Heavy MTL Montreal
Here are some shots from the two day Heavy MTL Festival in Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal CA. For you web heads out there, the festival appears to have been named by virtue of the availability of a domain name “www.heavymtl.com”. I wonder what they paid for it. Anyway, come take a spin in the pit…
Blogging Chew Chew Fest: Dessert
O.k…this post is a little belated, but what can you do? After all of that savory, mostly meaty food I ate all afternoon, I decided to end the day with a few desserts. After all, I needed to use up all of my 36 tokens before leaving! I started out with a “hot apple crispy”…
The Burlington Blogger BBQ
It was Saturday at North Beach, and I missed it. I meant to go, but I worked all morning, then spent a few hours at the Chew Chew Fest handing out copies of 7 Nights, our free guide to Vermont restaurants and bars (that’s how I described it all day). When I left at 2:30,…
Live Blogging Chew Chew Fest: Fruity Gazpacho, Samosa
Blurt Ed. Note: Food Editor Suzanne Podhaizer is live blogging the Green Mountain Chew Chew Fest today at the Burlington Waterfront. 3.5 hours in, it’s raining, and I’m still going strong! My recent acquisitions included a refreshing, fruity gazpacho from Tilley’s Cafe, a golden-brown, steak-n-cheese samosa from the Samosaman and an ear of grilled corn…
Yes We Can! And Now Back to ‘The Hills’
The campaign season is about to get a bit more abrasive, particularly for fans of TRL and Tila Tequila. Just this week, MTV, the center of faux ‘music’ programming, lifted its ban on showing political ads, which had been in place since its inception in the early 1980s. From TV Week: As recently as the…
Live Blogging Chew Chew Fest: Pakistani Kebab
Blurt Ed. Note: Food Editor Suzanne Podhaizer is live blogging the Green Mountain Chew Chew Fest today at the Burlington Waterfront. At an event like CCF, I like to try foods that are a little out of the ordinary. I’m not very likely to get a ham & cheese sandwich or a burger when there…
Live Blogging Chew Chew Fest: Lemonade & BBQ Pork
Blurt Ed. Note: Food Editor Suzanne Podhaizer is live blogging the Green Mountain Chew Chew Fest today at the Burlington Waterfront. I’ve been looking forward to hitting the M-Saigon table, since I adore Vietnamese food and I haven’t eaten at the new Shelburne Road restaurant yet (it’s near the post office, where Ming’s used to…
Live Blogging Chew Chew Fest: Pig Wings
Blurt Ed. Note: Food Editor Suzanne Podhaizer is live blogging the Green Mountain Chew Chew Fest today at the Burlington Waterfront. Don’t think pigs can fly? They can at Big Fatty’s BBQ! BFB’s “pig wings” are tender, meaty pork shanks in a light, slightly sweet sauce. Clay, the owner, calls ’em “authentic redneck ossobuco.” Hah!…
Live Blogging Chew Chew Fest: Catfish Tacos
This weekend, a slew of Vermont restaurants are hanging out down at the Burlington Waterfront for The Green Mountain Chew Chew Fest and dishing up some of their hottest dishes. Over the next few hours, I’ll be sampling a bunch of small plates (and handing out copies of our beautiful, new 7 Nights Guide to…
Skimmin’ the Stormwater Surface
It sure has rained a lot lately in Burlington. But where, you ask, does it all go? Into 2000 metal grates is where — 800 of which drain directly into Lake Champlain. That was just one of the nuggets of info I picked up on Tuesday night at planning commission meeting at City Hall, courtesy…
“The Battle for Facebook”
I haven’t finished reading it yet, but Rolling Stone magazine has a fascinating story in its latest issue about the legal “blood feud” over who deserves credit for Facebook. The piece covers the history of the social-networking site, from its conception in a dorm room at Harvard to the enormous wealth it has brought the…
Best Blog Daysies — Who Wants to Win?
