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As I continue to prep for my journey northward to the 2008 Sasquatch Music Festival, I'm sharing music from some of the bands I'm looking forward to checking out live. I've already written about the soft, intimate vocals of Joshua Morrison and today I'm spotlighting a band that is already a bit hit in the UK: The Kooks. I like to balance out both my iPod as well as my festival-going experience Read more
The Sasquatch Music Festival, held annually at a gorgeous outdoor amphitheater in George, Washington, has just released this year's lineup, and at first glance I'm liking what I see. R.E.M. and The Cure are the big headliners, which, like Coachella where they're spotlighting Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, is in keeping with this year's trend of bringing back older bands. At least with Sasquatch I Read more
Can you see the Sasquatch (aka Yeti or Bigfoot) in this photo? Neither can I, but if you look really closely, you'll be able to see a "blob" that many folks would like to think is the Sasquatch hiding. Hence our word of the day. "Blobsquatch," coined by these guys, refers to any unidentified figure in a picture that may or may not be the Sasquatch. They urge you not to jump to any conclusions. Read more
You may have thought that knapsacks went out in the way of third-grade science class and Punky Brewster lunchboxes (those were the days), but you'll be happy to know that they are back with a vengeance for Spring 2012. We saw the look on the runways at Alexander Wang, Carven, Tory Burch, Rag & Bone, and more — proving that this season's crop of chic, stylish knapsacks are perfect for Read more
Thousands of cookbooks were published in the last year, but which ones are really worth buying? The International Association of Culinary Professionals, or IACP, tackled the question as it announced its cookbook award finalists for 2012 today. Among them: plenty of cookbooks from top restaurant chefs, like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, John Besh, and Andrew Carmellini, as well as new books from Read more
Star Wars fangirl raps her loyalty to George Lucas — Dvice Actually, why are we obsessed with the apocalypse? — Cracked Canada's new coins are not only awesome, but also feature Sasquatch — Geekosystem Gandalf meets the Fresh Prince — GeekTyrant A Catwoman animated short will debut at New York's Comic-Con next month — MTVGeek Free digital edition of the Star Wars Insider magazine Read more
