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COFFEE AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT?! – Feeding Your Inner Mogwai Coffee After Midnight

by July 8th, 2011 Culture » Food » Society » Culture » Travel »

For various reasons that, for now, must remain secret, I have had cause to leave my apartment at night and stumble around town until I lose whatever thought I had just previously found and find myself, instead, terribly lost and in need of a sit-down at some time likely after midnight. This wouldn’t be a […]

Richard Ayoade’s Submarine – Another Way to Come of Age

by July 7th, 2011 Culture » Film and TV »

The newly released coming-of-age story, Submarine is a lot like the movie Amelie, but instead of starring the impish Audrey Tautou, it stars a 15 year old action figure of teenage male introspection, Craig Roberts as main character Oliver Tate; and instead of being set in a sepia-rich, fantasy Paris, Submarine is submersed in an […]

The Hipster Cornbred Fake OG Decadent Innocence Summer Fun Playlist

by July 4th, 2011 Culture » Sounds »

Looking for a new way to spend a summer day? Well, strap your self in to your mp3 player and take an absent-minded stroll alone, listening to these three classics, imagining them sung by Perry Como, Buster Keaton or the like. Rebel Without A Pause (Whipped Cream Mix) The Life-Altering Herb Alpert/Public Enemy Mash-Up by […]

Case Studies in Indecency – The Burden of Proof is on the FCC

by June 27th, 2011 Culture » Politics » Society »

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided some interesting cases in the last year. Most recently came a decision that overturned a California law banning/fining sales of violent video games to minors, leaving the moral decision of such incidents to families rather than the all-knowing Oz. Bravo to SCOTUS for making the rational […]

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