She had the moon in her mouth. It was a light that radiantly beamed from deep in her throat; a light that could impair any man’s mind into blind, incoherent pleasure. She was born with the talent. When she presented her show-and-tell at the front of her third grade class, all the boys would scratch… Continue reading She Moon
Drop-Off Deadline for ‘The Melt’ Exhibition Extended Due to Blizzard
In an ironic twist, the giant blizzard this weekend interfered with drop-off dates for The Mercurial’s juried art exhibition “The Melt.” They have extended the deadline for drop-offs to 2/15 and 2/16, to give the snow a little time… to melt. See the press release below for more details: Icicles dripping. Glaciers fading. Cheese… Continue reading Drop-Off Deadline for ‘The Melt’ Exhibition Extended Due to Blizzard
A Twainian Beer Review: Midas Touch
By Joshua Durkin Originally published in The Mercurial. I cracked the mammoth book released two years ago, a hundred years after his death, The Autobiography of Mark Twain. And today I finally had the chance to actually get into reading it. It’s a fine way to look at life, the way that he decided to… Continue reading A Twainian Beer Review: Midas Touch
This is the Painkiller
It was like a knife twisting in my upper stomach last Tuesday morning. Maybe it was that bowl of lentil soup followed by half a Monster drink I had for lunch the day before. Maybe this was the result of brutal anxiety. Waves of nausea came crashing in while gnawing pain relentlessly sliced my insides… Continue reading This is the Painkiller
Mouths Agape at the Cartoon Museum
By Christopher Baldwin and Carrie Johnson On a Saturday afternoon, Carrie, Jim Clegg of Pink Missile fame and myself decided to take a little day trip up to Cheshire, CT to visit the Barker Character, Comic and Cartoon Museum. We didn’t really know what to expect, riding on a recommendation from a couple of friends… Continue reading Mouths Agape at the Cartoon Museum
Interview With Matt Mellon of Black Table
Bass players have a reputation as the underdogs of music. Jokes abound about the groupie who was dumb enough to sleep with the bass player, the bass player who got locked in the car with the keys, the bass player who just played E… In fact, in a recent interview on a popular metal… Continue reading Interview With Matt Mellon of Black Table
Super Bowl Snacks, Part VI: The Play by Play for Your Big Game Day!
By Dan and Kristien Del Ferarro of OmNomCT Part of the excitement of checking out Sunday’s big game (we are under obligation by the mega-monopolies that rule this world not to say what we’re actually talking about but to hint at what we’re talking about, even though you all know what we’re talking about, though… Continue reading Super Bowl Snacks, Part VI: The Play by Play for Your Big Game Day!