Tag: Apr 05 2018 issue
The untouchables
They use apocalyptic language. They talk of riots, freak-outs, insurrection... or worse. Yet, they smile when they say it.
What makes the chefs of the...
Something fishy’s going on at Valmont Reservoir
Hudson, a 1,500-person pit-stop town about 30 miles east of Boulder, has a small community fishing pond. On a recent Saturday morning, about two...
Could you live on ‘psychic income’?
Today’s corporate captains like to think of themselves not as mere businesspeople, but as modern society’s innovation geniuses.
But, innovation for what purpose? After all,...
The gentlemen from Kentucky rise to speak for hemp
When U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) announced last week that he was going to introduce a bill to legalize industrial hemp, there...
Have your pot and drink it too
Do you ever come home after a long day at work and feel torn between which substance you want to use to escape reality?...
Luna phase
Drifting through our back pages prior to a chat with Luna’s Dean Wareham last week, we were mildly astonished to see that our last...
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic talks about digging into the deep cuts for...
Between the song parodies, his corny-yet-lovable sense of humor and a quasi-nerdy affection for the accordion, it could have been easy to dismiss “Weird...
A terrific two-hander
Ensemble pieces and one-man (or woman) shows are a dime a dozen. Two-person plays — also known as “two-handers” — are a much rarer...
Questions from Royal Oak Music Theatre
I visited Royal Oak, Michigan, for Savage Love Live at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. I didn’t get to all of the questions submitted...
Celebrate the past; anticipate the future
According to the website womenandhollywood.com, founded in 2007 by Melissa Silverstein, less than half (34 percent) of all 2017 speaking roles went to female...