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Live Active Culturesnew
Stand for Change! It’s about Change! Change!! Change!!! As the presidential primary circus staggered to a close on Saturday, I was struck by how “change” has become the de facto rhetorical rallying point for all sides in this election. Looks like everyone is in love with change.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
06-12-2008 |
Recreation
Blisternew
I’ve often wondered out loud to myself while naked and submerged in the warmth of my bubbly decompression chamber, “Self, how many times does the shampoo mean when it says in somewhat uncertain terms, ‘Lather. Rinse. Repeat’?” Two times borders on half-yawned monotony. Six times starts to burn a little, while psychologically producing a mechanical sense of beauty slavery. But 17 times? That’s enough to make you old, make you lose your hair, quite possibly make you drip down the drain in a self-inflicted goo of bloody foam. Do. Not. Want.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-12-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Why Drink Organic Booze?new
There might be a practical reason: fewer, or less-aggressive, hangovers. As someone who suffers from mean mornings-after, this is great news.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
06-12-2008 |
Food+Drink
Was it Business as Usual in Belmont?new
Plus, Big Brown's Top 10 excuses for not winning the Triple Crown.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
06-12-2008 |
Sports
Has Social Networking Created a Monster?new
It's easy to let our Luddite tendencies overwhelm us and lead us to think those on the cutting edge of technology have got some sort of neurotic obsession that needs a cure. Facebook took a while to catch on; so did cell phones, so did email, so did laptops and software and floppy disks and modems and faxes and IBM Selectrics.
New York Press |
Bobby Julian |
06-12-2008 |
Tech
Married? Then Do Not Read This Columnnew
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I've been communicating with a lot of divorced people lately. I've read tons of books on the sociology, psychology, morality and religiosity of the process, and I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that nobody knows a goddamn thing about marriage.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
06-11-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Moodswing: Young Addictionnew
More reality than you can handle.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
06-11-2008 |
Comedy
Corkscrew: Scotch Basics, From 'E' to 'Y'new
I didn't think my tender, newbie palate (or stomach) could handle it, but I actually survived Scotch whisky.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Two Portland Bakeries Say No Eggs, No Gluten, No Problemnew
Bread ain't just bread anymore -- especially if you're part of the city's growing legion of vegans or gluten-intolerant.
Willamette Week |
Deeda Schroeder |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Getting Screwed: A Cap Historynew
Based on a quick survey of local shelves, screw caps are no longer just for cheap white wines meant to be drunk tomorrow. At the extreme end, Plumpjack, a cult California cabernet, has begun splitting some of their cases between Stelvin and cork.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Gary Vaynerchuk is the New-Media Mogul Who Spits for Joe Six-Packnew
Let's dispense with professional jealousy right off the bat: part of me wanted to hate Vaynerchuk's new book, 101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World, because all of me wishes I'd written it. But here's the rub: it's wildly entertaining, and so is he.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
The 'First Lady of Virginia Wine' Talks About Closing Her Winerynew
Felicia Warburg Rogan, founder of Oakencroft Vineyard and Winery, is one of a handful of people who can rightfully be said to have helped create the Virginia Wine industry. But now, after 25 years, Oakencroft is shutting its doors on December 31.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Kindle and the iPhone Aren't Changing the Worldnew
They are just putting a new interface on yesterday's innovations. When you want to evaluate whether a piece of tech really is "revolutionary," just put it to the simple singularity acid test. Ask yourself if you could explain it in a few sentences to people living 100 years ago. So let's sit down with your typical resident of San Francisco in 1908, and explain Kindle and iPhone to her.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
06-11-2008 |
Tech
Does Champagne Earn the Hype?new
No alcoholic beverage has been more romanticized, but does champagne deserve all the celebration?
Artvoice |
Paula Paradise |
06-06-2008 |
Food+Drink
Colorful Characters of Memphisnew
Profiled are some of the characters who make the Bluff City unique: an artist, an entertainer, a preacher, and a protester.
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
06-06-2008 |
Culture
