Essentially a Playlist : “Tony Danza in the bathroom”
The recent brouhaha over changing lyrics to our national anthem (personally, I like Gail Asper’s suggestion of “in all of us command” over “thou dost”)…
Arts & Culture
CD Review, Joanna Newsom, “Have One On Me”
Long a fan of Joanna Newsom, there’s no way that I can possibly provide a neutral, unbiased review here. Sorry. She could record herself making…
CD Review : Champion, “Resistance”
It was only two years ago that Montreal-based DJ Champion (Maxime Morin) became a household name across the country with his hit single, “No Heaven.”…
CD Review: Gorillaz, “Plastic Beach”
We’re apparently in the third phase of the amalgamated rap/alterna-hip hop/techno/rock ensemble evolution that is Gorillaz. In case you don’t much keep up with Damon…
Internet killed the business star
Just like video killed the radio star, online shopping has sent many traditional businesses the way of the dodo. We have seen the ramifications of…
Quiet times at the rez
Voyeurs During the summer of 1964, I was employed as a student research assistant in the U of M anthropology lab, and so it was…
When and wear
Of all the things that have captured my curiosity — death, religion, online shopping — self tanner takes the top spot. I’ve never been more…
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Fried brains and Sam
I vanished once before — when I was first given my place in Heaven. Despite my babbling fear, the young man who processed me was…
Danger! Highly dubious ancedotes
My younger brother, who used to flail around to “Danger! High Voltage” (you know, the song from that dumb car commercial with the sumo wrestlers)…