CD Shorts

CD Shorts

The FallYour Future Our Clutter(Domino) Your Future Our Clutter is something like the 819th release by The Fall. The cover makes it look destined for the cut-out bin, but Mark E. Smith and company have concocted a surprisingly energetic album busting with primal...

Perfect Form

I wouldn’t dare call JimmyJane’s Form Series “toys.” Sure, technically they’re sex toys. But when JimmyJane’s (jimmyjane.com) founder Ethan Imboden and designer Yves B?har knocked the mental boots, an entirely different sexcessory...
CinemaDope: A Novel Idea

CinemaDope: A Novel Idea

Adapting books for the silver screen is nothing new. Indeed, many cinematic landmarks began their lives on the printed page—from The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind right up through the Harry Potter and Jason Bourne franchises. Some, to be fair, retain a...
Exotic Cuisine to Comfort Food

Exotic Cuisine to Comfort Food

Indian cooking, with its allusions to ancient customs and its regional variations, for decades alternately lured and spooked me. There was so much to know. There were so many terms, so many spices, so many nuances. I was intimidated. Then I became the Advocate’s...