Conjuring in the Orchard

by | May 24, 2007 | Arts

It’s a Friday night in Indian Orchard, and, though it may seem unlikely, in a prosaic row of shops on a busy, charmless street, there’s magic in the air. The months-old Brick and Mortar magic shop is small, but as any examination of magic quickly reveals,...

The Protestant Alliance

by | May 24, 2007 | Arts

My parents tell me now that what they feared was something called the “Star Wars mindset”—that my young brain might confuse reality with fiction, might substitute Greedo and Admiral Akbar for the real denizens of Mansfield, Louisiana. Though I...

Without Yoda…

by | May 24, 2007 | Arts

The original Star Wars trilogy, along with Cheryl Tiegs, banana-seat Schwinn StingRays, Eddie Van Halen, skateboards, Kiss, roller rinks, Micronauts, The Dukes of Hazzard, Pink Floyd's The Wall and the classic X-Men run of issues #108-143 by...