NEW VERMONT BLOG - "PERSONA NON GRATA"


My good buddy Travis has just started a new local politics & culture blog called "Persona Non Grata" and you can check it out here--

PERSONA NON GRATA

Travis is a former award-winning Vermont journalist currently residing in Bristol, and he is one of the brightest and funniest guys I know. With his quick wit & journalistic experience, expect his posts (though sporadic, since he has a busy job & a baby daughter) to be well-written, well thought out highlights on the weekly Vermont blogroll. Definitely be sure to link to Persona Non Grata from your sites.

Currently he has two posts up, one about VT localvore culture (a subject he plans to make a regular theme; he's an amazing chef as well, so hopefully we might get some recipes) and another about everyone's favorite neo-con bitch hag, Anne Coulter. Enjoy!

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE AN ARTIST, HUH?


Here's a really cool left brain/right brain test that a co-worker of mine sent me the other day. Watch the ballerina spin & find out if you're a daydreaming artist type or a milquetoast shirt-and-tie accountant. Unfortunately, according to this test, I fall firmly into the latter category.....

RIGHT BRAIN/LEFT BRAIN TESTER

SUNN O))) & BORIS' "ALTAR" REVIEW


As many of you now know, Sunn O))) and Boris' "Altar" is one of my favorite albums of the new millennium. A lot has been written about this album, but surprisingly the best review I have found so far is from a post on a music forum called "Encyclopaedia Metallum".

Click on this link and scroll down to the second review by Bertliak entitled "No Beauty Without Danger". A must-read for any fan of this album.