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Record Store Review: Rough Trade NYC
I guess I first heard about Rough Trade when I was in high school (not to be confused with lower-case “rough trade,” which is another story for another day). It was a record label, and also a store, or vice-versa, and it was British and mysterious and cool, with an iconic logo, perfect for us […]
I’m Not Clicking Anymore
I was on Yahoo, and I clicked it: “Just Try and Tell Us Kylie Jenner and Jaden Smith Aren’t Dating After You See These Photos.” Why the hell did I click? I don’t know who Kylie Jenner is. I’m guessing she’s related to Bruce Jenner, who was on a Wheaties box when I was 7 […]
Meatball Sandwich Review: Pizza Per Tutti
Here at Salt in Wound dot-com, we tirelessly circumnavigate the globe in search of the ultimate meatball sandwich. And so it was that I found myself in Oranjestad, Aruba, at the Tamarijn All-Inclusive Vacation Beach Resort. You know how they don’t feed you on planes anymore? Suffice to say I was starving like a mothereffer […]
Aryan Youth Prom Season?
Spotted on Route 1/9 in Elizabeth, NJ. I understand that not everyone is a history buff. But I’m surprised that nobody told the owners, “Eh… that’s a little offensive.”
Jack’s 2013 Fall TV Preview
Oh sure, it’s easy to write a fall TV preview when you’ve been sent DVD screeners and top-secret URLs and download codes. It’s another matter altogether when all you have to go on is the TV Guide Fall Preview 2013. But for the second year in a row, that’s what I’m going to do for […]
Movie Review: This Is the End
3.5 stars out of 5 Wow, that Seth Rogen really enjoys the marijuana, doesn’t he? OK, we get it. Can we retire that as a comedic concept now? Thank you. That being said, Rogen and his buddy Evan Goldberg have slapped together a very entertaining, consistently funny movie with This Is the End. Not as […]
Reasons to Still Visit Hoboken, Now That Maxwell’s Is Closing
A new friend recently told me that, with the upcoming closing of the legendary indie-rock club Maxwell’s, she couldn’t think of any other “destinations” warranting a trip to Hoboken. Poppycock, I say! Though the city is merely a square mile in size, it still has so very much to offer. Here is just a small […]
Thank You, Siskel & Ebert
It must’ve been 4th grade. Mr. Skadden asked the class if we watched anything on PBS. Ooh, me. I watch Sneak Previews. I recall being the only one who chimed in with that response. (I was already a bit of an oddball.) And I have no idea why I was watching. Basically all of I […]
Meatball Sandwich Review: Sanpanino
I know the intersection of Christopher and Hudson Streets very, very well. From 1994 through 2011, it was an important part of my daily commute: Get off the train at Christopher, cross Hudson, and be on my merry way—and the reverse in the evening. Still, I’ve never really “hung out” a lot over there. Sure, […]
Papal Days
In my mind, John Paul II is still the pope, though I guess he was a sequel too. I was nine years old when he… took office? I don’t even know what you call it. But everything I know about popes, I learned from him. Well, not quite. But let’s just say that there was […]
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