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Let’s Eat 10 Pounds of Meat, Shall We? (Part 1)

by Jay Hood April 24, 2013

Part 1 No one really believes my wife and I, when we tell them what we are doing for vacation. “Surely, that is not all you are doing? Eating meat?” “Can’t you just do that in Baltimore?” “That seems like an awfully long way to go just for that,” they say. We reassure people that […]

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Shakespeare in Film

by Staff April 23, 2013

Shakespeare’s works continue to find new expressions, even now some four hundred years after his death. On IMDB, the Bard is listed as a writer for 948 titles. If he were alive today, he would be worth a billion dollars, live in a 100,000 square foot house in Malibu, date supermodels, and have surgically implanted […]

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The Ramones – A Day that Would Live in Infamy

by Staff April 23, 2013

37 seven years ago today, the Ramones changed the world of music with their self titled album, Ramones. Along with the albums Leave Home and Rocket To Russia (the second and third albums respectively) Ramones absolutely blazes with the speed and ferocity of its attack. And it’s fun! The Ramones would go on to inspire […]

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I Wrote the Plays of William Shakespeare

by Daedalus Howell April 22, 2013

April 23 marks both the birth and death day of The Bard. No one has enjoyed as much literary fame in the English language as William Shakespeare, despite being alive for a mere 52 years (and dead for nearly 400). For that matter, no author has also endured so much scrutiny as to the authorship […]

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Highwire Act

by Tony Shea April 20, 2013

While Andy Serkis has portrayed a variety of characters in the flesh during his career, including Albert Einstein and new wave icon, Ian Dury of “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll” fame, undoubtedly he will be most remembered for the remarkable characters he has “created” through performance capture, and more specifically his collaborations with […]

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Me and Jonathan Winters – RIP

by Chris Bonno April 18, 2013

Chris Bonno recounts meeting legendary comedian Jonathan Winters, who died last week at the age of 87. One of the true greats, Jonathan Winters was as versatile as he was hilarious. During a career that lasted more than sixty years, Winters  was a comedian, writer, performer, and artist, who recorded  more than twenty comedy albums […]

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A Heartbreaking Work of Slapstick Genius

by Tony Shea April 16, 2013

April 16 marks the birthday of the king of silent movies, Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin was born in England and emigrated to the US where he developed his signature character of the “Tramp,” a sad clownish hobo figure that combined pathos with slapstick, launching Chaplin as a worldwide phenomenon. Chaplin himself was a rags to riches […]

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Baseball, Baseball, Baseball!

by Dan O'Day McClellan April 15, 2013

The film 42 took top honors at the box office this weekend and rightfully so. We also celebrate Jackie Robinson day, as Dan O’Day McClellan shares his love of baseball. TS My favorite season of the year is back — baseball season. Flowers are blooming, the weather is getting warmer and baseball, sweet baseball is […]

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When is Tax Day? Pour a Pint of Death & Taxes and I’ll Tell Ya

by Daedalus Howell April 14, 2013

Unless you’re living in a rural cabin and writing screeds against the Techno-Beast, you’re probably aware that Monday, April 15, is Tax Day. Opinions on this annual day of (account) reckoning have always been mixed. Some see it as a federal shakedown, others see it as a patriotic duty. I see it as a shoebox […]

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Art vs. Art – Jim Thompson vs. John Fante

by Tony Shea April 9, 2013

We usually go interdisciplinary in Art vs.Art,  musicians vs. writers,  painters vs. comedians and so on, but this week we decided to go head to head with two outstanding writers of the 20th century, Jim Thompson and John Fante.

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Postcards from LA – Hiking Runyon Canyon

by Tony Shea April 4, 2013

One of my favorite things to do in Los Angels is hike. Within an hour’s drive of downtown, there are dozens of awesome hiking trails from Big Bear to Malibu. There’s also several great hikes right here in town with unbelievable views. Located in the center of the city and overlooking Hollywood, Runyon Canyon has […]

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Funny Stuff at the Outhouse – My Life in Midwest Punk Rock

by Ben Easher April 2, 2013

Though my parents were from the East Coast and have since retired there, my father got his first and only job in Springfield, Missouri when I was one year old. For a while, he had continued to seek employment elsewhere, but we were still there when I was graduating high school at seventeen. Though medium-sized, […]

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Table of Contents Locks Horns with Wikipedia

by Tony Shea April 1, 2013

A new database of information is rising up to compete with Wikipedia. And it may just change all of our lives – or what we think of as our lives. While Wikipedia has become the leading source of information on the web, maintained and edited by a group of online volunteers, and free to the […]

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