It’s the small things that slip through the cultural chasm between America and Europe. Small things such as television programs. Sometimes you don’t realize that the television shows you grew up with were not syndicated abroad and that when you ask a British person if they’ve heard of say “Perfect Strangers” they look [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 8, 2008
Who Smoked Kurt Cobain?
Somewhere in Germany lurks an artist, a woman named Natascha Stellmach, who may be in possession of Kurt Cobain’s remains. How she got them is a mystery, but what she plans on doing with them is morbidly bizarre: she wants to smoke them in a joint in order to set him free. This is not [...]
October 6, 2008
The Reverse “Pounding” or how the grass is always greener on the other side
Quite recently, I came careening into Earth’s atmosphere, bracing myself for reentry into the United States–as well as the inevitable encounter with U.S. Customs. August was a time of vast accomplishment: I turned in my thesis, finished my Master’s programme, quit my job, said goodbye to Scotland, and moved back to California. Having lived under [...]
