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[Update – Peter Bjorn and John will be live on NPR Monday, April 30th – often these shows are available for download after the fact if you miss…
Via High Touch I stumbled upon Irrational Public Radio. Go listen to the demo – if you’ve ever been a steady listener to NPR, you will find the…
Must see video of the week. Alanis’ masterful cover of the Black Eyed Peas’ Love Humps.
As I’ve said before, KEXP rocks. Latest find, courtesy of KEXP’s live performances podcast, which recorded them at SXSW, is a Danish band called Under Byen. They remind…
(via the Official Google Blog) Google now offers a flight info service (for flights departing from or arriving in the U.S.) with information from flightstats.com. Just text your…
Excellent article from the Union of Concerned Scientists about factory farming, and what the industry calls CAFOs – confined animal feeding operations: “The Reality of Feed at Animal…
In New York City this week for work, staying at the Roosevelt Hotel at 45th and Madison. Looking for some vegan grub without going too far, came across…
Had lots of good vegan food in Austin during SXSW. One good meal was the basil tofu from Mekong River on Sixth. I ended up eating there a…
KEXP has a podcast series called Music That Matters. You should immediately go download them all, if you haven’t been listening to them already. The music is all…
So this morning I was supposed to fly to Cincinnati, OH, which actually means flying to Covington Kentucky, just across the Ohio river. (One of the rivers over…
I wonder how people who ate here the day before are feeling?
In Manhattan this week for a few meetings, I got a chance to try a new place. Pongal, at 110 Lexington Ave in midtown (map), is a vegetarian,…
There just has got to be a better way to get access to content from good UK-based music magazines! Subscriptions to the “rest of the world” are incredibly…
My wife and I had dinner the other night at the Organic Garden in Beverly (map). It’s an all vegan, raw food restaurant, with a focus on organic…
 Although all labels are odious, I’ve come to like the term “post-cabaret” as a way of referring to an interesting and diverse group of musicians, including: Regina…
So last week I was in Manhattan for the day, and convinced my non-vegan colleague Brian to lunch with me at Angelica Kitchen in the East Village (300…
I’m often asked whether I’m a vegetarian because of ethical concerns about the treatment of animals (i.e., that we kill them) or for health reasons (because, I suppose…
One of my favorite benefits of the Internet is the ability to connect with media you would otherwise not likely have known: bands, bloggers, radio shows, and the…
I was in Detroit, Michigan earlier this week. (I hear many folks now describe this area as “southeastern Michigan” rather than “the Detroit area” – to avoid scaring…
Another favorite podcast of mine is a show co-produced byChicago Public Radio and NPR called Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. Self-described as “the oddly informative news quiz,” the…