The future isn’t what it used to be
The world of tomorrow: Trains zooming from coast to coast via vacuum tubes . . . gleaming cities in the sky . . . and, of course, flying cars. That was what the future was supposed to hold for us
Steve’s Weekly Dish 341.0
April 25th, 2013
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Imagination: What You Need To Thrive In The Future Economy
The central question of the Imagination Age is: What does it mean to be human? This question is not easy to answer, but if we’re going to guide our own evolution and preserve some aspect of our humanity in the machines we will
create, we have to try. Currently, we view technology as separate from us. Soon enough we will be integrated in ways we can barely imagine now.
What’s it like to live on a private street in Toronto?
Percy Street isn’t like your street. When you walk down the street it’s like you’re living in another land.
Privatization of our natural resources is leading to the inevitable extinction of our species, and possibly all life on earth
20 Tiny Homes From Around The World
Researching tiny homes has yielded interesting information on folks from around the world who live in small spaces
This short film imagines life in the future without independent shops and tells the story of a young schoolboy who stumbles upon the last remaining bookshop.
Steve’s Weekly Dish 340.0.
April 18th, 2013
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To fans of the cult series Dark Shadows, Jerry Lacy will always be synonymous with one name – Trask.
Reverend Trask is called at last to a richly deserved Reward!
At long last Trask gets his just deserts from Barnabas Collins
New Publisher Authors Trust: Themselves
This year, when Mr. Mamet set out to publish his next one, a novella and two short stories about war, he decided to take a very different path: he will self-publish
THE QUESTION OF SOCIALISM (AND BEYOND!) IS ABOUT TO OPEN UP IN THESE UNITED STATES
With Americans’ interest in socialism rising, we need to seriously consider alternative designs to the current system,
argues Alperovitz, in this practical critique of some known models.
Conservative Radio Host Tells Newtown Families To ‘Go To Hell’
Just when you think the pro gun rhetoric cannot get anymore vile and disgustin
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Steve’s Weekly Dish 339.0
April 11th, 2013
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Tennessee: Ayn Rand’s vision of paradise
The southern state ranks dead last in per capita tax revenue, and its low-income families are paying the price
A Real life “HBO Girls” Living Experience for $1500 p/m in Brooklyn
Craigslist Ad for a roommate promising a real-life HBO’s Girls living experience.
New! Interviews with Autistics for International Autism Acceptance Decade
New Series- Interviews with Autistics
Sex gypsies only want you for your sheets
The rise of men who sleep with you — then squat at your apartment
Dr. Seuss, the Mad Hatter: A Peek Inside His Secret Closet
Dr. Seuss had a unique remedy for writer’s block.when he get stuck he would open a secret door to a closet filled with hundreds of hats.Then pick a hat sit on the floor &wait until the right words came to him.
Steve’s Weekly Dish 338.0.
April 4th, 2013
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JOHN GRAY SAYS HUMAN PROGRESS IS A MYTH
Haven’t we humans come such a long way? Noted political philosopher, author John Gray’s latest book is about how all of that is bullshit.
Haunting Blend of Major Historical Events with the Present
It’s easy to forget that, where we now stand, many have stood before us. This project, entitled Know Where You Stand, was created as a reminder of major historical events, including the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the invasion of Normandy in 1944, and the Hindenburg disaster in 1937.
Jess Franco, who died, the 2nd April 2013, aged 83, was a filmmaker in much the same vein as de Sade was a writer, a man so obsessed with film that he would secretly film a secondary feature while shooting a commissioned work, a man who in his later years would shoot almost nonsensical ‘films’ in his front room, seemingly happy so long as he had a camera in his hand and could see a woman through the lens
Love doesn’t exist! Gosh! That’s quite a statement, isn’t it? And probably even more baffling coming from a Frenchman, since France is so often said to be “the country of love.”
2 Thumbs Up To The Amazing Man Who Wrote These Words Before He Passed On
RIP Roger Ebert. Your life advice is spot-on. Two thumbs way up
Steve’s Weekly Dish 337.0
March 28th, 2013
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François Roland author of “Being French! A Frenchman’s Guide to a More Sensual Life” unique take on Sex Addiction.
There are now more than 175,000 members of curling clans in America. Teams compete in winter tournaments called “‘bonspiels.”
VINCENT PRICE TALKS ART AND ACTING: A SCINTILLATING INTERVIEW FROM 1974
A fascinating, and thoroughly enjoyable interview, in which Vincent Price relishes discussing those things closest to his heart—Art and Acting
Anthony Bourdain: “Parts Unknown” Launches Sunday, April 14 on CNN
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, hosted by the world-renowned chef, bestselling author and Emmy winning television personality, premieres on Sunday, April 14, at 9pm, ET.
Italian tradition of ‘suspended coffee’ takes hold elsewhere in tough economic times
The tradition — born in the cafes of Italy’s southern city of Naples — sees people pay in advance for one or several coffees without drinking them.A customer-in-need can then later ask if there is a “suspended coffee” available and have a hot drink without having to pay for it
Steve’s Weekly Dish 336.0
March 21st, 2013
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Being single by choice is liberating, says Hannah Betts
Despite the rise and rise of the single household, our society still struggles to accept someone on their own especially if that someone is a woman.
Friend Zone Goes in the OED, and Women Give Up Trying to Let You Down Easy
All this demonstrates what Jane Austen was trying to tell us 200 years ago: Sometimes it doesn’t pay to let a guy down easy.
When Women Wanted Sex Much More Than Men
And yet for most of Western history, from ancient Greece to beginning of the nineteenth century, women were assumed to be the sex-crazed porn fiends of their day.
Richard Florida Concedes the Limits of the Creative Class
The so-called creative class of intellects and artists was supposed to remake America’s cities and revive urban wastelands. Now the evidence is in—and the experiment appears to have failed, writes Joel Kotkin.
DEEP THROAT’ XXX PORN ACTOR HARRY REEMS HAS DIED
70s porn actor and successful real estate broker Harry Reems (real name Herbert Streicher) passed away yesterday afternoon, March 19, at the Salt Lake City V.A. Hospital. He was 65.