Willy Blackmore

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• Commented on KCRW General Manager, Ruth Seymour, to Retire
  Her voice did get a bit annoying during pledge drives, but she did some great episode of The Politics of Culture. And shit, if she's brought KCRW to where it is today then she will definitely be missed....
• Commented on Fairfax Boulevard is Actually in Silver Lake
  Nip Tuck had a scene at the "Venice Boardwalk" last week with the Long Beach breakwater clearly visible in the background....
• Posted El Dia de Los Muertos at Self Help Graphics to LAist
  A full month of calavera painting, banner cutting, tissue flower making and other crafting at Self Help Graphics culminated in their annual El Dia de Los Muertos celebration last Monday. The community arts center and printmaking studio has a long history of celebrating the Mexican holiday for honoring the dead, reaching back thirty-six years to its first Day of the Dead celebration, involving just two artists who met at Evergreen Cemetery to remember their ancestors....
• Commented on Gavin Newsom Drops Out of Race for Governor
  I definitely did not see that coming. There's got to be some story behind this, other than funding....
• Posted Short Films: More Than the Art of the Calling Card? to LAist
  We are certainly in a sea change when it comes to media, but for every time someone has cried that the end is nigh, books, newspaper, film--whatever is on its deathbed in a given news cycle--continues to push ahead, continues to march on. In the case of Hollywood, YouTube, Netflix and OnDemad have continued to pull film out of the theater, a process that began with VHS and video rental, and deeper into the home. These media and formats may seem better suited for shorter work, yet feature-length films still reign supreme. But with studios tightening their purse strings...