We all could sense the ship taking on water even as early as last year. One by one, the employees departed, and their empty cubes (valued at about $10k a pop) remained ominously unfilled. Then last week, the iceberg hit. I broke the news to a colleague, who was on […]
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Getting Chummy: Follow-Up to Jimmy Hall Story
A diver responds to my article about Jimmy Hall chumming for sharks off the coast of Oahu, calling the behavior irresponsible.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Did Jimmy Hall do something illegal when he chummed the waters off the coast of Hawaii for an excursion to cage-dive with sharks?
How to Be an Anal Grammarian: Enforce the Use of the Personal Comma
Please, I beg you, learn how to use the personal comma, even if I just made up that term. It’s what keeps “Let’s eat, Grandma” from being cannabilistic.
Concert Review: Hard-Fi at the Troubadour (Feb 1, 2006)
The “Stars of CCTV” band rocked the Troub for an audience that discovered before their first album even dropped stateside.
Faithful and Devoted
As a love letter to fellow music lovers, the memoir of Robbins' time following Depeche Mode on the 1993 Devotional tour brings readers face to face with the artists she idolized, while speaking directly to the heart of every music fan.
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