Make your own fat-washed scotch cocktail with the recipe for Reader’s Baconfest 2012 cocktail challenge winner.
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 28
Issue of Apr. 5 – 11, 2012
12 O’Clock Track: Phleg Camp, “Corn Licker”
Eric Chenaux’s old band Phleg Camp sounds about as different from his new solo record as possible.
Jacked-up Turkish folk back in circulation
An obscurity from Turkish duo Derdiyoklar Ikilisi gets the reissue treatment.
Voyage to Rossellini: free lecture tomorrow
Previewing a lecture on the great filmmaker Roberto Rossellini at the Italian Cultural Institute
Scholarship at Mizzou
Missouri football defends itself against Sean Coffey and Bob Costas
It’s springtime for books on the Bleader
This week’s Variations on a Theme: our annual Spring Books Issue
Let my people go to the movies!
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
The moment you’ve all been waiting for: Oulipian writing contest results
The Oulipian writing contest winner is . . .
Today in useless inventions: Rube Goldberg machines
Rube Goldberg machines that accomplish tasks including popping a balloon, turning a page, and opening a bottle of wine.
A best new chef is anointed, and other news bites
A best new chef, green chorizo, loose meat sandwiches, and more
On writing the perfect press release
The simple poetry of someone trying to get me to write about Phil Anselmo
This week in tactile cinema
A preview of the Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger series playing at the Music Box this week
American Reunion: throw that pie in the microwave
The American Pie franchise returns after a nine-year hiatus