Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara — Radical Chicano Doo Wop Singer by Gerry Fialka Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara — Radical Chicano Doo Wop Singer by Gerry Fialka from the March 2022 issue of The Venice BeachHead: https://thevenicebeachhead.com/ and https://twitter.com/venicebeachhead?lang=en and http://www.freevenice.org/ Rubén Guevara is a “bad ass” says Alice Bag in his engaging…

Expanded Tetrads Extensions by Gerry Fialka Expanded Tetrads Extensions by Gerry Fialka What is a meta for? We stand on the shoulders of giants and see beyond. As Umberto Eco says, “we sometimes manage to see farther on the horizon than they.” By expanding and enriching Marshall McLuhan’s Tetrad, we…

Fourness in Marshall McLuhan & the Tetrad by Gerry Fialka Fourness in Marshall McLuhan & the Tetrad by Gerry Fialka “All art constantly aspires to the condition of music.” — Walter Pater. “The very crisis which threatens the writing of poetry sustains poetic composition.” — Leo Bersani’s Mallarme study. The…

Egads Ache (aka Ear Ache My I) by Germy Folkwayz Egads Ache (aka Ear Ache My I) by Germy Folkwayz Happy Berfdaze Robert Dobbs!!! The retrieval of oral culture in a visual society where the word makes the market with centers everywhere and margins nowhere (eye come from?), museum without…

Venice California Film & Photography by Gerry Fialka https://laughtears.com/ Venice California Film & Photography by Gerry Fialka https://laughtears.com/ The Laughtears.com family celebrates Venice Film and Photography every year. Usually the last two Saturdays of January, we screen cinema, show photos of our community and host discussion. …

Peter Demian L.O.V.E. (Legend Of Venice Eternal) by Gerry Fialka Peter Demian L.O.V.E. (Legend Of Venice Eternal) by Gerry Fialka Venice BeachHead Dec 2021 https://thevenicebeachhead.com/ https://twitter.com/venicebeachhead?lang=en http://www.freevenice.org/ “I know nothing, I live in the Eternal” -George Santayna I know one thing after living in Venice California for over 41 years…

V.I.P. as VIP by Gerry Fialka VeniceBeachHead Oct, 2021 V.I.P. as VIP by Gerry Fialka VeniceBeachHead Oct, 2021 issues #468 https://thevenicebeachhead.com/ https://twitter.com/venicebeachhead?lang=en http://www.freevenice.org/ Venice Improv Percepts render Very Important People. And versa vice. Whenever I travel through Venice, I run into people, and the improv begins. We engage in the…

60th AAFF 2022 Proposals — Off The Screen by Gerry Fialka 60th AAFF 2022 Proposals — Off The Screen by Gerry Fialka I offer over 300 proposals for workshops https://laughtears.com/workshops8.html Four new ones are detailed here. And there’s even more to come, like: AI= AAFF Influencers & McLuhan’s IA=integral awareness, …

Ann Arbor Film Festival as Anthem Rock by Gerry Fialka 2021 Ann Arbor Film Festival as Anthem Rock by Gerry Fialka The Ann Arbor Film Festival ROCKS!!! In March 2021, the 59th annual fest crushed it. My essay (a 34 minute read) on the 58th entitled Film Fest Fugue was…