One pleasant aspect of quarantine is the influx of online shopping deals. Some looked too good to resist, so I turned to my most financially savvy friend as a voice of reason. In the past, …
May 21, 2020
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Online shopping trials from Old Navy to Nordstrom
Larry Johnson: poet and author of Veins and Alloy
Baroque Music I’m going through a Baroque music phase: Telemann, Handel are my latest craze, Along with Arne, Rameau, Rebel, Corelli, And though those centuries were rather smelly, The music glinted hard and bright, delightful …
May 21, 2020
Capone: Gangster geriatrica
You know Muni and Robards and Rico Bandello/ Steiger and Gazzara and Dame Judith who was no fellow/ But does Tom Hardy present a compelling scumball/ or is Capone yet another long haul?/ Così cosà. …
May 21, 2020
Britt-Scripps House: Bankers Hill’s Queen Anne Victorian Historic Landmark
The story of the tri-level Queen Anne Victorian estate at 406 Maple Street in Bankers Hill already includes a host of interesting chapters. With its latest offering for sale, the home is poised to embark …
May 21, 2020
Gihon Ethiopian Kitchen: Genesis of a meal
So last week, when the governor said “Restaurants can open,” did he mean like straightaway? “Let’s go see,” I say to my Scottish friend Annie. “Och,” she says. “Yer bum’s oot the windae!” Translation: You’re …
May 21, 2020
Queen-style pomposity and Spinal Tap-ish humor
In the early ‘70s, Horsefeathers was known a progressive rock band that blended Queen-style pomposity and a sly sense of humor that one would now call Spinal Tap-ish. Fronted by colorful lead singer Mick Garris …
May 21, 2020
Louis Petrella & Sam Adgate work with punk producer Geza X
“Louis’s dad had known Geza X for some time and sent some of our original demos to him on a whim, and fortunately he liked what he heard,” says Sam Adgate of how he and …
May 21, 2020
Streaming with the Electric Waste Band
Friday the 13th of March capped off a week that most Americans will never forget. The NBA had shut down the remainder of their season that Wednesday, and the NHL followed suit the next day. …
May 21, 2020