Preview: Jon Aes-Nihil Photos at Rat Factory

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Preview: Jon Aes-Nihil Photos at Rat Factory

Jon Aes-Nihil has spent many years as a kind of enigma of the local underground. He has sometimes been referred to as “The LA Warhol,” but rather than being based on any substantive connection between the two, that title is mostly due to the fact that Aes-Nihil has white hair and surrounds himself with a…

CARTWHEEL BLOG: “Twilight” Star Noot Seear, Brian Butler Perform Aleister Crowley Ritual

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CARTWHEEL BLOG: “Twilight” Star Noot Seear, Brian Butler Perform Aleister Crowley Ritual

Tuesday night, artist/musician Brian Butler –assisted by Twilight: New Moon actress Noot Seear, and actor Henry Hopper– was supposed to  invoke Bartzabel, the forceful spirit of Mars into to the body of actor/hipster/ James Franco at L&M Gallery to celebrate “For The Martian Chronicles” exhibit, honoring the work of sci-fi author Ray Bradbury. But UPDATE:…

“MAN/SON and the Haunting of the American Madonna” at Hyaena Gallery

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“MAN/SON and the Haunting of the American Madonna” at Hyaena Gallery

The Tate/LaBianca Murders, also known as the Manson Family Murders, were a pivotal point in Los Angeles and U.S. culture, signalling the end of the happy days of hippiedom, proving conclusively to grown-ups, squares, and law enforcement that long hair, rock n’ roll, and drugs were bad, beyond bad, beyond the baddest; an evil combination…