ANTEBELLUM BLOG

6/25/26

RICK CASTRO: ILLUMINATI EAST HOLLYWOOD

6/25/2026/THURSDAY/4:31AM

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6/24/26

RICK CASTRO: EGYPTIAN DEATH GODS

6/24/2026/WEDNESDAY/7:AM

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RICK CASTRO: AMMIT 2016
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Ammit- Egyptian god with the head of a crocodile— played an important role during the funerary ritual the Judgment of the Dead. "devourer of the dead.”
A central, feared figure in the mythology of the afterlife and served specific roles in the Egyptian underworld.

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RICK CASTRO: ANUBIS 2016
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Anubis- Egyptian god of the dead, and the afterlife, depicted as a jackal-headed appearance. He served as the guardian of tombs, embalmer of souls, and judge of the dead. Anubis is credited with inventing the mummification process to preserve the body of Osiris. Priests would often wear jackal masks while performing funerary rites to impersonate the god.

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RICK CASTRO: AMMIT 2016
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Ammit- Egyptian god with the head of a crocodile— played an important role during the funerary ritual the Judgment of the Dead. "devourer of the dead.”
A central, feared figure in the mythology of the afterlife and served specific roles in the Egyptian underworld.

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RICK CASTRO: THOTH 2016
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Egyptian god of wisdom writing magic and the moon. Credited with inventing hieroglyphs and the calendar he served as the divine record-keeper mediator and patron of scribes.
Depicted as the Ibis, a bird with a long curved beak that ancient Egyptians associated with wisdom.

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Egyptian god of wisdom writing magic and the moon. Credited with inventing hieroglyphs and the calendar he served as the divine record-keeper mediator and patron of scribes.
Depicted as the Ibis, a bird with a long curved beak that ancient Egyptians associated with wisdom.

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6/22/26

RICK CASTRO: LACMA

6/22/2026/MONDAY/8:AM

THE NEW GEFFEN MUSEUM AT LACMA HAS FINALLY OPENED TO THE USUAL CRITICS BY JOURNALISTIC REVIEWS.
NEGATIVE NANCY’S ALL THE WAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, ALL THE ARTISTS I KNOW LOVE IT. BRUTALIST, DARK AND AUSTERE, GEFFEN LOOMS OVER WILSHIRE BOULEVARD THE SAME WAY HE DOES OVER HOLLYWOOD.

I’M NOT ONE FOR WHITE WALL- NO PERSONALITY GALLERIES. THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. AND THE VIEWS ARE GORGEOUS! I GIVE IT A THREE THUMBS UP- RICK CASTRO- 6/22/2026

6/20/26

RICK CASTRO: YOU ARE THE STAR MURAL

6/20/2026/SATURDAY/4:08AM

RICK CASTRO: PORTRAIT OF AURALYNN 2011
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RICK CASTRO: CARY GRANT 2015
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Close-up of golden Hollywood era leading man, Cary Grant, "You Are the Star" mural. Located on the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Wilcox Ave.
Painted in 1983 it shows classic Hollywood stars sitting in a theater. It's infamous for appearing very faded, weathered, and now damaged. This bad mural often catches tourists off guard

RICK CASTRO: THEDA BARA AGAINST THE WALL 2015
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Close-up of silent screen vamp Theda Barra, (Harpo Marx looms in the rear), "You Are the Star" mural. Located on the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Wilcox Ave.
Painted in 1983 it shows classic Hollywood stars sitting in a theater. It's infamous for appearing very faded, weathered, and now damaged. This bad mural often catches tourists off guard

6/19/26

RICK CASTRO: JUENTEENTH

6/19/2026/FRIDAY/6:AM

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In celebration of Juneteenth National Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United States.
It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name first used in the 1890s is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth referring to June 19 1865 the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.