Thanksgiving: What to Drink and When to Drink It
Everyone has their own Thanksgiving tradition, whether it’s a full family reunion or a simple dinner for two at…
November 24, 2014-
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “How to Be a Good Wife” a novel by Emma Chapman
Fears, and our response to them, can be logical and constructive. Other times, perversely, we respond irrationally – sometimes…
November 21, 2014 -
The Kinks: The Beatles of Outsiders
Do you know what a “Familiar” is? A Familiar is an object or entity that appears in varying guises…
November 21, 2014 -
Pink Floyd End their Story in a Wondrous Way (Especially if you like Umma Gumma)
What a beautiful way to end a legendary lifespan. These days, fewer and fewer bands – and virtually no…
November 20, 2014 -
Eff You, Beatles: Or Why You Need To Know About “Rockin’ Rochester USA”
It is a strange, beautiful, brutal, and bittersweet song. It is not just a window into the past, but…
November 19, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: Graphics Pleasures: “Legends of the Tour” by Jan Cleijne and “Pen and Ink: Tattoos & the Stories Behind Them” by Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton
It’s one of the world’s glorious sporting events, followed, literally, by many thousands, and in news reports by many…
November 14, 2014 -
Kim Kardashian, The Mother of Fame, Versus Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, the Mothers of Freedom
Yesterday, the media/interweb obsession with Kim Kardashian reached a kind of panic-like fury that could only have been equaled…
November 13, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Benediction” by Kent Haruf
Kent Haruf’s meditative new novel “Benediction” is, like his previous books “Plainsong” and “Eventide,” set in the high plains…
November 7, 2014 -
The Way We Hear Music Has Changed. Now Change it Some More.
A lot of buzz out there about Taylor Swift abandoning Spotify (what a very odd name – Taylor Swift…
November 5, 2014 -
Acker Bilk and Instrumentals of Exquisite Melancholy
In his masterpiece The Tin Drum, author Gunther Grass writes of a character who is able to “turn feelings…
November 4, 2014