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What do Black Sabbath, Wagner's Gotterdammerung, West Side Story, and the theme to The Simpsons have in common? A tritone known as the Devil's interval.
Today's installment: Which wine pairs best with pretzels and popcorn?
Jeff Wong sends along the following video, noting, "A DIY book, a yo-yo, a Hot Wheels car, stacks of CDs, packing tape... what more could you ask for?"
Here, in this entry, I'm looking for a way to casually and intelligently — and perhaps even humorously — mention sake–soaked wood cone speakers. Because sake–soaked wood cone speakers are weird. And interesting. And funny. And that kind of weird, interesting, funny stuff needs to be pointed at and teased, wondered upon and caressed. But I will fail at being clever about it, I will throw subtlety out the window, and I will just blurt it out at the start.
Now that that's over with, I'll go on to say that this entry is really supposed to begin by referring to…
Not that I indulge, but I find this article in The Economist on cannabis fascinating—and depressing. Despite our FDA's recent findings that cannabis has no medical value when smoked (a charge motivated more by our "War on Some Drugs" than the facts, it seems), researchers are increasingly finding more ways in which it may be beneficial.
Well, researchers living elsewhere—there have been no clinical studies here, and the DEA won't let any take place. You don't have to advocate legalizing pot to think it's bizarre to issue a "scientific" statement that a substance has no proven value when you…
In offices on opposite coasts, we listened to Neil Young's powerful message, Living With War. While Jon Iverson composed his review, I came up with this.
Living With War
Reprise
The impact is shaking my computer screen. If I could stop my feet from stomping so hard, itd be a little bit easier to type. If my fingers weren't at these keys, my fist would be in the air. And my fingers are only at these keys because I feel so compelled to follow Neil Young's lead and shout out, happily, in this way:
Let's impeach the President for lyin'!
Have you seen…
Kal Rubinson passes this link along. I don't hold out much hope, but it couldn't hurt to remind folks that some of us buy these things.