Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture

Archive for November 12th, 2008

Despite assurances – leading-up-to and during the course of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing – that Chinese Officials would make a good-faith effort to resolve pressing issues regarding sovereignty and Tibetan exiles, it appears that the negotiations have failed.
At the heart of the matter is the question of sovereignty.
In view of the ever- diminishing prospects [...]

On Saturday evening – a few members of the press and a handful of AFI Festival organizers were sipping cocktails and kibitzing about the days events in the Cinema Lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel – when a disturbance outside caught our eye.
A rag-tag band of protestors – in support of Gay Marriage – stormed by [...]