Hundred-Dollar House With home prices plummeting, Larry Garcia devised an unusual plan for getting his place off the market.Garcia, his wife Jill Logan and third [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More
Kannaroo 3: Killith Fair Music For Music's Sake Usually, drunken ideas only sound brilliant while you’re sloshed. Max Moulton and three of his friends from Dixon beat the odds and came [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More A mosh pit erupts during the first Kannaroo music festival two years ago. (Jessie Martin)
Public Health Plan Option In Trouble It appears there aren’t enough votes in the Senate to pass a bill that would create a government-funded public health system. A compromise, [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More
Daily Show On Iran’s Election There’s also a great Long Island secession piece in this same episode. I can’t find an excerpt though. Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More
Duke City Derby Season Postponed The Duke City Derby just wasn’t seeing the attendance it needed to keep playing at the 7,000-seat Santa Ana Star Center in Rio [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More (Eric Williams)
Duke Sweet Duke At The Trillion Space When photographer Julia Lopez moved from Albuquerque to Seattle, her pictures changed."My work got so much darker and drearier," Lopez notes. "Here in [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More Nick Etre’s “Vacuum” combines fabric, five-color screen print and a vacuum. (Nick Etre)
Vast Exhaustion I checked out the Vast show Wednesday at Launchpad.After two songs, lead singer, founding member and reason Vast exists, Jon Crosby, stumbled off [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 11, 2009 Read More
Derby Wars: A Texas-Sized Spanking Muñecas Tan The Hides Of The Dallas Derby Devils It looked like every point was going to come at a punishing price.In the early minutes, Duke City’s Muñecas Muertas and the Dallas [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 11, 2009 Read More Muñecas jammer and team captain Kamikaze Kim tries to skate her way around a Devil blocker. (Eric Williams)
Obama Orders General To Shave Colbert's Head Obama Orders General To Shave Colbert's Head Under direct orders from President Obama, General Ray Odierno sheered off Stephen Colbert’s hair.Colbert is in Baghdad this week doing four “Colbert Report”s [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 11, 2009 Read More
Shut Up Conan Critics I don’t care what TV reviewers are saying about The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. This show is great. Checkout Conan’s zinger about [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 11, 2009 Read More
