by James Heflin | Feb 11, 2015 | Arts, Music
Of Montreal Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl) Of Montreal — which is not a band from Montreal, but from Athens, Georgia — taps into a distinctive, if monolithic aesthetic on its 13th album. Determining whether that stylistic unity is evidence of imaginitive shortcomings or of...
by Bill Federman | Feb 11, 2015 | Between the Lines, Columns, Letters from our Readers, News
Brian Williams, the NBC Nightly News anchor — at least for the time being — has come in for a lot of criticism lately for claiming, falsely,that he was aboard a U.S. military helicopter in 2003 that was hit by small-arms fire and forced down in the desert during the...
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Feb 11, 2015 | Columns, Leisure, The V-Spot, Wellness
Hello V-Spot, I had a baby and now I’m so busy. I just want to buy a sex toy. I was going to get the newer JeJoue Mimi as I remember [from past columns] that was your favorite, but I read some people don’t like it and I don’t want to take the chance. I may get the...
by Taylor Eason | Feb 11, 2015 | Columns, Food + Booze, Leisure
Ah, the ever solemn, oft confusing restaurant ceremony of “tasting” a bottle of wine. Centuries of custom and formality have twisted it into a byproduct of wine snobbery, but it’s really a necessary quality control exercise. I call it the “Wine Schmooze” since it’s a...
by Leticia Miranda, ProPublica | Feb 11, 2015 | News
During the State of the Union address, President Obama pledged “to protect a free and open Internet, extend its reach to every classroom, and every community, and help folks build the fastest networks.” Obama is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to...