Archive for May 29th, 2008

Popping berries makes Tabasco taste like pastry

Thursday, May 29th, 2008


Synsepalum dulcificum, the “miracle fruit.”

Flavor tripping parties are raging through New York City this summer, thanks to a bright red berry that, when eaten, turns flavors inside your mouth into visceral bliss. At least that’s what folks say. What, you’ve never heard of flavor tripping? Me either. But it sounds like fun.

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Uber vintage

Thursday, May 29th, 2008


Photo credit: Urve Kuusik. Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone in a rarely seen photo from 1973, the year his album “Fresh” was released.

Sony is unveiling this week dozens of photos from their archives in an effort to make profits. They assume, correctly in my case, that music fans will love the true vintage photos like the one of Sly Stone you see above.

As you look through the galleries of photos, you’ll see Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, among others, in smoky recording rooms where real music took place. It’s a fanciful, black and white world — one I wish I could visit.

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For the New York Times story about Sony’s photographs, click here.

Soldier suicides at 10-year high

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Two defense officials said Thursday that 108 troops committed suicide in 2007, the most since 1990. Now tell me something isn’t wrong with this war.

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