The A&E blog covers a span of cultural artifacts as wide, fascinating, and bizarre as the internet itself, from reviews of the cheapest coolers at the liquor store to the best concert to see at the Triple Rock, with a bit of speculation at the meaning of it all stuffed in between.
Mon, 7/20, 5:07pm (4 years ago)
SATURDAY: Union park was packed to the fences today as crowds filtered in to see bands ranging from poetic, deep-voiced songsters The National to recovering-from-valium-cocktail-shame Wavves. How many kids showed up today? Let’s just say there were porta potties galore, but hipsters tend to have their bladders in synch, and…
Sat, 7/18, 12:45am (4 years ago)
 Friday:   With a lineup of mainstay alternative acts, most of them having been playing for over a decade, Friday night’s audience was sparse on the scenesters and heavy on the indie rock diehards. The crowd was older than the rest of the weekends will probably be, leaving the blog-worshippers the next…
Tue, 7/14, 9:00pm (4 years ago)
Here's a little one-on-one I did with the ladies that was a teeeeeny bit too big to make it into the print version. DI -Where does your inspiration come from?  We like to tell stories about our shoots. We’ll sit down and say “Who is this person? What is happening here? What do…
Mon, 7/13, 1:32pm (4 years ago)
[on rehab] I went to rehab in MN and I packed shorts and tee shirts, froze my ass off! I liked the city a lot, we had outings, so I did get a chance to see a bit of the city. It seems a little more progressive than other cities. I wasreally impressed…
Mon, 7/13, 1:19pm (4 years ago)
 I used to be a "Jon & Kate Plus 8" fan. Well, to suit the changing times and their impending divorce, I've decided now I am a "Kate + 8" fan, but I refuse to tune into TLC to watch the show anymore. Unless the kids do REALLY cute things, I won't budge. I'd rather watch "Cake Boss." But this…
Tue, 7/7, 7:34pm (4 years ago)
PHOTO COURTESY DOUBLEDAY Those people with all that money and all those ideas in Hollywood have decided that making a Facebook movie could possibly for some reason be good. No, it's not a high-energy documentary about the momentum of the site. Instead, it's a drama written by the creator of "The…
Tue, 7/7, 10:31am (4 years ago)
PHOTO COURTESY FOX ATOMIC Here's the trailer for "Jennifer's Body," by Diablo Cody and starring Megan Fox. But couldn't they have copied "True Blood's" poster just a bit less obviously? Source …
Thu, 6/25, 5:08pm (4 years ago)
Source  5:08 p.m.: About 400 different sources are reporting that Michael Jackson was taken to a hospital after found unconscious and in cardiac arrest. TMZ, CNN and The New York Post are reporting him dead. Many are basing their information off TMZ,which is not the most credible source. Updates to come.  5:35…
Tue, 6/16, 2:30am (4 years ago)
Source For the second time, Stephen King finds himself getting comfy in the pages of Esquire magazine, after they published his "Gingerbread Girl" in 2007. This time, his story has the lofty title "Morality," and an excerpt is painted onto the naked body of Israeli model Bar Refaeli. "Morality" isn't necessarily…
Wed, 6/10, 10:36am (4 years ago)
All images: Source London-based artist Graham Rawle is fairly mysterious in his tastes. First of all, he's not only an artist but a writer as well, and most of his works combine wordplay with imagery. For example, he wrote a book called "Woman's World," made out of clips from old-fashioned womens'…
Mon, 5/11, 3:24pm (4 years ago)
Take a gander. Great cover or greatestcover? Discuss. …
Wed, 4/29, 2:01am (4 years ago)
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.//.............____//_____\\__/. Image: A ROFLCOPTER in flight   According to an article recently published on Time.com, the year's most influential person is none other than moot, otherwise known as Christopher Poole, the 21 year old…
Tue, 4/28, 6:18pm (4 years ago)
"click-clack-click-clack-click-clack-click-clack-click-clack-click-clack-click-clack" Image Source: International Table Tennis Federation (Wang Liqin schmacking the ball) Here's a good community entertainment opportunity for ya'll...  The 3rd Annual SE Como Ping Pong Tourney will be held the Saturday after next, May 9th, at 1pm in Van Cleve Park (the one with the pirate ship and the train off 15th Ave).…
Tue, 4/28, 12:21am (4 years ago)
  The Bacon Cheddar hanging with his friends the All-American and the Bacon & Bleu Image Source   True story, the new Arby's Roast Burger is good. It is not as slimy as the Big Mac- though it lacks the double deckerness - but it still does a better job of filling you up. Besides,…
Sat, 4/25, 10:06am (4 years ago)
Not only is she pretty and smart, but she's also fun. Due to the nationwide celebrations of Ritz Crackers' 75th Anniversary and the STRONG association everyone has between eating Ritz and fun fun fun, the Ritz Co. decided to commission a survey to see which cities in America were in fact…
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