First Spring Grass Fire
Rae Spoon is a transgender musician/writer/workshop facilitator who has been nominated for a Polaris Prize, released six solo albums, toured internationally, and now has published…
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Good People Bad Things
Moving Target Theatre Company founder Daniel Thau-Eleff isn’t just a triple threat – aside from starting his own production company, writing and starring in his…
Eight Days of Pledge-O-Rama
The first annual UMFM fun(d)raiser—Pledge-O-Rama—kicks off this Friday, and will run from Oct. 19 to 26. This is not only a time for listeners to…
Science briefs: Dutch psychologist to be prosecuted, and Monsanto’s GM corn
Dutch authorities to prosecute psychologist Diederik Stapel Dutch psychologist Diederik Stapel is under investigation by the Openbaar Ministerie (Public Prosecution Service) of the Netherlands for…
Corvids and causal reasoning: Further evidence of higher-level cognitive processing in crows
Corvids (birds of the crow family) have long been accepted to be among the most intelligent bird species. Crows have proven imaginatively playful, adept at…
Open access is a red herring: Have academic journals lost their value?
The entire field of particle physics is going to switch to open-access publishing within the next few years, making almost all new research available for…
Surprisingly stirring
Review: Babel , Mumford & Sons “I will love with urgency, but not with haste,” croons Marcus Mumford from English folk rock band, Mumford &…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
Orgasms are awesome: Part 1 The Big O, cumming, climaxing, busting a nut, jizzing – there are about a million slang terms for having an…
Film review: i am a good person / i am a bad person
How do the choices that we make affect us? When we are forced to make a call on tough decisions, is there a necessary dichotomy…
Mobile parties by bicycle
Rainbow Trout Music Festival (RTMF) organizers Ben Jones and Will Belford have partnered with Andy Rudolph to throw mobile parties with participants biking from one…