Art Attack – Welcome to Howard Johnson’s John Rankine 7/25/2013 There’s a reason it’s been 15 years since I last painted the interior of my home. It was stressful, chaotic, neck straining and consumed way more time and energy than I thought. It started with the bathroom. Family was arriving for a week and I […]
7/18/2013
Art Attack – Food, wine, art, politics and spandex John Rankine 7/18/2013 The APSC and Judge Griffin received a loud and clear message not to mess with the Ozarks during two days of passionate, eloquent, intelligent testimony from members of our community. Whether they heed our message, is, of course, another story. In this fractious […]
7/11/2013
Art Attack – Art that makes a statement. John Rankine 7/11/2013 I’m drawn to art that makes a statement, be it social or political. I also tend to make art inspired by my activist passions. My first encounter with Mr. SWATHCO, Jim Wallace’s literally cutting edge sculpture, was at the Bank On Art exhibit last […]
7/3/2013
Art Attack – Sticks and stones John Rankine 7/3/2013 Jimmy Hendrix was a N-word. Jesus Christ and grandma, too. Jackson Pollock was a N–word N- Word, N–word, N– word, N–word, N-word, N-word. PATTI SMITH’S UPDATED 1978 SONG “ROCK N ROLL N–WORD” “Nigger.” It’s a hateful, offensive, oppressive word still used by racists, who for whatever […]
6/27/2013
Art Attack – Buckeye’s luck runs out John Rankine 6/27/2013 A telltale sign you are a card-carrying tree hugger is if you have a favorite tree or trees you can identify in town. (If you have pet names for them, then you might want to seek help.) My all-time, nameless fave has to be the […]
6/20/2013
Art Attack – A tree hugger and proud of it John Rankine 6/20/2013 It was 1973. I was a curious teenager and, with my best friend, imparted on a journey that was life altering. We started by sharing a peyote button, washed down with psilocybin mushroom tea. We spent the entire day tripping in Toronto’s […]
6/13/2013
Art Attack – Perpetuating the myth John Rankine 6/13/2013 I’m the worst kind of smoker – an ex-smoker. One who reacts horribly to secondhand smoke and who hard bites his tongue when seeing good friends and especially young kids puffing away. I’m an avid music fan, but subscribe to Rolling Stone not so much for […]
6/6/2013
Go East Young Dog John Rankine 6/6/2013 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. GANDHI If Gandhi were correct, we in Carroll County can certainly claim the moral high-ground when it comes to the treatment of our animals. Go East, Young Dog finds […]
5/30/2013
Art Attack – The interactive May Fest John Rankine 5/30/2013 Another May Festival of the Arts has come to an end and in many ways it was one of the best in years, thanks to the numerous interactive art events produced around town. The Creative Energy Project’s MUGS and SPHERE events, along with Ranaga Farbiarz’s […]
5/23/2013
Art Attack – Gina’s the bomb John Rankine 5/23/2013 Mother Nature always has a way of putting life back in perspective. Everything seems trivial after something like Oklahoma hits. It’s hard to write or even think about anything other than the deadly devastation and loss of innocent lives. It’s enough to make you want to […]
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