It’s about 11:30 p.m. the night of my birthday. Birthdays are often a time of reflection, ruminating on the year and years before, wondering what is to come. This is one of those birthdays, and this is one of those times. I am now 32 years old. If you had asked me 10 years, 20 [...]
Another year, another birthday. I enjoy birthdays, as my appreciation for gifts and food is a nice blanket to wrap myself in as I contemplate the past year on this planet. And that usually includes breakfast with friends, the Chicago Auto Show, birthday cake and pizza with family, and a 3-week bender of cookies and [...]
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Late Valentine’s Day night, I stumbled upon The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Leno held up an album cover with the words “The Cranberries”* on it. “Wow,” I thought, “The Cranberries must have a new album out.” And then I sighed internally, “The Cranberries have a new album out.” And they did. And they perf […]
SPIN magazine is like that one literate friend that’s slightly behind the cultural curve: it’s well-written and has solid, varied reviews; and its cover stories are the equivalent of your mom discovering email. Good examples of this are their October 2011 cover story on Skrillex and dubstep (also known as The Soundtrack to Satan’s Bowel [.. […]
Ed Hardy merchandise is out of control. Water, car seat covers, wine, laptop bags, luggage, shoes, other crap: you can find just about anything to fit your a-hole lifestyle, now at discount prices! They WANT you to buy it, and I weep for us all. Let’s get this over with. Block out the harsh sun [...]
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