Week In Sloth: “Babylon,” The Golden Globes And “Big Giant Swords” “Babylon” (Sundance 8pm) TV’s newest workplace satire comes from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) and writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong [...] Alibi \ Jan 08, 2015 Film
Idiot Box: “Jack Vale: Offline” “Jack Vale: Offline” On Hln Did Ted Turner sound the death knell of televised news when he created CNN back in 1980? The sudden need for 24/7 news [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 08, 2015 Film
Film Review: Wetlands German Sex Comedy Proves Your Body Is A Wonderland—An Icky, Smelly, Disease-Infested Wonderland Helen is a filthy girl in more ways than one. She sees herself as an explorer, a brave adventurer in the realms of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 08, 2015 Film
Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): Most salamanders reproduce by laying eggs, but the alpine salamander doesn’t. Females of that species give birth to live [...] Rob Brezsny \ Jan 01, 2015 Freewill
The Daily Word In Baby Names, Ants, Cozy Powell, & Werewolfism. The Daily Word In Baby Names, Ants, Cozy Powell, & Werewolfism. Another plane is missing. Lizard Squad claims an assist in the Sony hack.Viewers are weary of Reality TV. Three lefts make a right [...] Constance Moss and Carl Petersen \ Jan 01, 2015 Blog
You Can’t Keep A Good Band Down: Pilot To Bombardier Returns Pilot To Bombardier Returns It was the year 2000. Kurt Cobain was six years dead. “Alternative rock”—the self-appointed “successor” to punk—was shifting. There were still plenty of [...] Captain America \ Jan 01, 2015 Music Pilot To Bombardier: From left, Rhian Batson, Travis Williams, Sean McCullough and Miguel Villarreal (Sean McCullough)
Lit Oblivion: The Cruel Songs Of Comte De Lautréamont’s Les Chants De Maldoror Comte De Lautréamont’s Les Chants De Maldoror When you’re in love with a beautiful French woman—a literary agent at a big New York City agency with a master’s (or whatever [...] Ian Wolff \ Jan 01, 2015 Art From a 1927 edition illustrated by Frans De Geetere.
Restaurant Review: Pop-Up Dumpling House Pop-Up Dumpling House The noodle bar and Asian deli at Talin are long gone. There are glass canisters of tea stacked on top of the ovens [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jan 01, 2015 Food Pork belly sandwich (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Flash In The Pan: You Say Hominy, We Eat Posole Dig Into A Traditional New Mexican Dish In the kitchen of a snow-covered cabin in northern Montana, a lonely, gallon-sized can of hominy sits on a high shelf. My hunting [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jan 01, 2015 Food (Ari LeVaux)
Week In Sloth: The Rose Parade, “Galavant” And The Return Of “Downton Abbey” “Rose Parade 2015” (HGTV 9am) If you want to spend the day watching college football, there’s plenty out there to choose from. If, [...] Alibi \ Jan 01, 2015 Film