Three years ago — has it been that long? — Seven Days started asking readers to vote for their favorite Vermont blogs as part of our annual Daysies readers’ choice awards. Last year, we split up the category to let people vote for Best Vermont Blog (political) and Best Vermont Blog (non-political). Not surprisingly, there…
BTAC to BT: Keep Al Jazeera
I haven’t seen it in the news today, but, last night, the Burlington Telecommunications Advisory Committee and the Cable Advisory Council reached a joint decision on whether Burlington Telecom should pull Al Jazeera English from its program schedule, as the city-owned cable system threatened to do. The verdict: Hell no, AJE must not go! The…
Burlington Taxi Rants
This week, Seven Days staffer Mike Ives wrote about the strange and shadowy world of Burlington’s taxi system. It’s a story idea that’s been kicking around our office for a while now. If you’ve ever taken a cab around here, or tried to figure out how the hell they come up with their fares, you…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for June 25 – July 2, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2008, Aries. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the challenges you were given near the end of last…
Things Not to Say at the Office
I thought this was a joke, but it appears to have been posted sincerely for educational purposes. Here’s some information I found recently at the business magazine Diversity Inc., in a series of articles on what not to say in the office. Don’t ask your American Indian co-workers to “hold down the fort.”Don’t speak loud…
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Phantom Theater [SIV85]
6/21/08: For the past 15 years Phantom Theater (Facebook) has been producing original, fearless material in the Edgecomb Barn. All-Purpose Dance Company performed original modern dance pieces to kick off the Phantom summer season. There are two months of performances remaining, you can check out their schedule here. There was no thunderstorm but a barn…
Still Walkin’ the Line
Revered Vermont rockabilly stalwarts Starline Rhythm Boys celebrate 10 years of honky-tonkin’
Draw Like an Egyptian
Art Review: Faro, works by the New York City graffitist. Pursuit Gallery, Burlington. Through July 1.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Middleton, Pa., said a customer who bought a new Sony notebook computer opened the box and found a used Gateway notebook computer instead. Using credit card records, Detective Greg Kneiss traced both computers to Mark C. Baxter, 19, who admitted making the switch. According to the Bucks County Courier Times,…
Fare Warning
Rogue drivers, random rates and no regulation: Does Burlington’s taxi system need an overhaul?
Rap Artist
Work: Max Schlueter, Director, Vermont Criminal Information Center, Waterbury
VT Says No to Telecom Immunity
There’s been plenty of chatter on the Internets about the Democrats caving and giving Pres. George W. Bush all he wants (and more) to secretly spy on us, and grant giant telecom companies immunity from prosecution for violating our civil rights by caving to government pressure to spy on us. While it won’t protect our…
Burlington City Council Sonnet #2
The coffers of Burlington were on displayat last night’s lengthy city council meeting,so every councilor who chose to enter the fraywas visibly concerned with budget-sheeting.The loudest warning call emerged from Shannon,who worries that our streets are under duress.Our pavement’s cracked, she said, or poorly managed,yet infrastructure hasn’t been fully “addressed.” Or what, said Shannon, of…
Bye, George…
In 2004, I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing George Carlin for Seven Days prior to his visit to Burlington. I’ve been a lifelong fan of his work, and have distinct memories of listening to his album “Class Clown” back in the 1970s. I’m always reminded of him when I’m at the airport and…
Oooh, Cheap Sex
Cheap sex in Iceland, who knew?Leoncie is being called Iceland’s answer to Madonna. Not. She creates and performs her own unusual and amusing music videos. Check out this one about cheap sex with a cheating Sex Crazy Cop. Embedding is disabled for this video so I couldn’t put it directly in the post. Use the…
M. Night Shyamalama-Ding Dong
I went to see The Happening last night. What a huge load of crap. For the love of all that is sacred to you, please don’t waste your precious time & money on such a big, stinky fart of a film. It was so bad, that when the credits came up I vowed — out…
