Typing about art, music, politics and culture. Photographing the Los Angeles music scene and landscape.Tumblr (3.0; @carlosvillarreal)http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/News Article for The Long Beach Post: A local news article I wrote for The Long Beach Post. http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/50029632846http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/50029632846Thu, 09 May 2013 12:39:06 -0700long beach postlong beachnewsjournalism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2cd574d1fd09d8bc98be88da78f47db/tumblr_mm9gkyPDDI1qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/46251fbf125a8dc628db655f3dabd47a/tumblr_mm9gkyPDDI1qgbn0jo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Art and The City</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/49615325722http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/49615325722Sat, 04 May 2013 12:30:13 -0700photofilmartphotographysky scrapergallery<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7fc1d243c562648f4ca0323c032bb26/tumblr_mkecuxwNq41qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Scene</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/46550407114http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/46550407114Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:47:21 -0700photographywide angleanimalsReview of William Tyler's Impossible Truth on No Ripcord: My latest review!http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/46525362274http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/46525362274Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:30:36 -0700In the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, I continue to ask myself why does anyone...http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/45567733500http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/45567733500Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:50:00 -0700gun controlviolencegunssandy hookFoals: Holy Fire - Music Review - No Ripcord: My review of Foals’ Holy Fire on No Ripcord.http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/45476142426http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/45476142426Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:41:22 -0700foalsholy firemusicreview<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b32a267949e1203e9497ccd8acfd38a/tumblr_mjqkqaSRQ81qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Self-Refection</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/45475725096http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/45475725096Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:34:58 -0700charles bukowskiquotewisdom<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f6903f9dbff4e9c014f1a6488a779ce8/tumblr_mj81ojmw6L1qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soft Light.</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/44725666679http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/44725666679Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:30:28 -0800How to pitch a teen romance novel. Dear Publishers of Mindless Rubbish, I am writing you today to...http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/41313447713http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/41313447713Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:42:00 -0800fictionfakecover letterpitchrubbishteen romance novel<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/32502f0ac2a809b5527bec450ac2b38e/tumblr_mfrfwtUttQ1qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/91267b0ba7cf8c8c37c7b29ad7b8bb52/tumblr_mfrfwtUttQ1qgbn0jo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/32832ab509ae3db43e6b1eaa1d69f2ad/tumblr_mfrfwtUttQ1qgbn0jo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e775006f42fdd59bec49a3d42319569/tumblr_mfrfwtUttQ1qgbn0jo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/42b70dfbe7995b24e20f96ce3d4197db/tumblr_mfrfwtUttQ1qgbn0jo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/21c339e35aefd80c92226f6f11016255/tumblr_mfrfwtUttQ1qgbn0jo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f65ed51ece93538ae403e248728013f/tumblr_mfrfwtUttQ1qgbn0jo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Summer on film 2012.</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/39150284275http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/39150284275Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:30:25 -0800photographyfilmimagessummerphoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/454a86676bd61de5dcfb53d194b33d04/tumblr_mfrfg9QUCA1qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/788821e99e89707bb2324a54550f61b1/tumblr_mfrfg9QUCA1qgbn0jo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/323048799905a8ff3737a12c8582c1b3/tumblr_mfrfg9QUCA1qgbn0jo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4b26db63b686d3e1a7e5de51f9e4b938/tumblr_mfrfg9QUCA1qgbn0jo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4fe843ebaba7777671ff22b433fe2f5e/tumblr_mfrfg9QUCA1qgbn0jo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc26d27f99513b99f31937d41a983cc7/tumblr_mfrfg9QUCA1qgbn0jo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fded0ef4dbb0147cbf890918e808cfbc/tumblr_mfrfg9QUCA1qgbn0jo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Halloween on film 2012. </p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/39067685082http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/39067685082Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:28:00 -0800photographyhalloweenfilmimagesphoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a3e2b3a3f85a8294f96b0206458a19c/tumblr_mfovguJkBR1qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hollywood.</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/39063163314http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/39063163314Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:30:15 -0800A few years ago, I wrote an article on how lax gun control in the U.S. had fueled Mexico&#8217;s...http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/38974153166http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/38974153166Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:30:19 -0800articlegunsgun controlgun violenceassault weaponsMac Demarco's "2" Album Review: Read my last write up for no ripcord!http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/36234607739http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/36234607739Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:42:46 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mds87rY1je1qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Installation Art</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/36155980860http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/36155980860Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:30:18 -0800No Ripcord!: I’m writing for a new music blog, No Ripcord. Check out my lastest review on the...http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/33176881115http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/33176881115Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:18:52 -0700no ripcordmusicblogreviewpunkthe soft packindierock<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malah99Llt1qgbn0jo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Photos from this past summer.</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/31997222685http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/31997222685Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:25:08 -0700photosphotographysummer2012<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DQ5kYHV4YZY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>What can be said about the Walkmen that has not already been said, other than amazing and Peter Bauer can shimmy with the best of them. I’ve like this band since I was 19, enough said.</p>http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/31934443278http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/31934443278Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:27:00 -0700the walkmenmusicfilmvideoindierockthe love you loveheavenSome may argue that politics is nothing more than a game of numbers. Be it through exit polls,...http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/31872724729http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/31872724729Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:29:31 -0700politicsPresidential Race 2012mitt romneymother jonesjournalismNPRnewsweek: What’s more dangerous: a nation full of science illiterates or a nation with one less...http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/31315086526http://carlosvillarreal.tumblr.com/post/31315086526Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:58:00 -0700politicsrepostnewsweekdefense spending