Sex and the Springtime Star-Gazer

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Leisure, The V-Spot

Many of you Valley Advocate readers turn to this back section under the pretense that you’re brushing up on your weekly horoscope. Though I enjoy reading Rob Brezsny as much as the next wandering soul, you have to admit, it’s also a good excuse to peek at...
CinemaDope: Guitar Hero

CinemaDope: Guitar Hero

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Film

The great Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt pulled off one of music’s neatest tricks during his short time with us. He was most active in a time (the 1920s to 1940s) and place (Paris) that saw the production of some truly outstanding music, and his recorded...
The Great Jerk Chicken Quest

The Great Jerk Chicken Quest

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Food + Booze

“Stop! We’re going the wrong way!” I yelled as cars and buses came to a screeching halt. That’s how our latest trip to Jamaica started as we left the airport in Montego Bay and drove into a rotary going the wrong direction. Who knew that when...

Art in Paradise: Out in Style

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Arts

When you descend into the basement of Pleasant Street Video, there’s a sense of entering a lair. The floor creaks here and there, and the ceiling is oppressively low. But if a mythic being lurks somewhere in the building’s bowels, it must be...

Real Local History

by | Jun 24, 2011 | Arts

I recently plunged into one of those books that’s perfect for late-night reading in bed. It’s called Weird History 101. It’s not particularly weird history, for the most part, but apparently a marketer thought more copies would move if it was so...