Juárez plan: what next?
The latest entry to the long list of internationally notorious manifestations of Mexico's security problems was the massacre of more than a dozen partying teenagers in Ciudad Juárez in late January....
Category: Themes
Howard Stern on Gabourey Sidibe: hard facts
Howard Stern, in case you needed reminding, is the highest paid American radio personality & the ultimate media shock jock. On Monday, on his Sirius XM program with co-host Robin Quivers, he had...
The shame about Corey Haim
Driving home from work this evening, I head the news that Corey Haim was dead. I guessed it was a drug overdose, but I didn’t guess how I would feel. Gutted. Stupid, I know, considering I’ve...
Arch Enemy’s Angela Gossow: “I’m the boss”
At the start of yet another American tour, Kirsty Evans had a chance to catch up with Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow, one of the most ass-kicking women in metal. Having recently participated in an...
Rethinking Work: cooking as labor
Food politics are sweeping the United States. The local food movement, the slow food movement, all of it embodied in periodic sweeping pieces from lead guru Michael Pollan, whose writing is lush and...
Michael Bryan: let’s not discount depression
On February 26th, Michael Bryan, the eighteen year old son of Marie Osmond, leapt to his death. The Osmond family has asked for prayers of support in this extremely difficult time. According to ET...
Status
Yearns for the porchlights of lovers not yet been but cannot also remove those who’ve been and gone. Lover- here-lover-now is tattooed in luminous ink on the thinnest skin of my chest, so no one...
Even Paul Bettany can’t save “Legion”
Isn’t it funny, that when it comes to the end of the world, we’ll buy monsters, zombies and aliens as the harbingers of Apocalypse, but we won't give the man (or woman) upstairs the time of day...
Suddenly, everyone loves Michael Foot. Why?
The recent death of Michael Foot, former leader of Britain's Labour Party, inflicted upon us, or the shrinking section of the public that still pays attention to news at least, a litany of glowing...
Off The Endz: estate life
Growing up on a council estate in London, or any estate in the United Kingdom for that matter, can be alright for some, but for others, the disadvantages outweigh the good. Many people have a...