Badassery
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Happy Winter Solstice!
We at the Brophisticate would like to wish you a warm, shortest day of the year. And, nothing says “happy winter solstice” like an American-made,...
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Tryna Herd Cats X [podcast]
Come listen in to more philosophical badminton In the Corner Back By the Woodpile where art might be tangled up with spiritual disability, the pros...
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Wheels, Deals & Forgotten History [podcast]
There are so many stories behind anything humans have had a hand in- including cars- that are unknown; and sadly there’s also stories behind...
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Hacker PhreakNIC JonnyX [podcast]
PhreakNIC is a hacker gathering that’s been going on for nearly twenty years strong. One of the founding organizers JonnyX comes In the Corner Back...
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Movie Premiere: Demon on Wheels [Video]
The story of an old hot rodder, his woman and the demon Mustang that comes between them.
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The History of Mr. Ints
Meet “Mr. Ints”, a former professional eavesdropper and now a university dissertation proofreader who makes history come alive In the Corner Back by the Woodpile. This...
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Songs from a 1980’s Roller Rink Dumpster II [podcast]
DJ’s Mindub and Spun Counterguy have dug through many of funky containers to find these particular discarded joints from the Reagan era and they’ve come...
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A mirror full of stars
Joe Wheelock is a Public Affairs Specialist at University of Texas’ McDonald Observatory, where not only does he get to talk and give tours at...
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Tryna Herd Cats VII [podcast]
More attempts at the Socratic method, this time around sifting through wisdom from the Middle East, lost scrolls and a Chinese prison, covering such subjects...
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Poetry Among the Trees [podcast]
One of our earliest podcast guests, poet Robert Olson aka Katovski, is back to share a fresh batch of work, in addition to tell a...
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Catfish Cause Earthquakes [podcast]
Sanshiro Hanafusa shares with us his experience of being part Japanese/part American Southerner, sheds light on the difference of the Okinawan people from the rest...
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Tryna Herd Cats II [podcast]
Another philosophical exercise in dialogues and banters. This time our brains are jump started by words from ancient Rome, early 20th-century America and the mid...
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Subverting Fascism: One Family’s Tradition [podcast]
Most know Germany struggled with two authoritarian regimes in the 20th Century: Hitler’s Nazis and the GDR Communists. The Lappe family was one a handful...
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Songs from a 1980’s Roller Rink Dumpster [podcast]
Everybody knows the classic 80’s hits we danced, rolled and cruised to. But with every single there were about 50 other tracks you never heard…until...
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2015 Game Developers Conference review
Once a year the biggest names in the console, PC and app game industries get together to both show off their newest toys but also...
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Tryna Herd Cats VI [podcast]
More thinking and discussing while pulling from wit and wisdom from Poland, China, Ireland, Briton and the American South.
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The Kurds: their history, culture and the best hope against ISIS [podcast]
At this moment during the current battle of ISIS verses the world, the one area that’s held its ground is Kurdistan. Its residents- the Kurds-...
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Illusions and Magical Mishaps [podcast]
Magician Scott Humston has been trying to both entertain and elude audiences since he was in grade school. Those these days he makes his living...
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The Last Days of Katy K
The performers of Music City Burlesque conducted their very last bikini car wash at Katy K’s Designs (aka Ranch Dressing) this past Sunday, the proceeds...
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Tryna Herd Cats V! [podcast]
More mental adventures, this episode musing on wisdom from Burma, Rwanda, China, Kurdistan, Britain and deep Kentucky.
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May the Fourth Be with You
Since 1979, “May the Fourth Be with You” has been the phrase that pays for Star Wars fans, and, with the impending third trilogy, today...
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Dungeons, Dragons and their new Demon Lord
As about as close as a real dungeon master as one can get, Robert Schwalb has helped write several editions and modules for TSRs Dungeons...
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Nothing Says Happy Birthday Like a Shelby Mustang GT350
It’s the Mustang’s 51st birthday today, and to celebrate, we’ve got this killer video of Ford’s new Shelby Mustang GT350. A specifically engineered machine, the...
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Furious 7: Official Trailer and Gallery
Haters step off… Fast and Furious is now one of the most successful movie franchises in cinematic history, reaching an estimated $2.4 billion! That’s of...
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Tyrese Gibson Takes Us on the Set of Furious7 in Dubai
Haters step off... Fast and Furious is now one of the most successful movie franchises in cinematic history, reaching an estimated $2.4 billion!
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A Flood of Fish Sandwiches Day 12 – Long John Silver’s D.I.Y. Fish Sandwich
Even though there’s no Lenten deadline to get a fish sandwich at Long John Silver’s, there is a deadline to get the fish and fries...
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Excerpt from Patches of a Second-Hand Planet
Here’s a small except from one of the stories contained the book Patches of a Second-Hand Planet. If you’re intrigued, check out Cat Taylor’s interview...
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Guess What Fans Voted as BEST of Chicago Auto Show?
For those of you who didn’t know, the Chicago Auto Show is the only major auto show that polls its attendees’ favorite vehicles and exhibit....
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Supercar City: AKA the 2015 Chicago Auto Show [Gallery]
For two weeks, starting on Valentine’s Day, Chicago’s McCormick Center should be renamed “Supercar City.” Given the amount of horsepower on display by several manufacturers,...
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The Nissan “Batmobile” GTR Revealed
The 90s called, and Tim Burton wishes he could’ve come up with a Batmobile as cool as this! Seriously, Nissan is on fire with this...
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