Ladies and gentlemen, if there is something you’ve always said you do “once in a blue moon,” today is the day you’re going to do it. Tonight there will be a full moon for the second time this month, which is the very definition of a fabled “blue moon.” Do something unique tonight! If you [...]

The 80th Scripps National Spelling Bee is starting today. This has been one of the few days so far where I have missed having a television in my place of residence. For some reason, I have always been really interested in watching ESPN’s coverage of the cute little kids spelling words I’ve never even heard [...]

To be perfectly honest with you, I had nothing to talk about today. Just when I was about to give up and start complaining about music and movies, a gift was sent from the heavens in the form of an exclusive from The Smoking Gun. In a just published story, we learn that a former [...]

My introduction to La Otracina could be considered accidental. I was in Brooklyn for Split Thy Skull at Mugg’s Alehouse with Ian. We decided to follow up our heavy drinking session with a short walk over to Soundfix, where I am prone to dumping boatloads of money if under the influence. I picked up [...]

Bottling Smoke Day 2 was a lesson in psychedelia, free improvisation and avant-garde composition. My day began at roughly 2pm when I walked over to Echo Curio. I bumped into some people I had met the night before and we headed around back to the merchandise booths that were set up in the rear of [...]

The first night of the Bottling Smoke festival was all I could hope for. Lots of fun was had, beautiful psychedelic ambiance was enjoyed by all, and everyone in attendance was remarkably cool. It was a very familial atmosphere at Echo Curio last night. The first person I spoke to while I waited for friends [...]

Last night I attended a book reading at Skylight Books where Eric Hoffman and Gary Rudoren were promoting their new book “Comedy by the Numbers” (released on the McSweeney’s imprint). The audience was quite sizable for the event, which was due in part to appearances by that-guy-whose-name-I-forgot and Bob Odenkirk. I was flipping through a [...]