Montana

The Retrograde Gender Politics and Cliches of Baggage Claim

Dog Pound: Those in Cages Will Rage

LESS IS MORE

The Minimalists to the rescue

Medical Marijuana: Montana Cannabis Under Fire From Feds

The Department of Justice's crackdown on California medical marijuana might be the most well known in the country, but it's worth paying attention to legal developments in Montana, where U.S. Attorneys are also doing battle with dispensaries. As detailed by the Helena Independent Record, federal pr ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: The War on Mexicans Has Gone Too Far

This Week in the Voice, out today, the Village Voice Media series "Crossing The Line" offers several different perspectives on U.S. immigration policies. Chuck Strouse writes of Sunday voting bans: "In a brazen attempt to steal this fall's election, Florida's Republican lawmakers have outlawed votin ... More >>

Black Coffee Roasting Company Beans Arrive at Murray's

Certified organic, with the roasting date inked in by hand. Now that's artisanal! If you're a coffee fanatic, it calls for a little celebration every time a new coffee roaster hits town. In the last couple of years, we've seen the arrival of Stumptown (Portland), Intelligentsia (Chicago), and Blue ... More >>

HOMETOWN HERO

Class is in session 
at Brooklyn’s Southpaw

The Slow Life of a Wales Village, Rapidly Changing, in Sleep Furiously

Equinox Gym Trainers to Get Tighter Tops

​Lest you take fitness tips from a human being, the New York-based, luxury gym Equinox will require its trainers to turn in their "boxy, cotton t-shirts that make it impossible to tell if there is a six-pack or a muffin-top underneath" in favor of "form-fitting tops" by Sugoi starting in Septe ... More >>

Walter Breuning, World's Oldest Man, Dies at 114

​Walter Breuning died yesterday in Great Falls, Montana at the age of 114, making him the world's oldest man. The AP reports that the former railroad worker identified eating only two meals a day as a key to his longevity. In related news, the world's youngest person was just born.

'East Coast Rapist' Caught in Connecticut; MTA Working on 15 Subway Lines This Weekend; Libyan Rebels Fight For Control of Key City

the East Coast Rapist. via​A man known by police as the "East Coast Rapist" has been apprehended in Connecticut. Aaron Thomas, 39, has allegedly sexually assaulted 17 women in four states (Maryland, Virginia, Rhode Island, and Connecticut). Earlier this week, law enforcement created the aptly ... More >>

Guess What, New York? We Have Bison Farms, Too!

Moo-ve over, beef.​Bison farming: Doesn't it just sound like something done in Montana? Well, it is. But it's also a New York thing. Food Curated takes a tour of North Quarter Farm in Riverhead, Long Island, which has been raising bison for some 30 years. As has recently been reported, bison m ... More >>

'Finnish Metal Tour 2'

YOU, JERK LOVER!

Enjoy all-you-can-eat dry meat

Mayor Bloomberg's No Smoking Ban Will Make a Naggy Narc Out of You Yet

Tell this woman not to smoke. We dare you.​Breaking: People who are smoking do not like to be told not to smoke. Particularly out in the middle of an open-aired park, surrounded by empty chairs, after they've been cast from bars and restaurants and their own homes. Particularly when that one c ... More >>

Buying Drugs, the Extra-Stupid Way: A Primer

​Up next in our servicey "What Not to Do with Marijuana" series -- a/k/a, how not to be stupid -- we have the valuable lesson of the kid in Montana who wanted to buy weed and, er, somehow managed to text his request to the local sheriff.

