Do you get frustrated with traffic congestion and scarcity of parking in town? Does owning and maintaining a car rank high on your list of expenses? Do the constant news reports warning of mass-scale environmental degradation, pollution and economic recession seem depressing? Do you prefer to not even think about health problems such as heart […]
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Chef Brings Love of Design, Food to his Crepe Creations
The batter sizzles as Chef Hicham Chehouani pours a pale mixture onto a round black grill. With a quick twist of the wrist, he takes a wooden dowel and smoothes the batter into a thin layer — the base for one of his crêpe creations. The crêpe bubbles slightly. He gives it a quick series […]
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Show Photos: Pauly Shore at the Englert, 11/14
Ok, so when I told people I was going to photograph Pauly Shore, the two most common reactions I got were “Who?” and “He’s still doing stuff?” To the latter, I can now say, “Yes, and his standup is damn good, believe it or not. I measure this by the amount of pain in my […]
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Art Show Photos: Jesse Albrecht, UXO (Unexploded Ordinance) Art Show, PS1 – 11/19
I presently catching up on my blogging — there are lots of shows from November that I hope to share with all of you in the next few days (if all goes as planned) so they’re likely to be brief and loaded with photos. Those of you who have read the December Issue of the […]
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Rant: Who Did Iowa Just Elect Governor?
Before Chet “The Big Lug” Culver, there was Tom “I never, ever look as though I’m enjoying myself” Vilsack. And before that, Terry “The Caretaker” Branstad. Before I go on, let me say that I speak only for myself, not Little Village Magazines, it’s overlords, minions, or lackeys. Terry Brandstad was Lieutenant Governor during the […]
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Letter to the Editor: LGBT Setbacks
I would like to tell my LGBT friends something we sometimes forget in emotional moments of backlash: We’ve been through setbacks before, and we’ll get through this one, too. In 1977, at age 21, I was told that the gay rights movement was over because of the Anita Bryant crusade. In 1981, we were told […]
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Windows into Wartime
This is a book review, but it’s not about a book. Yes, it is a book insofar as it involves words printed on paper and some pictures and it’s bound and has a spine and you can hold it in your hands, but “book” doesn’t come close to describing Jesse Albrecht’s Objects for Deployment. In […]
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Your Town Now: The Month that was November 2010
Moods swung and curses were muttered throughout downtown as the 21 ordinance stood the test of a public vote. The scene outside the Sports Column–which was to host a victory party for the anti-21 crowd–spoke volumes: people sulked out, a young man got to speak to reporters and the joint was empty by 11. Previous […]
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Why I Blame Rush for the Tea Party
I read in an article this summer that the Canadian rock band Rush was filing a lawsuit against Kentucky senatorial candidate and Tea Party love-child Rand Paul. The power trio’s lawyers alleged that the Paul campaign’s use of their song “Spirit of the Radio” constituted copyright infringement. “Oh, the irony,” I thought, for the band, […]
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UR Here: C'Mon Get Hokey
“Home for the Holidays.” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” It’s that time of year when the return home defines the season for many people. Songs, movies and TV specials during the holiday season relentlessly emphasize homecoming, for both comedic and dramatic effect. And our highways and airports testify to the culture’s real-life enactment of this […]
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Astrology Forecast for December 2010
Astrology Forecast for December 2010 FOR EVERYONE ~ Put your cards on the table. There are major, inevitable, irreversible changes in the works and December brings them closer to reality. However, December will also bring a major, all but irresolvable standoff over these impending changes. At the same time, progress will stall out amidst epic […]
