Monroe Center Arts Community Blog

Keeping a creative eye on the world of art, entertainment and ideas.

Death Of A Salesman

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is dead. He introduced the business of Transcendental Meditation  to the West. The Mantra being “BUSINESS”. Made money. Slogans like end world poverty, and world peace.  The Beatles up on a mountain. Mia Farrow, Mike Love and Donovan. Promised a short cut to TM. Get Mantra. Mind travel. Private helicopter. Imagine!
Sexy Sadie […]

Fly High With The Angels

In the city of Angels, strange things happen all the time. It’s California, what do you expect! Surreal car chases, maverick film stars, Rock n Pop insanity and blazing infernos. It’s a liberal town that sneers at conservative and conventional thinking.
Now 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines are fast becoming the rage in Los Angeles. All […]

Poor Paris Hilton

So what is Paris Hilton going to do now? Her grandfather, hotel magnate, Barron Hilton has cut her out of his will. He has decided to donate 97 % of his $2.3 billion fortune to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation that supports projects that provides clean water in Africa, education for blind children and housing […]

Dead Man Talking

For a man who everybody thinks should be dead, Keith Richards is not doing so badly. Little Brown and Company is paying Rolling Stone Keith Richards, 7.3 million dollars for his memoirs. Apparently, there was a fierce bidding war for his remembrances. Every major publisher in the world was interested but Brown and Company finally […]

Doctor Jack’s Back

His profession was to study the nature of diseases. However, somewhere down life’s road, Dr Jack Kevorkian, retired pathologist, started studying death. He advanced the compassionate philosophy of Florence Nightingale and Mother Teresa to a new and controversial plateau, offering to alleviate people’s suffering by putting them to death, of course with their implicit consent. […]

Nessie Wags Her Tail, Again

Yes, it’s the Loch Ness Monster. ‘Nessie’ as the Scots fondly refer to her. Nessie recently decided to further her legend by showing up; and this time there just may be some credence to what has so far been an endearing myth.
Gordon Holmes, an amature scientist from Shipley, Yorkshire was having a great time, […]

What Happened To Equality?

The hair-brained heiress, Paris Hilton will now spend 23 days in jail starting June 5, instead of the formally stipulated 45 days.Why? Good behavior. This is a joke. Officials state that Hilton appeared for her last court date. That is good behavior!
Would Six Pack Sally or Joe Doe have got the same treatment? The answer […]

Of India And Hypocrisy

The Indians want to arrest Richard Gere. Recently, during an Aids Awareness meeting in New Delhi, India, Gere passionately kissed Indian actress Shilpa Shetty on the cheek. After the photographs were splashed all over the media, three attorneys filed formal complaints deeming the act “Obscene,” and  Dinesh Gupta a judge from Jaipur, India issued arrest […]