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Sweet, twisted, funny, and unsettling, Sleeping Dogs Lie is Bobcat Goldthwait's indie treat about a couple whose march toward the altar takes a sharp turn when the bride fesses up to a most ... read more
Brisa Roché is a mess of contradictions -- a San Francisco-born, mountain commune-raised troubadour whose blend of lo-fi/indie pop/lounge/jazz earned her enough attention in Paris, her chosen homebase, to release a tiny first ... read more
April isn't nearly as romantic and Gene Kellyish when you're armed with one of those flimsy, bent-out-of-shape black umbrellas. Meet three of the world's most esteemed purveyors of brolleys and bumbershoots (and walking ... read more
GigPosters is an impressive online historical archive (based in Calgary) of posters from gigs headlined by everyone from My Morning Jacket to James Brown -- over 70,000 bands in all. While the artwork ... read more
Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney say she inspired them. Even those who don't know the name tend to recognize the style: Aussie designer Florence Broadhurst's outsized, bold wallpaper prints made her one of ... read more
Director/choreographer Stanley Donen may not have the highest name recognition of Hollywood's classic directors, but his resume includes Singin' in the Rain, On the Town, Funny Face, and Charade. He also directed Two ... read more
Three Easter Treats: Not Your Usual Chocolate Bunnies Cheese chocolates, Jean-Paul Hévin. For those who can't choose between chocolate and cheese, the master chocolatier created distinctive sweets with a savory kick courtesy of ... read more
Circuit bending -- taking something with electronics in it such as a children's toy and short-circuiting it, could be a symptom of a new pathology. But it's actually a technique used by some ... read more
Danish Renaissance man Piet Hein (1905-1996) makes just about anyone's resume pale by comparison: scientist, author, mathematician, game inventor, sculptor, designer. Other stuff, too. It's his contribution to happy hour though that we ... read more
