Humans have been laughing at jokes about inebriation at least since Romans wrote comedy. Once it was drunks who were funny — Otis on “The Andy Griffith Show,” Foster Brooks, Dean Martin — but drunks just seem like alcoholics now. Marijuana, meanwhile, has moved in — pot jokes long ago entered the mainstream — and […]
Paul Kelly, “Life is Fine” (Cooking Vinyl) Paul Kelly, Australia’s national treasure, has gone eclectic in recent releases, unless you consider setting Shakespearian sonnets to music mainstream. “Life is Fine” returns to familiar territory: sturdy, pop-rock songs from a writer who’s a master of economy and expressiveness. Lovely lines abound: “You’re autumn trees undressing in
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PNR: This Old Marketing with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose can be found on both iTunes and Stitcher. If you enjoy our show, we would love it if you would rate it or post a review on iTunes. In this week’s episode Robert ponders whether we can – and should – try to keep up
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Is there a more ambivalent word in English than “artificial”? Some artificial things are clearly beneficial, such as artificial organs, artificial insemination as a fertility treatment, and artificial sweeteners as an alternative to sugar for weight and diabetes control. But in other contexts, “artificial” can have a negative connotation. Artificial people. Artificial ingredients. Artificial turf
