Fearful Symmetries

I found some tasty, smoky brews at Steve's on Junction Road over the weekend.

That poor Brown line train!

           

Last month I spent a few days in Chicago attending some performances of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival . And of course a ...

Having been suitably impressed by Soul Brew 's BLM , I returned to the Willy Street Co-op to grab another of their flavors. While scanni...

I've been listening to some tunes by Chicago's Horsegirl . They play what I suppose would be called indie rock with its lo-fi aesthe...

This is so hoopy! Antoine Baril is a Canadian drummer who played with The Musical Box amongst many other bands and he's recorded a cove...

The snow and wind made for a Rorschach test on a friend's skylight a couple days ago.

Just when I think I've tasted every brand of salt & vinegar chips on store shelves in my world, I stumble upon another one. My most ...

I was reminded that Fat Tuesday approaches as I was grocery shopping last weekend at Woodman's when I saw pączki for sale. They were fro...

My R bus didn't show yesterday morning so I instead endeavored to catch an A or F. Standing on the bus platform as cars zipped past gave...

Jethro Tull have released another tune from their forthcoming album, Curious Ruminant , called "The Tipu House". So far, I am enj...

Poor Piper had to get her peepers checked out recently. Thankfully they're doing alright, unlike Pipey when she's at the vet's o...

I have fallen into the habit of occasionally grabbing lunch at Whole Foods and have noticed kołaczki in the bulk cookie case just across fro...

Having finished sampling NessAlla's regular flavors , i.e. - non-mocktail kombuchas, I wasn't sure where to turn next. While I suspe...

I saw this stuff recently: It inspired repulsion because Hormel chili is rather disgusting yet also a morbid curiosity of just how spicy a b...

Rhiannon Giddens has reunited with former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson for a new album called What Did the Blackbird ...

Today I learned that Jethro Tull's 1969 otune "Singing All Day" (a Benefit outtake?) uses the melody from "Swingin' ...

I have been catching up on the last few issues of County Highway , "America’s Only Newspaper". As I noted previously , it's a ...

Madison Metro Transit (or should that be Madison's Metro Transit?) recently announced new bus service to Monona and Verona. The service ...