Mickey Avalon, born to a non-practicing Jewish family, from Southern California. He is known for his contribution to the American rap genre of music. From his early teens, Avalon worked alongside his mother dealing marijuana and followed in his father’s footsteps as a heroin addict. He prostituted himself to support
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In 1998, a new segment aired on a Japanese television show. Called “Sweepstakes Life,” it featured a comedian who had just been chosen out of a casting call for a new reality tv show. Immediately he is blindfolded by producers and taken to an apartment. The room is bare except
Now through April 10, 2016, the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park is featuring a solo art exhibition by local artist, Neil Shigley. Shigley’s series, “Invisible People, Invisible Structures” features portraits of San Diego homeless and their living conditions. Shigley, by presenting both portraits and architectural representations together, provides
Graffiti is defined as writing or drawings that have been scribbled, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public area. Graffiti is considered a form of vandalism leading to criminal behavior. One such group utilized graffiti in Australia, is “BUGAUP.” BUGAUP began in response to tobacco
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed with fashion, it’s the use of women as objects, more so the innuendos if not flat out portrayals of domestic abuse. This can be especially seen in high fashion labels, such as Dolce and Gabana and Jimmy Choo. In the featured photograph of one
While thinking about art and crime, and vice versa, I was reminded of the film called “Apocalypto,” a film about the Mayans and the fact that one of their most well known traditions is that of human sacrifice. It brought to mind a similar culture that hit close to home,
In the 1991 film, “Silence of the Lambs,” Hannibal Lecter was once a psychiatrist turned murderer. In the scene depicted above, Hannibal poses Officer Boyle’s body as if he is being crucified during his escape of the county prison. Some articles (http://visupview.blogspot.com/2011/05/silence-of-magicians-part-ii.html) speculate that this scene was intended for the
When I think about art I think of it as an expression of ones ideals, beliefs or viewpoints. By this definition one can consider protesting as a form of art because it is taking action to support a certain belief. Peaceful protesting has continuously been utilized throughout our history to
An apology was issued recently pertaining to the movie ‘Gods of Egypt’. The movie is about a battle between the ancient gods of Egypt and the mortals who live there. But what has created such a huge controversy within the movie was not the story line itself, but rather, the
Junk drawers. We all have them. A junk drawer is a place where you keep everything that you don’t want and will never use, but that you can’t throw away on the off chance you might actually use it someday. Sometimes its where you throw random little knick-knacks picked up