By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
A couple of months ago I got really inspired at an environmental committee event on earth day. The speaker was Dan Miner, and he spoke passionately about urban heat islands. Two months later I accidentally started a non-profit, and found myself building an epic infographic to describe the kind of change we could make. You can find it… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
Raheem Jarbo better known as Random or Random Beats or Mega Ran is an American underground rapper and record producer. He started making up rhymes when he was 16 years old, and got into producing a few years later. He released his debut album The Call in 2006, and is made a big hit… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
There is something so satisfying about seeing aging juggernaut Microsoft fail on its feet so badly. Introducing and ending the Kin – In just 48 short days we have seen an abysmal product (marketed heavily on top 40 radio around the nation) that you may or may not have heard of go… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
Werner Herzog is probably one of the most beloved/hated documentary filmmakers of our time. Right up there with Michael Moore. His musings are at once obtrusive, insightful, redundant, and interesting to watch.
For an incredibly callous approach to a film watch “Grizzly Man”. The video above exemplifies what it’s like to see the world like him. Also,… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
So it looks like the machines are going to win at another tried and true American game, Jeopardy. IBM just recently finished a computer called “Watson”, and it’s taking aim at all the trivia crazed population thus making humans obsolete in yet another category (oh the humanity). First the steam powered hammer. Then Kasparov loses to Deep… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
There are a few surprises in the fight for the Gulf of Mexico. One is that Kevin Costner is not only a humanitarian, but he has a plan on how to save us from the worst oil spill of all time. He teamed up with his brother after the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, bought… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
I had the chance to chat with fellow filmmaker David Heilbroner about his latest picture “Stonewall Uprising”. Its about the 1969 riots that began the Gay Rights Movement. The film premieres on June 16th at the Film Forum, and will be in theaters near you. David, of course, is incredibly excited.
“It was the Rosa Parks… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
George Carlin was a character. His most notable impression in my early life was when I first saw him as Rufus in “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”. With the anniversary of his death on June 22nd, 2008 coming up Popten thought it was time for an homage to one of his best comedic performances ~
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
I don’t normally get on a soapbox, and I’m not going to do that now. Years ago I started feeling like something was wrong with our educational system, and for a long time I tried to pin point what it was that rubbed me the wrong way. I read a book called “Bomb the Suburbs” that led… Read More
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
Some people make horrible decisions, others are just bad presidents, a few are bloodthirsty, many are extremists, a couple are warmongers, and all of these guys are a mix. Ten of our political leaders in the last 130 years have been the architects of the most horrific genocides, systematic murders, blockades, brutal wars, and policy reforms history has… Read More
Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me thinking a lot about the good old days of folk – when popular music regularly included anthems… Read More
When I was in my formative high school days, going to the Warped Tour was a highlight of the summer. Just old enough to drive, we’d pile about 9 bros and skateboards into mom-duke’s Ford Exploder and drive at high speed to Fitchburg or some other pseudo-municipality in middle Massachusetts, blasting Rage Against The Machine and… Read More