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Despite Ridicule, Cup Stacking Continues to Pile up Fansnew
Sport stacking, or speed stacking, seems a bit Napoleon Dynamite at first. Stackers use a dozen 10-ounce plastic cups to build a series of pyramid patterns while "racing" against the clock.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Amanda Lundgren |
05-26-2009 |
Sports
Tags: Andy Retting, cup stacking
Amateur Sociologist Uses Social Experiment to Expose Mullet Bigotrynew
Just as John Howard Griffin attempted to expose racism,Jake Nyberg hopes to expose "mulletism"—the mistreatment of mulleted Americans. He's been documenting his experiment at www.mulletlikeme.com.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
05-22-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Jake Nyberg, mulletlikeme.com
A Food Critic Gets a Taste of Urban Agriculturenew
This year, for several reasons—including a feeling of helplessness during last fall's gas crisis—I traded the trowel for shovel and pitchfork and set about transforming my less-than-a-quarter-acre property into a farmlet. The goal: Grow as much food as possible on my urban property.
Nashville Scene |
Carrington Fox |
05-22-2009 |
Food+Drink
East St. Louis Nightclubs Are Under Siegenew
East St. Louis mayor Alvin Parks decided late last month not to curtail the 6 a.m. closing time for bars and nightclubs, but the controversy is far from resolved.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
05-22-2009 |
Recreation
Spielpalast Cabaret's Latest Show is Unbelievably Entertainingnew
Burlington's homegrown troupe of scantily clad merrymakers, the Spielpalast Cabaret, celebrates its eighth year with a delightful new show.
Seven Days |
Elisabeth Crean |
05-22-2009 |
Theater
The Dutch Start Getting All Uptight and Shitnew
As any recent visitor can tell you, there's something strange in the Amsterdam air these days. While the culture of permissiveness remains intact, it has been thoroughly rattled by a recent series of legal reforms.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Patrick Boyle |
05-21-2009 |
Travel
The Decline and Fall of Orlando's Arts Worldnew
United Arts of Central Florida is charged with mitigating adverse circumstances, but have the circumstances reached a crisis point? Not according to executive director Margot Knight, who tries to keep her head above the treacherous arts-world waters by "following one number and being chased by another."
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-21-2009 |
Performance
Bikes at Play in Orlandonew
Building monster bikes out of recycled parts is as much about fun and friendship as it is about staying true to bike culture and using less fossil fuel.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
05-21-2009 |
Recreation
DC Sports Franchise Owners Need a PR Makeovernew
Imagewise, Washington Redskins owners Dan Snyder and Ted Lerner are the local equivalents of Enron and ExxonMobil. And that was before last week's issue of Sports Illustrated, in which both were named to a short list of the worst owners in sports.
Washington City Paper |
Dave McKenna |
05-21-2009 |
Sports
How Not to Hire a Chefnew
The owner of D.C. cafe chain Busboys & Poets spent thousands on a contest to find the right chef. So why's the runner-up doing the cooking?
Washington City Paper |
Tim Carman |
05-21-2009 |
Food+Drink
Super Cuvees Lose Sight of Their Rootsnew
The super cuvee is to wine what the remix is to music -- a busier, more modern version. And as with the remix, the soul of the wine is sometimes lost.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Kevin McLean |
05-21-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: super cuvee, wine
Sonny Vaccaro Is Harming Youth Basketball and Those Who Play Itnew
Those inside the basketball world know Sonny Vaccaro for his hucksterism that built a youth-basketball dream world populated by ridiculously spoiled kids and their even-more-ridiculous parents. It's an ugly place, one that manages to suck the fun out of what should be a celebration of movement, athleticism and teamwork.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
05-20-2009 |
Sports
Tags: Sonny Vaccaro, basketball
Jim Gaffigan: Banal Retentivenew
Comedian Jim Gaffigan jokes about mundane topics in his signature washed-out, falsetto delivery.
Gambit |
Noah Bonaparte Pais |
05-20-2009 |
Performance
Tags: Jim Gaffigan, stand-up comedy
The Puzzling Dilemma of an Artist Who Rejects the Imperative of the Contemporarynew
Danville Chadbourne doesn't want to be a contemporary artist, but he has no choice if he wants to be an artist who continues to matter.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
05-20-2009 |
Art
Tags: Danville Chadbourne, visual art
Meet Ron White, the Memory Champ You'll Never Forgetnew
Ron White is a college dropout, a Navy veteran and a businessman, and he's out to prove that memory, and most anything, really, comes down to discipline and practice and not innate talent. He wants to show that he's not unremarkable and that no one else has to be, either.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
05-19-2009 |
Performance
Tags: competitive memory, Ron White
