CARRIE & LOWELL // A TENDER EULOGY FROM SUFJAN STEVENS William Barshop March 31, 2015 Music, Reviews 16 Comments CARRIE & LOWELL // A TENDER EULOGY FROM SUFJAN STEVENS A Sufjan Stevens fan posted a screenshot of the comment box of Stevens’ website a few months back. Their message to Sufjan: “you hurt me so...
TERRAPLANE // STEVE EARLE’S FUN TRIBUTE TO TEXAS BLUES Jordan Cissell March 17, 2015 Music, Reviews 9 Comments TERRAPLANE // STEVE EARLE'S FUN TRIBUTE TO TEXAS BLUES Texas blues has always run a little contrary in tone to its counterparts in the Southeast. The line is by no means a hard and fast one, but generally...
FRANK FAMILY CHARDONNAY // ELEGANT // BOGLE MERLOT // A CHUNKY SIPPER Jon Rogers March 17, 2015 Food, Reviews 10 Comments FRANK FAMILY CHARDONNAY // ELEGANT // BOGLE MERLOT // A CHUNKY SIPPER Frank Family Chardonnay comes from the Frank Family Vineyards in Calistoga, California, USA. For this review, I tasted the Frank Family...
“THE DUFF” // CARVES OUT A NICHE FOR ITSELF Van Roberts March 17, 2015 Entertainment, Reviews 6 Comments "THE DUFF" // CARVES OUT A NICHE FOR ITSELF The captivating “Pygmalion” comedy “The DUFF” revitalizes the standard-issue, romantic, high school, makeover movie. No, I haven’t read Kentucky-native...
BLACK NOTES // MARY WEEMS CHANNELS VOLUMES OF HISTORY William Barshop March 17, 2015 Arts, Reviews 7 Comments BLACK NOTES // MARY WEEMS CHANNELS VOLUMES OF HISTORY Mary Weems begins her journey through black history with a Negro spiritual, sung low and mournful as she appears before a crowd in Gorgas Library at the...
ESSENTIAL TO THE EQUATION Rachel Freeman March 17, 2015 Food, Reviews 13 Comments ESSENTIAL TO THE EQUATION Sixty percent of our body is made up of water and just a drop in 2% of our water level can send us into dehydration. Our brain, blood, and lungs are made up of 95%, 82%, and 90%...
A VEGAN FOODIE DREAM // COOKING WINN Sheena Gregg March 17, 2015 Features, Food, Reviews 10 Comments A VEGAN FOODIE DREAM // COOKING WINN In a perfect world, there would be a place that offered exclusively vegetarian and vegan fare, inspired by ethnic flavors and the palate cravings of the customers. Even...
“DANCE MOMS” // LIVING ON THE DANCE FLOOR Cara Brake March 17, 2015 Entertainment, Reviews 7 Comments "DANCE MOMS" // LIVING ON THE DANCE FLOOR Reality shows are rampant with drama, screaming, and more drama. Each show differs, but it seems like they all have the same amount of angst. What differs, though,...
JESTER KING // BEER NERDS WILL GET EXCITED Brett Reid March 17, 2015 Food, Reviews 10 Comments JESTER KING // BEER NERDS WILL GET EXCITED While I was recently in Austin, Texas, my wife and I did a brewery tour of sorts. We took a day trip to Shiner, TX, where we saw the Spoetzl Brewery where Shiner...
BAAK GWAII // TEN YEARS OF HONEST ROCK WITH JHON SNOWDEN William Barshop March 17, 2015 Features, Music, Reviews 7 Comments BAAK GWAII // TEN YEARS OF HONEST ROCK WITH JHON SNOWDEN This is an attempt at a mullet,” said Jhon Snowden, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Tuscaloosa band, Baak Gwai. “I think I’ll go for a...