Wheat Shortage Looms; Foursquare Lures Fast-Food Chains

​Farmers and animal rights activists in Ohio have reached an agreement to restrict the confinement of hens raised for eggs and meat, which could lead those in other states to follow suit. [NY Times] Russia, one of the world's biggest exporters of wheat, is experiencing its worst drought in 13 ... More >>

A Very Long Conversation with Comedian Reggie Watts About Williamsburg, Touring with Conan, and Brian Eno Birthday Parties That Is Totally Worth the Read

Any attempt to describe what Reggie Watts does onstage will inevitably fail to convey the dizzying heights of absurdity the man regularly achieves, but here it goes. First, the Seattle-via-Montana transplant constructs backing tracks via carefully controlled beat-boxing and judicious use of loopin ... More >>

Taste-Testing Grass-Fed Beef; City Council to Vote on Anti-Food Truck Bill

​Hardee's hopes to boost sales with its new Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders, dipped in a buttermilk and egg batter, rolled in seasoned flour, and fried. The idea was inspired by its Made From Scratch biscuits. [MarketWatch] Scotland is cracking down on food waste with the introduction of special ... More >>

Download A Cactus-Fueled Desert Collaboration Between Matmos and So Percussion: "Treasure"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​New York new composers So Percussion are constantly working and competing in an arena immune to the hype cycle, so it's easy to take their awesomeness for granted. Four dudes making tikking-takking ... More >>

Transsexual Lesbian Takes Hollywood!

Prodigal Sons director Kimberly Reed fills me in.

Baucus embraces private option

​A spokesman for one-man public option wrecking crew Max Baucus confirmed today that the divorced Senator from Montana is in a "mature and happy relationship" with a former aide. The problem is, it seems that Baucus and Melodee Hanes, both still married, were already in that relationship bac ... More >>

New York Film Festival 2009: This Year's Documentaries

Quick Hits

Twitpic by bethofalltrades. We love Staten Island. These stories appear in today's Staten Island Advance: a 20-year-old who "opened fire" with a .45 on his street, an 18-year-old who slashed his 14-year-old brother in a dispute over TV volume, and a young couple who took their baby out for a joyri ... More >>

Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

Vegetarian Dishes for Meat Lovers by Meat Lovers; Alain Ducasse Opens a Cooking School for Locals & Tourists

For carnivores trying to reduce their meat consumption for the greater good (ie., sustainability reasons), vegetarian recipes from meat lovers may be the answer, such as Bill Niman, of Niman Ranch's, Three-Bean Chili and barbecue expert Steven Raichlen's Malaysian Grilled Tofu with Chilli Peanut Sau ... More >>

SXSW 2009: Amusing T-Shirt Omnibus

Couple of typos here, but the point stands. If you ain't a Montana cowboy, you ain't shit. Fast zombies suck. Don't mess with Arkansas... either. Green shirts are for pimps. Barack & Michelle & Sasha & Maliah. Dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians. Dip me in beer and throw me to th ... More >>

SXSW 2009: Jason Lytle Shyly Resurfaces An Exceptionally Poor Band-Venue Combination

This one's for you, Zeke. Jason Lytle (Home Slice Pizza) Explosions in the Sky (Auditorium Shores Stage) SXSW Saturday Afternoon, March 21 So I've got this Grandaddy fixation thing I'd just as soon not gas on about. (Anymore.) Suffice it to say that ex-frontman Jason Lytle remains a person of int ... More >>

Early Black Friday Reports Mixed: "Rowdy," Hopeful, Lethal

Tales of the New Depression, Part I

4 Questions: James Oseland Dreams of Montana

Rock and ROFL: The Princes of Comedy

Alt-comedians celebrate the joy of the up-and-coming (or down-and-out) comedian

The Queer Heterosexual, Redux

A classic from the Pucker Up vaults

Arrested Development

MTV eats its young and spits them out into the polluted swamp of meta–reality TV

Protection Racket

Questions about Albany's cut of New York's homeland security money

Gimme Shelter: Works in Progress Seek Funds in a Crowded Market

Decaffeinated Action Star Exacts Revenge, Ducks Cameos

Dance

Winged Migration

Angels in the Architecture

The Queer Heterosexual

Necessary Roughness

The New World Border

International Theater in the Post–9-11 Era

Big Skylarking

Listings

The Choices They Made

Girl From the North Country

Busting a Dam

Nation

Nation

Eco Trip

Welcome to Earth First Film Crit