by | Jul 31, 2021 | Culture Music Art, Mirth
from Yahoo! News Woman with only known recording of J.D. Salinger’s voice to have tape burned by Brendan Morrow J.D. Salinger Holly Ramer / ASSOCIATED PRESS The potentially last chance to hear J.D. Salinger’s voice on tape is set to go up in smoke,...
by | Jul 30, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from The Wall Street Journal We Live in a Golden Age of Dinosaur Chicken Nuggets The ‘fun nugget’ boomlet taught makers to use fewer spikes, leave room for breading; now, perfecting Baby Yoda’s ears By Ellen Byron If Mark Tolbert could redesign his company’s...
by | Jul 28, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from NBC News Infomercial king Ron Popeil dies at 86 Ronco’s Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ, and Popeil’s late-night infomercials pitching it, helped inscribe the phrase “set it and forget it” into the American lexicon. Ron Popeil, the inventor...
by | Jul 27, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from Vanity Fair Bourdain, My Camera, and Me The photographer behind one of the most indelible images taken of the late chef remembers their friendship—and the way it evolved over time. BY MELANIE DUNEA The bone kept sliding out of my hand. I had picked it up at...
by | Jul 26, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from San Jose Mercury News ‘Sublime’ at 25: Remembering Bradley Nowell and the SoCal band’s massive hit album The album sold over 18 million copies worldwide and spawned hit singles including “What I Got,” “Santeria” and “Wrong Way.” By KELLI SKYE FADROSKI Long Beach...
by | Jul 25, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from SF Gate The curious life of the Bay Area’s 84-year-old bodybuilding rhinestone cowboy artist by Michelle Robertson Stills of Maestro Gaxiola from the Criterion Collection. Courtesy of the Criterion Collection In his 84 years, Gerald “The Maestro” Gaxiola...
