The Daily Word 09.07.09: Cadbury Lunch, Forest Turtle, Peter Lawford Sings. Kraft tried to buy Cadbury but couldn’t. The Cadbury Lunch was my favorite candybar as a kid: Cadbury chocolate, raisins and crunchy cookie [...] Nick Brown \ Sep 03, 2009 Read More
Smells Like Foot Village And The Mae Shi, No Age, Ponytail, Abe Vigoda, High Places, Gowns, Barr, Health And Captain Ahab Bob Bellerue made a movie about The Smell, the longest-running all-ages noise pit in L.A. That’s according to Raven Chacon (disclosure: friend), who [...] Marisa Demarco \ Sep 03, 2009 Read More
The Daily Word 09.01.09: New Mexico Linguistics, Medicare Cuts, Silence In Music, Sci-Fi Films New Mexico’s linguistic heritage is rich, bro.U.S. Energy Secretary Chu wants a new industrial revolution sans fossil fuel. Potential cuts in Medicare could [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Sep 03, 2009 Read More
Napkin Art #20: The Many Napkin Moods Of Dominic Baca Ii Dominic came by with a fistful of terrific Napkin Art! The dude is prolific, so why wait? Here’s all of ‘em! Nick Brown \ Sep 03, 2009 Read More
Laura Marrich Eats Sandwich, Retains Water I was on the news this morning talking about Reuben sandwiches for Deanna Sauceda’s morning segment. She was really nice and kept calling [...] Laura Marrich \ Sep 03, 2009 Read More
Seventy Years Ago Today On Sept. 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland under the pretense of having been attacked by the Poles (it was staged by Nazis). This [...] Erin McCullough \ Sep 03, 2009 Read More The Nazis marching into Warsaw. Contrary to current belief, they did not do this to force upon the Poles universal health care.
Hottie Wars: Brad Pitt Vs. Tom Cruise I was leafing through People Magazine today (oh, sinful Fridays!) and I happened upon a tirelessly researched, five-paragraph-long article about Brad Pitt trashing [...] Simon McCormack \ Aug 27, 2009 Read More
Nick Brown Wishes He Could Be Emergency Frankenstein In An Improv Comedy Group If I were in an improv comedy group, I’d just wait on the sidelines until the jokes were really dying, then I’d walk [...] Nick Brown \ Aug 27, 2009 Read More
Local Blogosphere Roundup: Heinrich, Boris, Vodka Tomatoes Fantasy Paperback Edition Martin Heinrich had a health care town hall this weekend and the blogosphere is buzzing. ABQ Journal Watch takes exception to headline spin, [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Aug 27, 2009 Read More (Soy de Burque)
Ten Things I Hate About Circles 1) curved2) moon-shaped3) wheel-like4) circular5) round6) two-dimensional spheres7) able to spin8) having arcs9) pie-shaped10) having circumferences Nick Brown \ Aug 27, 2009 Read More