Gilbert and Sullivan would be having a field day right now with pirates in the news so much. So it got me thinking. What did pirates eat? Not the pirates of today which have access to full kitchens and refrigeration units, but the pirates of yore. The ones with the peg legs and the parrots. The answer isn’t pretty —…
Al Green Saturday, November 29 The Midland Better than: The time I took my first communion in front of the full congregation, knowing damn well I didn’t believe any of it. One thought kept coming to me throughout the 70 minutes that a jittery, Jesus-praising, lady-hugging, greatest-hitting, half-singing, soundman-berating, set-list-shredding ghost of the Rev. Al Green doled out a set…
LET’S ALL GO TO THE PAWN SHOP! Why all the no shopping, U.S. consumers? Do you know what Laura Ingalls Wilder got for Christmas in Steve Kraske’s favorite novel, Little House on the Prairie? An apple, a penny and a tin cup. Then, if I recall correctly, she died of cholera and her dogs Old Dan and Little Ann were…
For fans waiting for the follow-up to last year’s Last Light, Matt Pond PA posted a 9-song EP on its website just before the Thanksgiving break. Here’s what the NYC trio had to say about it on MySpace last Tuesday: “We took ourselves captive, and became our own producers, manufacturers, and distributors. It was a deferential revolt against inertia, a…
%{}% I still like my ode to Zima better, but this article in Slate discusses how Zima managed to stick around as long as it did in the first place. Eco tips for good green holiday present wrapping this year. Though I’ve discovered the greenest and easiest way is not to wrap presents at all. Black Friday was still busy…
Willie Nelson, Billy Bob Thornton and Thornton’s band, the Boxmasters, spent the night before Thanksgiving at the Midland. Photos by Scott Spychalski.
