by Jack Brown | Aug 12, 2019 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Film
As I was getting ready to write this column, the news came over the radio that filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker had died. Never really a household name, Pennebaker nevertheless contributed to our shared cultural vocabulary in ways that nearly anyone will recognize: if you...
by Rob Brezsny | Aug 12, 2019 | Articles, Astrology, Featured
ARIES (March 21-April 19): How did sound technicians create the signature roar of the fictional monster Godzilla? They slathered pine-tar resin on a leather glove and stroked it against the strings of a double bass. How about the famous howl of the fictional character...
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Aug 9, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The V-Spot
Editor’s note: Sex and relationship advice columnist Yana Tallon-Hicks is currently on maternity leave. While she’s gone, we’re reprinting some of her best columns of the past several years, and are looking forward to her return in September. Hi Yana, I started...
by Our Readers | Aug 9, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Letters from our Readers, News
A straw ban could hurt the disabled community In response to “Eliminating the Plastic Straw: Woman gathers support for Northampton ban,” published August 1-7, 2019. I read the article just now and want to say, while I support reducing plastic waste (the effects it...
by Frances Crowe | Aug 7, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
So many lives changed on August 6, 1945, including mine. I was a 26-year-old American married to an aspiring radiologist. I listened to the radio as I ironed our clothes and learned that my country, the United States, had destroyed Hiroshima, Japan, by dropping an...
