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Student Interest in Making Their Own Beer is Brewing in Kalamazoo

Student Interest in Making Their Own Beer is Brewing in Kalamazoo

Commercials make brewing beer seem like a monumental endeavor. Giant metal silos, huge barrels of beer, wagons pulled by Clydesdales, and massive factories are all a part of the images associated with America’s biggest beer companies. Somehow, this paint bucket full of fermenting beer in my closet doesn’t seem to compare. With nationwide breweries delivering [...]

Fighting bulls, tradition, and identity in Spain

Fighting bulls, tradition, and identity in Spain

At the end of this past July, lawmakers in the region of Catalonia, Spain, made the official decision to ban bullfighting within their region. Bullfighting is a Spanish tradition originating from gladiatorial fights that took place when the Roman Empire occupied the Iberian Peninsula, enduring the various reigns to come. The sport is held on [...]

Late Bonnaroo Review or Why I Love Festivals

Late Bonnaroo Review or Why I Love Festivals

While I was waiting on a malfunctioning camera to get fixed the window where people might actually care about a straightforward review disappeared. However, I still wish to impart why I love music festivals. Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Wakarusa, and a slew of others happen every year with consistently impressive lineups. If you’re not going to [...]

Bela Fleck – Live at the State

Bela Fleck – Live at the State

Posted on 17 December 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

I’ve been to two concerts at the State Theater in downtown Kalamazoo.  The first was in October 2007 when I saw Modest Mouse with Man Man.  Talk about a terrible show.  This year, however, I was graced with a free ticket to see Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.  The Flecktones are one of my favorite [...]

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Invictus Inspires, to Say the Least

Invictus Inspires, to Say the Least

Posted on 14 December 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Clint Eastwood has quickly become the tour de force of Hollywood, a director that any studio would love to have in the stable.  After Million Dollar Baby netted Best Picture and Best Director at the 2004 Academy Awards, Eastwood movies have become a staple at annual award shows. With how the Academy warms to biopic [...]

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A Lot to Drink about (A Lot about which to Drink?)

A Lot to Drink about (A Lot about which to Drink?)

Posted on 13 December 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

“It’s the price of oil, the war for the spoils, where’s your bucket for the big bailout? Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, we got a lot to drink about…” Forgive my unlicensed quoting of a Jimmy Buffett song (for an intelligentsia-marketed publication no less), but it seems to me that today is a great day to develop [...]

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