The sixth episode of an international thriller by Lee Sherman.
“It was dark when Kaufman awoke. He looked at his watch and was surprised to see it said 3 p.m., until he remembered where he was and that Istanbul was seven hours ahead of New York. From beyond the open balcony doors lights sparkled in the black sky. Kaufman reluctantly got out of bed.”
“If I can do it, you can do it.”
NewsPlink’s Mame McCutchin slays us when she takes on the New York comedy crowd.
Are the streets filled with tigers and racists?
Deon Terblanche sets the record straight.
Noble & Cooley are still the drum-makers of choice for rock stars, children, and old soldiers.
Story and photography by Robert Stewart.
Arizona’s age-segregated communities find they have to grow up.
A portrait of the changing lifestyle there.
Story and photography by Debra Utacia Krol.
Stubbornly maintaining colorful traditions amidst the WiFi revolution.
At left, reading the paper at Caffé Puccini.
Story and photography by Roberto Soncin Gerometta.
You can put God into the music.
But you can’t take the music out of the man.
By Steve Heath.
Trends in extreme swimwear.
Styles have changed since the 1960s; at left is one version of the microbikini.
By Frosh Pepper of Bikini Beat.
Arguably, the most special model airplanes anywhere:
The kind you make yourself, powered by rubber strips.
Story and photography by Roberto Soncin Gerometta.
Protest takes many forms.
Story and photography by Luke Thomas.
Science can bring us clammier clams and ice cream made from onions.
At left, a dish from the restaurant El Bulli in Spain, a food scientist’s favorite.
By Jeanine Barone.
Elvis and his worldly belongings.
By Sean McNamara.
Photography by Elle Maloney.
The fifth episode of an international mystery by Lee Sherman.
“But then, Kaufman winced, the company’s representative in Algeria was shot dead by Islamic militants.”
The digital revolution was kicked off in this little Palo Alto garage.
Here are some Silicon Valley spots where the mighty Integrated Circuit came to be, 50 years ago.
By Jay McCauley.
This is the real thing: Blues, R&B, and even air guitar have roots here.
Poor Monkey’s of Merigold, Mississippi reviewed by Steve Heath.
Wild Bill’s Social Club of Memphis, Tennessee reviewed by Sean David Hobbs.
