It's been a long hot summer, though better than a long cold winter. Issue 3 bring us into the studio of world renown KCRW in Los Angeles, where we spoke with Nic Harcourt about his life in America, baggage brought, and baggage left behind. Speaking of baggage, we also... Read On
"What is the American Dream?" Nic repeats before spinning in his chair towards the hanging microphone, "Morning becomes eclectic, KCRW." He spins back towards me.
"To own your own home?" His eyes behind awkward gold frames look up to the ceiling. "It's not an accident that millions of people are trying to get in here illegally every year. It's a place where people judge you on what you do, not where you come from."
For Sale: Someone's TreasureThe Unclaimed Baggage CenterNever mind the designer clothing outlets of New England, NY, or outside Los Angeles. For some true American credibility, Oprah Winfrey called it, "one of the... |
 Keys to the PartyThe Conch RepublicKey West is known around the world for a few things: being a gay Mecca, Mardi Gras beads, painted naked bodies parading around during Fantasy Fest, the Southernmost point in the continental U.S., and its... |
Berlin CallingIn 2003 mayor Klaus Wowereit dubbed Berlin "poor, but sexy" in an attempt to sell British businessmen on the leaps and bounds the city has taken in cultural production.Artists, designers, and hangers-on are drawn to the city by cheap rent, |
Luis Pérez-OramasFighting Modernity’s MythsRunning alongside the Hudson River, during Manhattan’s hot summer weekends, Venezuelan Luis Pérez-Oramas, curator of Latin American Art for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), longs for the valley of Caracas. |
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“I wanna move to New York, I wanna move to New York, I wanna move to New York.”
That was the leitmotiv since I was sixteen. My sweet sixteen, age of limitless dreams and wide expectations. And I did it. I went through all sort of paper-based wars and CV mailed back to finally find myself totally displaced
