by James Heflin | Jun 18, 2008 | Ten Gallon Liberal
As a six-string dude myself, there’s nothing I think is finer than someone who can blow the roof off the sucker with a guitar. And Saturday night, Adrien Moignard and his band, L’Ensemble Zaiti (about whom I penned a story last week, I’m happy to...
by Northampton Redoubt | Jun 18, 2008 | Northampton Redoubt
In a previous interview conducted with Douglas Kohl, the residential real estate developer and owner of Thornes Marketplace, he told me that it can take up to five years to properly certify a vernal pool because each spring is different. Apparently there can be...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jun 18, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
I was thinking of writing something unpatriotic about Tim Russert, who was a talented broadcaster but also, I believe, a destructive force in American journalism and politics, but then I saw this video of his son, Luke, being interviewed by Matt Lauer, and I figured...
by Kendra Thurlow | Jun 18, 2008 | Stage
Following the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1959, the Drepung Loseling Monastery, in the hills on the northern outskirts of Lhasa, was closed, along with nearly all of Tibet's 6,500 monasteries. Many were completely destroyed. Most of Loseling's monks were...
by James Heflin | Jun 18, 2008 | Music
Compilation albums happen for all sorts of reasons, but the new album Selmer #607 has as its centerpiece something quite unusual: a single guitar, played by all of the album's contributors.That guitar is, well, Selmer #607. The brand (and style of guitar) is...