My squat little body houses a record number of physical calamities. If you have read my latest published story, "Pharma Chameleon," (in the March issue of The Rake) you already know that I’m pretty much a bubble boy. My latest impediment is a Pterigium (kind of like a nasty veiny weed) on my right eye. … Read more
If you are going to review films, as my USC intern used to say, then start at the top. So here is my review of Iron Man. Because Iron Man is more of a movie than a film, I am not sure what to say. Films engage you. Movies distract you. To be honest, Iron … Read more
I felt a twinge of nostalgia the other night when I stopped in for a bite at the Acadia Café, which recently moved from Franklin and Nicollet to Cedar and Riverside. Back in my college days – and for many years after, the space was home to the New Riverside Café, run by an anarchist … Read more
There are two things that need to be done, I think, when adapting a Shakespeare play. First, respects must be paid to the language — the actors must own their lines, the director must choose the emphases that suit his/her interpretation best. And second, the cast must act as translators, using their bodies to re-interpret … Read more
THEATER & PERFORMANCEBaby Got Curves Certainly the theme of body image is nothing new. In fact, we’ve come to expect it from plays (or any art, for that matter) about women. Why don’t I look like the models in the magazines? Why can’t I be thinner? Why can’t my breasts be larger, rounder, firmer? Why … Read more
The name Son of Rambow conjures images of some hot young actor like Shia LaBeouf trekking through the mountains of Afghanistan, dodging Taliban attacks while searching for a captured Sylvester Stallone. Rest assured, this is not what you will get from this refreshingly creative twist on the coming-of-age genre. Director Garth Jennings’s (Hitchhiker’s Guide to … Read more
As the debate at the capitol starts to sound eerily Tyra-inspired, it’s important to note that, according to The Defenestrator’s highly-knowledgeable sources, had House and Senate leadership handled Pawlenty’s veto of the Central Corridor differently, many of the problems the DFL caucus has with Tim Pawlenty’s demands likely would have been non-issues. As things stand, … Read more
Today was the launch of MetroMSP — a new Web site that offers companies and site selectors instant access to comprehensive and crucial marketplace information about available commercial, industrial and retail sites in the 11-county Minneapolis Saint Paul metro region. The Web site covers the anchor cities of Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Bloomington, as well … Read more
This just in: The Echo Nest, a music intelligence company providing enhanced music search, recommendation and interactivity technology to online music companies, launched its second hosted application, "Recommend," today. Recommend is an application programming interface or "API" that helps music services personalize their websites to each visitor’s unique music taste. Any music website — bloggers, … Read more