June 7, 2024 2024 Awards Shortlist, part 2 719 Three Novellas in a Trench Coat Host Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, Scott McNulty, Erika Ensign, and Heather Berberet Our 2024 book club shortlist read continues with “Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon”, “The Terraformers,” ...
From the gripping opener “Liege of Inveracity” to the closing crusher, “Jesus Wept,” Suffocation traversed serpentine twists and turns along complex song structures, employing both technicality and slamming rhythms that served as the blueprint for both respective sub-genres in the ensuing decades....
One involvesfighter, Joe Lewisand a secondrelates the saga of seven dead cows – shot by a guy namedJimmywho left them on the road in front of the bar. Don’t forget the other about amother-in-lawof one of the original owners who would sit in the corner of the bar and admonish hi...
5. Sit on the tile instead of in a chair. They do that in Vietnam where there is not AC. Tile wicks the heat from your body at a remarkable rate. They sleep on tile for that reason. 6. I wash my hair just before I expect it to be hot. 7. After I wash my hands I wipe t...
DEADLETTER’s label describes them by evoking Gang of Four and Talking Heads, but I don’t see how you could hear this track without thinking of Madness, just with more prominent guitar work. It’s incredibly catchy and the lyrics feature some clever turns of phrase, such as “Like a ...
and then having to wear the same shirt for the rest of the day. It gets old. My photography equipment is caked with a white salt residue. On the other hand while I expect the Midwest weather to be far preferable 6-7 months of the year, I think I’ll find the sub-zero winters to...
The man played dead, but the bear continued to maul him, scratching his chest. His wife, who was also walking to the field, rushed to help him, and threw a log towards the bear. It did not hit the bear, but nevertheless forced it to run off. Ten days later, in a village about ...
While camphor 5-exohydroxylase [7,8] and OTEMO [9] have been characterised in considerable biochemical and structural detail, the enantiocomplementary diketocamphane monooxygenases (DKCMOs) have received comparatively little attention. This is in part due to the fact that for over 50 years these ...
Sainte Phanie © Virginie Roux-Cassé I bought the impish apples and Bird Cage because Virginie Roux-Cassé’s take on the world around is not mine but is accessible to me, opens a garden gate for my feelings and my imagination. What’s that poem about the path not taken? Sainte La ...
Book Summary:Tommy Phan is a 30-year-old Vietnamese-American detective and novelist living in Southern California, and a chaser of the American Dream. He drives home his brand-new Corvette one day to discover a strange doll on his doorstep. It’s a rag doll made entirely of white cloth...