True story: I once drank a shot of snake blood mixed with bootleg arrack. This occurred about halfway through a night of drinking in Jakarta (alas, not Vietnam) within sight of the Monas. The old Chinese man who prepared the shot, which included theatrically chopping off a snake’s head and … Read More
I have over a thousand Johnny Cash songs in my collection, even all his albums from the eighties, about which less said is better. It’s all carefully curated too; I’ve uploaded all of it to iTunes, categorized it, rated it, and listened to it in order—every single studio album, live … Read More
A few pages into his memoir Confessions from Correspondentland, we learn that Nick Bryant got his first notoriety by breaking into Piers Morgan’s office. Morgan, then the editor of British tabloid and Rupert Murdoch vehicle News of the World (which was shuttered after a phone hacking scandal), had previously put … Read More
Indulge me for a second. Ever stuck around the Horseshoe Tavern, or wherever your local notable music venue may be, a couple too many hours after last call? A space once packed, now cavernous, walls of sound replaced with echoes, notes of stale beer hanging like curtains—and there’s you and … Read More
You could be forgiven for thinking so, given its title, but Bacon 24/Seven, by Theresa Gilliam, isn’t the kind of book that celebrates the bacon explosion. Each recipe in the book includes bacon, either as a main event or trim, but not in a clumsy or obnoxious Guy Fieri kind … Read More
