It’s almost been a decade since the 2003 release of Return of the King, the 3rd movie in the Lord of the Ring trilogy. I The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is slated to be released this December. It’ll be the first of three films that make the prequel to The Lord of the Rings. I’ve been a fan of the books for many years, and even read some of Tolkien’s denser fare, like the Simarillion, which recounts the creation myth for Middle Earth.
I met Betty Penate last summer at the Amber Rose Slut Walk in Los Angeles. Betty is the Founder and CEO of Immigrant Apparel. Betty was there to showcase her clothing line and show support for the event dedicated to combating gender inequality, sexual injustice, and derogatory labeling.
Music artist and producer Diplo is as notorious for cross-pollinating world beats as he is for highlighting the sensuous cultures that surround them. Diplo recently shared the following video for “Butter’s Theme”. This ain’t for the faint of heart or weak in the knees.
Rand McNally, best known for their maps, atlases and globes, published “The Histomap: Four Thousand Years of World History” in 1931. It was created by John B. Sparks, and it originally sold for $1. The map measured 5’2″ tall. It was intended to “[dramatize] the great adventure of mankind.” It is the story of civilization. The colored regions represented the various empires throughout the last 4000 years.
A couple of years ago, GameCrush created a website that matched video game players with gamers, allowing them to play a match together. This, in and of itself, is innocuous. Any multi-player game will have a lobby system that creates matches as a standard feature. But GameCrush was billed as a social gaming site to connect guys with female gamers.
It seems like only a few years ago when Japan had the monopoly on the export of weird Asian culture. But now Korea will be a contender in that game,…
