by Caleb McBee, Food & Drink Editor Today was market day in our little town of Bra, in Piedmont a bit south of Turin. My family and I’ve been blessed with a flat in prime location for the outdoor market and today was typical: Bustling noises down the alley, old women with purple perms pulling [...]
May 25, 2009
Poems & Photographs by Mylene Hengen The Queen I’m not sure I believe The dittydaisy of your tales Your largelylittle rhetoric Your screechy little voice. I’m sure that you are false And all that lies behind Serried-sums of sequential failures Charbroiled disaster. I see your strength, I do Your micromacro tension Your powderperfect hope The [...]
May 23, 2009
by Jesse Cameron Alick, East Coast Editor I wish I could chronicle the day – lay it down, unfurl it for everyone to examine the intricacies of silence and warmth. But words fail so often in life. I suppose all we can do is try. At 7am on Saturday morning, barely open, my eyes spotted [...]
May 19, 2009
Sage Advice from a Hip-Hop Guru by Kyle McAfee, Music Editor The world is in a strange state these days. As the fallout from the Bush administration expediates our progress toward economic nuclear winter (or is it nucular?) people wonder where to turn for relief. For many that relief comes in the form of music. [...]
May 14, 2009
by S. Ray, photos by Shannon Driscoll It is unlikely that you will find an aleph in your life. Said to be a point that contains all points, a crystal ball of sorts, similar to the thing the cat wears around his neck in Men in Black, I have never seen one. For a better [...]
May 12, 2009
Travis Sean Miller moved to NYC from Georgia about ten years ago and now writes songs and stuff and plays with his band, The Travis Sean Miller Band. Travis is very excited to post on High Contrast Review, and hopes that people will support his music and keep an eye out for his forthcoming album. [...]
May 30, 2009