The Best Tea for… Making Friends by Heather M. Surls “Come, Heather,” Malika says, the first syllable of my name rough with Russian, “come drink tea.” We are walking through the parking lot of our apartment complex after taking her son to kindergarten. She is not feeling well today—something about her heart (and she’s only […]
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The Best Tea for…Having a Baby by Heather M. Surls I am 36 weeks pregnant and afraid of being induced. Some women plan inductions, but I’ve realized I’m the ‘crunchy’ type (perhaps I should have recognized this long ago, what with the homemade yogurt and vinegar-water to clean the bathroom), and I want to have […]
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Deep Mysteries by Lena Rivera What creatures thrive in the airless depths beneath the waves, and what might their intentions be? Such questions, lodged in the psyche of mankind from time immemorial, have sparked the imaginations of countless dreamers, spawning superstitions, myths, legends, novels and now films. […]
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“Instead of hipster melancholia he captured a vibrant, head-bopping tone, often using hand claps and a choir of backup singers to create a feeling of community . . . “
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“While it borrows heavily from folk, country, bluegrass, indie, and emo, the final product sounds nothing like any of those style.”
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“A throwback fusion of bluegrass and folk-rock, Old Crow Medicine Show is a lot more than banjo twang and an awesome band name.”
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Whether she’s plinking at her toy piano, accompanied only by a bass drum, or backed by a full band, Rickman’s stage presence has the gravity of a seasoned performer, capable of pulling the attention of the most introspective barfly nursing a beer in his back-corner booth.
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The Best Tea for Time Travel by Christine Shultz Time travel can be a thirsty business. Go back too far in time, and one has the choice of various alcoholic drinks — ales, wines, and if one is lucky, mead — and not much else. Water? Unfiltered, probably not safe. Milk? An unpasteurized bacteria playground. […]
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This software application allows Apple’s famous iTunes software to interact with MP3 players made by other companies. For all those who have spent years complaining about the “closed garden” of iTunes and iPods, doubleTwist provides a ladder over the wall.
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Soul Strings by James Roland YouTube has created a free market for video and sound, a (mostly) rule-free space where anyone from any place can say exactly what’s on his mind. Unfortunately, that usually means a teenage girl pouring her heart out to (potentially) millions of strangers. But maybe that isn’t always a bad thing. […]
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