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Gothic Charm School
by Trystan L. Bass
Mon, August 06, 2007, 8:00 am PDT

It's a dark and stormy night, and you aren't sure which fork to use at Lord Eldritch's candlelit dinner for 13—who you gonna call? The elegant gothic lady with impeccable manners, of course! Well, Jillian Venters, aka the Lady of the Manners and proprietress of the Gothic Charm School, may not get many questions about silverware, but we're positive she'd know what to do in that situation.

Long before we first reviewed her site in 2003, she'd been dispensing acclaimed etiquette advice to velvet-clad denizens of the night. Recently, we left our calling card at her door and were soon welcomed into Jilli's virtual parlor to chat about politeness, romance, cupcakes, and the Crow.

Why did you start writing an etiquette column for goths?

It all started when I went to dinner with a friend who was starting up a goth webzine. He asked me to write some sort of monthly column for the site, and I said "Oooh, like a gothic finishing school! I could lecture people about bad eyeliner and getting upset about people staring at you when you look like you've escaped from a Tim Burton movie!" Read the full profile...

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Nuevo-Edge
by Molly McCall
Thu, May 03, 2007, 3:00 am PDT

With Nuevo-Edge, art and culture e-zine Flavorpill presents a new venture focusing on "the vibrant, progressive contemporary culture of Mexico" as found throughout the U.S. Sections targeting New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Austin serve up brief reviews of screen and stage performances just waiting for you to slip into the audience. Don't expect a crew of mass-produced sombreros, though. Recent listings highlighted such diverse fare as "a clutch of DJs spinning dirty electro and crunked-out mariachi remixes" in S.F., a Latin-jazz showcase group in Austin, and "hometown funk heroes" Ozomatli and contemporary printmaker Artemio Rodríguez in L.A. We also liked the brief overview of the "golden age of cinema" currently unfolding south of the border. Brand spanking new, the site has yet to prove itself over the long haul. But so far, the Nuevo-Edge is certainly living up to its name.
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Filed under: Mexico, United States, Cultures and Groups, Latino Culture

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Popnography
by Molly McCall
Thu, April 19, 2007, 3:00 am PDT

While cheerfully tracking who's gay, who's not, and who's "curiously undeclared," this blog from Out.com celebrates all that's glorious and gloriously tacky in our celebri-culture today. In recent posts, "resident popnographer" Shana Naomi Krochmal checked in with the boys of "Entourage," gave a run-down of Jake Gyllenhaal's surprise appearance at the GLAAD Awards, coaxed actor Matthew Rhys to "say something really gay" in Welsh (he did), and waxed on about Jamie Bamber, "the sexiest man in space." We loved the round-up of gay critics' responses to "300," but whatever you do, don't miss the summary of Anderson Cooper's oh-so-candid appearance on "Loveline" in 2001. Before you get the notion that it's all hunks all the time, though, we assure you that plenty of hot chicks and gorgeous dreamgirls sashay through these posts, too.
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Filed under: Celebrities, Blogs, LGBT, Pop Culture, Cultures and Groups

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Angry Asian Man
by Molly McCall
Sat, April 14, 2007, 3:00 am PDT

As he acknowledges right off, he's not as angry as you think. But he's not going to just sit back and let stuff slide by him, either. Since January, Angry Asian Man has blogged loud and proud about everything from the indignity of some Las Vegas advertising to the glorious prowess of air-guitar master C-Diddy, aka "the Asian fury." (Make air, not war.) Our muckraking blogger tracks who's getting in to Hillary Clinton's fundraisers and who's not, spreads the word on police violence against a Sikh-American army vet, and wades in to the Sanjaya spectacle on "American Idol." He marks the anniversaries of the Bataan Death March and the Syracuse Denny's Incident. He revels in the Sundance film festival. And he comes close to gushing about "Chinatown bad boy" rappers Notorious MSG. He loves. He hates. He's a conscious human in America. Blog on, Angry Asian Man.
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Filed under: Politics, Blogs, Pop Culture, Cultures and Groups, Asian-Americans

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Hungry Planet
by Gordon Hurd
Sat, February 10, 2007, 3:00 am PST

We're hungry. Wanna grab something to eat? Wait, let's just look at one more web site before we break for lunch... What's this "Hungry Planet" thing? A book from photographer Peter Menzel? Wow. He and collaborator Faith D'Aluisio visited 24 countries and photographed what 30 different families eat during the course of a typical week. Looks like the French have a pretty well-balanced menu. Families in China sure like their fruits and vegetables—India too. How about the good ol' U.S.A? Well, comparing that to a week's worth of food in places like Chad, maybe we're not as hungry as we thought. We should probably go out and buy this book instead.
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Filed under: Food and Drink, Cultures and Groups, Photography Exhibits

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