Culture Vulture: Kurt Vonnegut

I remember exactly where I was when I learned of the passing of Kurt Vonnegut — I was in Wisconsin staying on a friend’s couch into the second month of my travels around the states. I wrote a poem in honour of him and i read it at the Harmony Cafe as part of [...]

Culture Vulture: Takeshi Kitano

My first introduction to Takeshi Kitano was through Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence where he plays the Japanese guard that everyone could like. At the time I didn’t know his name and have to admit that I was watching the film for a certain Mr David Bowie. Still his acting left a definite impression and when [...]

Culture Vulture: Duckman

Buried in the schedule somewhere on BBC 2, I don’t know anyone who remembers this weird little piece of animation. I seem to remember seeing two series (I should wiki that maybe). Anyway — it was one of those cartoons that loosely used the sit-com as a platform from which to launch increasingly bizarre adventures [...]

Culture Vulture: Aeon Flux, The Cartoon

When it came out there was nothing out there quite like it — it was edgy, humourous, sexy and intelligent; it was a prime example of MTV hitting the nail squarely on the head. It meshed Western ideas of sci-fi with the anime aesthetic in a way no one had seen. The cartoon still seems [...]