The Salvation Army (Montrose, Colorado – 1994)

by Tony Shea December 21, 2012

He is sick. Flu bug perhaps or food poisoning. Something has got down inside him and must run its course. He is giddy from it, like he’s been rocked in a boat. He plucks a used neck brace from an umbrella stand filled mostly with old crutches. He supposes the manufacturer would call the neck […]

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I’ll Judge a Book by its Cover

by Jay Hood December 20, 2012

This will be the least informed review you could possibly ever read. I can guarantee you I’ve never read any of these books. I should probably apologize in advance to anyone who loves these books. They might be works of a genius. They might be the best books of the year. Or, they might not. […]

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The Reluctant DILF – Al Fresco

by Christopher T. Wood December 19, 2012

Monologist Christopher T. Wood visits a nude beach for your pleasure. Read it, watch it or both. There are moments in a man’s life when ego trumps reason. When, “I shouldn’t” seamlessly morphs into, “Obviously, one shouldn’t, but given my recent burst of awesome, maybe I should.” At this point in the thought process, some […]

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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

by Candygram For Mongo December 18, 2012
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Chris Bonno Stand Up

by Chris Bonno December 18, 2012

The hilarious and multi-talented Chris Bonno stops by to share some stand-up and songs – with an intro by Laraine Newman from SNL no less.

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All God’s Creatures

by Tony Shea December 13, 2012

I worked as a leg-boner in a slaughterhouse the summer before I went to college. I was seventeen. The work was hard and brutal. You could smell the place for miles. The smell of shit and blood and rust. The smell of death. It made me puke the first week or so. And then I […]

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The Top 10 Frank Sinatra COVERS

by Tony Shea December 11, 2012

During his career, Frank Sinatra became one of the most popular recording artista of all time, selling more than 150M albums worldwide. But though he recorded more than 60 albums of material, he only earned a small handful of actual songwriting credits. In fact according to his Wikipedia Page Sinatra actually only co-wrote 7 songs: […]

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In Contempt of: Sandals

by Mike Anthrope December 10, 2012

In Contempt of: A column that celebrates all the things I can’t stand. SANDALS I can’t stand sandals. On men. I also can’t stand chastity belts, or hair shirts, or burkas, or Amish dress. I’m not particularly fond of bathrobes, or dashikis, or ten gallon cowboy hats, either. But of all life’s fashions and styles, […]

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In Praise of Oscar Niemeyer: The Boy from Brasilia

by Daedalus Howell December 6, 2012

Oscar Niemeyer, the internationally-renown architect and father of modern architecture, died today at the age of 104. Among his accomplishments was the design of the futuristic “planned” city of Brasilia, which not only became the capital of Brazil but, with its abstract, non-linear forms, has inspired sci-fi cityscapes ever since. As a salute to Niemeyer’s […]

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In Praise of Dave Brubeck – RIP

by Dan O'Day McClellan December 6, 2012

The great Dave Brubeck died on December 5th, 2012, one day short of his 92nd birthday, after a lifetime of producing joyous vibrant sounds. You might say that he was instrumental to the soundtrack of my life, through the good times and the bad, and undoubtedly the lives of many others, since he played on more than […]

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Let’s Eat a Dutch Baby … Shall We?

by Jay Hood December 4, 2012

(Westward Ho – Episode I) Monday morning. Temperatures already sweltering. Second marathon day of driving is behind us. The bill paid at one of the finest hotels Sioux Falls had to offer. A Days Inn. Or maybe it was a Holiday Inn. Or a Days Holiday. Some random assortment of words meant to convey we […]

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What Followed

by Thad Weitz December 3, 2012

It was around the second mile into the woods that Jack Dowter knew that he was being followed.  Without any evidence, it was a gut feeling so certain he knew he was right. He employed the tricks he had seen in movies: he would suddenly stop, so he could hear footsteps.  He heard nothing. He […]

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The Voters Have Spoken but What Did They Say?

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. December 3, 2012

Immediately after the 2012 elections, a deluge of newspaper columnists and talking head commentators confidently predicted what the outcome meant for the future of American politics.  Unfortunately, as happened with their pre-election predictions, the pundits are misreading the evidence. From the Right, we’ve heard from Rush Limbaugh that “we’ve lost the country,” and from Stanley […]

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