This Little Underground
Our live music columnist talks about a new record club and reviews Tera Melos and Blood Ceremony.
| 5/22/2013
Tip Jar: local food news
This week: HUE closes, Vespr Craft Coffee opens, and look forward to Scotland at this year’s Epcot Food and Wine Festival
| 5/22/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) “I’m still learning,” said Michelangelo when he was 87 years old. For now, he’s your patron saint. With his unflagging...
| 5/22/2013
Free Will Astrology
The hell with enlightenment, I want to have a tantrum.
| 5/22/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the alternate universe created by Marvel comic books, there is a mutant superhero called Squirrel Girl. She has the magic power...
| 5/15/2013
Free Will Astrology
Accept the paradox—embrace it and celebrate it—and move on.
| 5/15/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the alternate universe created by Marvel comic books, there is a mutant superhero called Squirrel Girl. She has the magic...
| 5/15/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) The Tarahumara Indians of northwestern Mexico are renowned for their ability to run long distances. The best runners can...
| 5/8/2013
Free Will Astrology
Complete understanding isn’t absolutely necessary.
| 5/8/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Tarahumara Indians of northwestern Mexico are renowned for their ability to run long distances. The best runners can cover...
| 5/8/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Are you afraid that you lack a crucial skill or aptitude? Do you have a goal that you’re worried might be impossible to...
| 5/1/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you afraid that you lack a crucial skill or aptitude? Do you have a goal that you’re worried might be impossible to...
| 5/1/2013
Free Will Astrology
All the best action will be happening in that fertile hub known as your “soul.”
| 5/1/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) How we react to the sound of the wind gives clues to our temperament, said philosopher Theodor W. Adorno. The unhappy...
| 4/24/2013
Free Will Astrology
I know some guys find a furry crack to be a big turn-on. I am not one of them.
| 4/24/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) The writer Oliver Burkeman has some advice that would be helpful for you to hear right now: “When you assume your current preferences...
| 4/17/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The writer Oliver Burkeman has some advice that would be helpful for you Aries folks to hear right now: “When you assume your...
| 4/17/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) German theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a central figure in the rebellion against the Catholic church that led to the...
| 4/10/2013
Free Will Astrology
Keep a very open mind about where you will be and what you will be doing when your illuminations arrive this week.
| 4/10/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): German theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a central figure in the rebellion against the Catholic Church that led to the...
| 4/10/2013
Free Will Astrology
I’m guessing that many of you will soon be discovering secrets about where you came from.
| 4/3/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) I was too lazy to write your horoscope this week, so I went to a website that hawks bumper stickers and copied a few of their...
| 3/27/2013
Free Will Astrology
I will not instigate revolution. I will not trade pants with others. I will not carve gods. I will not Xerox my butt.
| 3/27/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I was too lazy to write your horoscope this week, so I went to a website that hawks bumper stickers and copied a few of their slogans...
| 3/27/2013
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) "Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings," says poet Muriel Rukeyser in her poem "Elegy in Joy." "Not all things are blest," she...
| 3/20/2013
Free Will Astrology
Be extra-sweet and tender and reverent toward anything that is just sprouting, toward anything that is awakening, toward anything that invokes the sacredness of right now.
| 3/20/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings," says poet Muriel Rukeyser in her poem "Elegy in Joy." "Not all things are blest," she...
| 3/20/2013
Free Will Astrology
Please don’t make peanut butter and jelly a part of your sex life.
| 3/13/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) "If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid." That could turn out to be a useful mantra for you in the coming week.
| 3/13/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid." That could turn out to be a useful mantra for you in the coming week.
| 3/13/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Maybe you're not literally in exile. You haven't been forced to abandon your home and you haven't been driven from your...
| 3/6/2013
Free Will Astrology
Don’t entertain people at parties with your fabulous plans. Shut up and get to work.
| 3/6/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe you're not literally in exile. You haven't been forced to abandon your home and you haven't been driven from...
| 3/6/2013
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) In 1993, Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip through the Sahara Desert. In the middle of nowhere, his car suffered a...
| 2/27/2013
Free Will Astrology
“Do not think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It is quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.”
| 2/27/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1993, Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip through the Sahara Desert. In the middle of nowhere, his car suffered a...
| 2/27/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the course of her world travels, writer Jane Brunette has seen many wonderful things – as well as a lot of trash. The most...
| 2/20/2013
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the course of her world travels, writer Jane Brunette has seen many wonderful things -- as well as a lot of trash.
| 2/20/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Afrikaner author Laurens van der Post told a story about a conversation between psychologist Carl Jung and Ochwiay Biano, a Pueblo Indian...
| 2/13/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) "What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible," said poet Theodore Roethke. For the foreseeable future, you could...
| 2/6/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible," said poet Theodore Roethke. For the foreseeable future...
| 2/6/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Wageni ni baraka is a Swahili proverb that means "guests are a blessing." That's not always true, of course. Sometimes...
| 1/30/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): *Wageni ni baraka* is a Swahili proverb that means "guests are a blessing." That's not always true, of course. Sometimes guests can be a boring inconvenience or a messy burden. But for you in the coming weeks, Aries, I'm guessing
| 1/30/2013
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) The German government sponsored a scientific study of dowsing, which is a form of magical divination used to locate underground...
| 1/23/2013
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The German government sponsored a scientific study of dowsing, which is a form of magical divination used to locate underground...
| 1/23/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) "If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it," wrote 19th-century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
| 1/16/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it," wrote nineteenth-century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Every arrow that...
