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They eat what?

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…

Grand Central Vegan

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…

Vegan Austin

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…

Music that Matters

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…

What is the allowable seep?

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…

KFC Rats

I wonder how people who ate here the day before are feeling?

Vegetarian Kosher Indian – Pongal

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 has to be a better way

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…

Organic Garden Cafe, Beverly MA

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…

Post-Cabaret

 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…

Angelica Kitchen, New York, NY

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…

Stop Global Warming: Eat Vegetables

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…

Podcasting Becomes Eclectic

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…

Detroit Airport, Walled Garden?

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…

Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me

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…

My Own Hell to Raise

Bettye Lavette’s I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise came out back in 2005, but it’s been stuck on repeat mode in my home office for the last…

Permapuppy

From a promo for Michael Crichton’s Next comes this ad, featuring a cavalier king charles spaniel (we have two at our house just like this one): You can…

Wish I could have been there

A long time ago I had a client in New Haven, and spent a fair amount of time there – walking by the New Haven Colliseum on the…

Austin, via Houston, via Memphis, via Boston . . .

I’m visiting the new Optaros office in Austin this week. Who knew it could be so challenging to get between two major US cities? There was really no…

Terminal A, Logan Airport, Thursday Night, 9:45pm

Testing out the “Sepia” function in the camera phone in my Samsung i607 (Cingular Blackjack).