The FDA announced today that it would give preliminary approval to lift a five year-old, informal ban on including the meat or milk of cloned cattle, pigs and goats in the US food chain. Sheep remain off-limits until more evidence is produced. Should this decision remain in place, the United States would become the first […]
Rock’n’Roll Photography Lawyer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Andrew Stroud is the picture perfect example of the nine-to-five business man. Each day he arrives at the 25-story building that houses his law firm, Mennemeier, Glassman & Stroud, and immediately immerses himself in the various civil litigation suits piled high on his desk. However, when the day comes to an end, […]
Blood Brothers Interview
Formed in 1997, The Blood Brothers is a multifaceted band that is constantly challenging themselves and reinventing their sound. Young Machetes, the band’s fifth full length, is no exception to the rule, as it embarks in yet another, unexplored direction. Shortly after the album’s release, singer Jordan Blilie took some time from his busy schedule […]
A Place to Belong
The Phoenix Theatre by day is a picture reminiscent of an after school daycare program. Inside the main auditorium kids are skateboarding on the multitude of wooden ramps set up against the walls. The lobby is filled with youth hanging out, and searching their pockets for change to buy candy or soda from the concession […]
RV
EXT. I-70 — AFTERNOON We see various images of the blank Kansas plains. Credits appear over action. CLINT Have you guys ever been with a black girl. CLINT Or guy? ERICA Not yet- We settle on the long interstate. Out of the heat waves of the dusty, hot asphalt a jalopy white and brown RV […]
Double-entendre Pontiff
Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Turkey, thanks to being under tight security including shutting down major arteries, snipers and security checkpoints in Istanbul and portions of the public transit system in Istanbul went off with nary a hitch, and the main demonstrations during the duration of his stay were either far afield from his itinerary […]