So on this week’s show, I used the term “parasite-aurant” – to describe the relationship between Pal’s upscale sandwich shop and the humble corner store in which it lives.
Many listeners wrote in explaining that a better term would be “symbiot-aurant.”
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Record Store Day Extra: The greatest record store on Earth
In honor of Record Store Day, Rico visits the "greatest record store on Earth" in his hometown of Pittsburgh.
Fish Drinks: Listeners take the bait
In our last episode, Brendan lamented the relative dearth of cocktails with a fish component. So we asked listeners to hep us to fishy tipples… and were alternately intrigued and appalled by their responses.
Where Tig Went
It turns out that The Runaways ran away from Tig Notaro.
Remembering Howard Zinn
Hear an extended, 12-minute cut of our interview last February with the late Historian/Author/Activist.
Cafe Perfect
I have an imaginary blog about Los Angeles called “Getting Warmer.” It’s made up of imaginary postings about new businesses in LA that sound great, but don’t quite succeed in terms of being any place I would like to go. For example, earlier this year I pretend-posted about [The Fix](http://www.yelp.com/biz/fix-coffee-los-angeles#hrid:b6i3PSAmobezd_bMDmPpgA/src:search/query:The%20Fix), a café that opened near […]
James Bond As Chocoholic Santa Claus
Many thanks to [Marketplace Whiteboard](http://marketplace.publicradio.org/collections/coll_display.php?coll_id=20216) superstar Paddy Hirsch, who hepped us to this, the greatest TV ad series ever produced:
Transformers II: Art lovers 0, review lovers 10
By way of explanation, here’s a small sampling of the critical reaction to Transformers II. It’s some of the most entertaining writing of 2009.
Best of 2009 — you tell us
The air is crisp, the Times Square Ball has been adorned with spankin’ new waterford crystal, and it has become temporarily impossible for journos like ourselves to get sources to return phone calls. Must be New Year’s week. And so we are assembling our 2nd annual year-end “Best Of” show. It’s a chance to showcase […]
Google to Swallow Yelp?
Google has been eyeing the web’s most democratic (and often most obnoxious) review site. Some deets from Bloomberg: Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular Internet search engine, is in talks to acquire the do-it-yourself review site Yelp Inc. for more than $500 million, a person familiar with the discussions said. The timing of a […]