DOU Art

DOU Art

Art by Oleg Dou. Always eerie and wonderful.

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SNIPPETS

You already know that here on Easy Bake Coven if I mention crafts, it's going to be alternative crafts I've pulled from my coolasshit folder.

Cut Out & Keep is an online magazine and community where you can make and share step-by-step craft tutorials. You can share your projects or get inspired with other crafty supastars.

But what I like best about this crafty community is SNIPPETS, their online magazine, which is definitely NOT your usual square-john craftiness happening here.

The last issue was dedicated to Day Of The Dead, and an interview with the talented Melora from chamber-rock band Rasputina, interviews with the Crafty Chica, Toni Carr, Baking With Medusa and Adrienne King (from the Friday 13th movies). Also a DIY altar, recycled milk-jug skeleton, house monsters and horro-cupcakes.

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The Right Livelihood Awards

Activists, journalist receive 'alternate Nobel' awards

Each year, only a few people win the prestigious Nobel Prize, and the prize is only awarded in the fields of physics, physiology/medicine, chemistry, literature, peace and economy.

But what about the people who work in other categories?

The Right Livelihood Award is the answer.

Amy Goodman is joining three remarkable women from around the world to receive the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize. The three women are Asha Hagi Elmi, co-founder of Save Somali Women and Children; Krishnammal Jagannathan, an 82-year-old activist from southern India; and Monika Hauser, a gynecologist and founder of “medica mondiale.”

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Friday Randon Ten (on Saturday)

Engine - Neutral Milk Hotel

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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE has been accepted by the Sundance Film Festival.

The late civil rights attorney William Kunstler was one of the most famous and controversial lawyers of the 20th century. He represented civil rights and anti-war activists, as well as accused terrorists and murders. In William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore their father's life, from middle-class family man, to movement lawyer, to the most hated lawyer in America.

The festival takes place from January 15th to the 25th.

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William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th Century. His clients included Martin Luther King Jr,, the Chicago 8, the inmates in the Attica prison rebellion, and members of the Black Power and American Indian Movements. In Disturbing the Universe: Radical Lawyer William Kunstler, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler investigate their father's transformation from a middle-class family man into a person of courage who risked everything for his beliefs. This is a a documentary work in progress. The expected completion date is Fall, 2008.

William Kunstler was either very much hated or he was also an absolute rock star in the 60s and 70s.

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