| 1/16/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Writing at io9.com, Charlie Jane Anders provides "10 Signs You Could Be the Chosen Savior." Among the clues are the following:
| 1/9/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In 2013, I pledge to conspire with you to increase your mastery of the art of friendship. Together we will...
| 1/2/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 2013, I pledge to conspire with you to increase your mastery of the art of friendship. Together we will concentrate on...
| 1/2/2013
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the sci-fi film trilogy The Matrix, the heroes are able to instantaneously acquire certain complex skills via software that's...
| 12/26/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "They are trying to make me into a fixed star," complained religious leader Martin Luther a few centuries ago. "I am an...
| 12/26/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Isaac Newton is regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history. But the time he spent as a member of the...
| 12/19/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Can you manage to be both highly alert and deeply relaxed? Could you be wildly curious and yet also serenely reflective?
| 12/12/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Can you manage to be both highly alert and deeply relaxed? Could you be wildly curious and yet also serenely reflective?
| 12/12/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Spencer Silver was a co-inventor of Post-it notes, those small, colorful pieces of paper you can temporarily attach to...
| 12/5/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Spencer Silver was a co-inventor of Post-it notes, those small, colorful pieces of paper you can temporarily attach to things and...
| 12/5/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) "They are trying to make me into a fixed star," complained religious leader Martin Luther a few centuries ago.
| 11/28/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "They are trying to make me into a fixed star," complained religious leader Martin Luther a few centuries ago. "I am an...
| 11/28/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) "Don't think about making art, just get it done," said Andy Warhol. "Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love...
| 11/21/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Don't think about making art, just get it done," said Andy Warhol. "Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad...
| 11/20/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In old Christian and Islamic lore, the dove was a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The bird was considered so pure and...
| 11/14/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In old Christian and Islamic lore, the dove was a symbol of the holy spirit. The bird was considered so pure and...
| 11/14/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The data that's stored and disseminated on the Internet is unimaginably voluminous. And yet the 540 billion trillion electrons that...
| 11/7/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Big opportunities are coming up for you. Even if you cash in on them, though, they aren't likely to make an immediate...
| 10/31/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Big opportunities are coming up for you. Even if you cash in on them, though, they aren't likely to make an immediate practical impact.
| 10/31/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the coming days, many of your important tasks will be best accomplished through caginess and craftiness. Are you willing to work behind...
| 10/24/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming days, many of your important tasks will be best accomplished through caginess and craftiness. Are you willing to work...
| 10/24/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) When Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro laid waste to Peru in 1532, his soldiers found green stones on the land.
| 10/17/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro laid waste to Peru in 1532, his soldiers found green stones on the land. Were they emeralds?
| 10/17/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Ten percent of all sexually suggestive text messages are delivered to the wrong number. Take precautions to make sure you're not among that...
| 10/10/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ten percent of all sexually suggestive text messages are delivered to the wrong number. Take precautions to make sure you're not...
| 10/10/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) "In a full heart there is room for everything," said poet Antonio Porchia, "and in an empty heart there is room for...
| 10/3/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "In a full heart there is room for everything," said poet Antonio Porchia, "and in an empty heart there is room for nothing."
| 10/3/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here's the curious message I derived from the current astrological configurations: It's one of those rare times when a...
| 9/26/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Here's the curious message I derived from the current astrological configurations: It's one of those rare times when a wall may...
| 9/26/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) For every trillion dollars the U.S. government spends on the military, it creates about 11,000 jobs. That same expenditure, if directed...
| 9/19/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): For every trillion dollars the U.S. government spends on the military, it creates about 11,000 jobs. That same expenditure, if directed...
| 9/19/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You will never be able to actually gaze upon your own face. You may, of course, see a reasonable likeness of it in mirrors, photos and...
| 9/12/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will never be able to actually gaze upon your own face. You may of course see a reasonable likeness of it in mirrors, photos, and videos.
| 9/12/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Life tests you all the time. Sometimes its prods and queries are hard and weird; they come at you with nonstop intensity. On other...
| 9/5/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Life tests you all the time. Sometimes its prods and queries are hard and weird; they come at you with non-stop intensity.
| 9/5/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) I'm afraid your vibes are slightly out of tune. Can you do something about that, please? Meanwhile, your invisible friend could really...
| 8/29/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I'm afraid your vibes are slightly out of tune. Can you do something about that, please? Meanwhile, your invisible friend could really...
| 8/29/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Do you know what a controlled burn is? Firefighters start small, manageable fires on purpose to eradicate brush that has accumulated...
| 8/22/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you know what a controlled burn is? Firefighters start small, manageable fires on purpose so as to eradicate brush that has...
| 8/22/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) These days you have a knack for reclamation and redemption. If anyone can put fun into what's dysfunctional, it's you.
| 8/15/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Apollo astronaut Russell Schweickart had a vision of loveliness while flying through outer space in his lunar module. "One of the most...
| 8/8/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Apollo astronaut Russell Schweickart had a vision of loveliness while flying through outer space in his lunar module. "One of the most...
| 8/8/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) The astrological omens suggest that you now have a lot in common with the legendary Most Interesting Man in the World – adventurous...
| 8/2/2012
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The astrological omens suggest that you now have a lot in common with the legendary Most Interesting Man in the World — adventurous...
| 8/1/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In your personal chart, the planet Uranus symbolizes those special talents you have that are especially useful to other people. Which aspects of your...
| 7/26/2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In your personal chart, the planet Uranus symbolizes those special talents you have that are especially useful to other people. Which aspects of your soulful beauty are...
| 7/25/2012