What better way to celebrate the holiday season than eating meat? Well, actually…breakfast sausage. But I don’t think it’ll mind + more
What better way to celebrate the holiday season than eating meat? Well, actually…breakfast sausage. But I don’t think it’ll mind + more
At one point on my way to the theater to catch Interstellar last weekend—perhaps the second time in a year the missus + more
We began our survey of the year’s music a little over a week ago with our picks for best avant-garde + more
2014 is winding down. Which means, of course, that it’s time for a review of the year’s best music. We’re going to + more
If you’ve ever read Lolita, you’ll want to read Sarah Weinman’s account of the 1948 abduction of Sally Horner. And if + more
“…there is nothing quite like an inscription in a book no longer owned by the dedicatee to capture the melancholy, + more
Only in Florida: A quadruple amputee is “armed and on the run” from authorities, a shoplifter managed to stuff a chainsaw down his + more
We talked a little last week about poetry and rhythm, and it occurred to me afterward that poetry is an awful + more
My family has a couple of Halloween traditions, if you want to call them that: We eat chili and listen + more
It’s dark, hot, musty, and noisy. Other than that, working at an underground mine site is a piece of cake. + more
I prefer not to categorize books. Like music, they’re either good or bad, and discussions about genres and sub-genres tend + more
I was in Seattle Monday and Tuesday, in town to see the final show of the King Crimson Elements tour. Tickets went on sale + more
Letterheads, we make them all the time here at helveticka. However, I think if you asked a random 20-something (i.e. + more
From Mad no. 154 (October 1972): “The Mad Guide to Political Types.” The terrifying tale of The Hound of Mons has + more