As the motoring press descended upon Chicago for Media Preview Day, Chew-bro-cca and his remote control inflatable sidekick launched Car Wars, our in-depth review of...
During the 2016 International Association of Jazz Record Collectors convention in Indianapolis, we started a series of interviews with some of the organization’s brain trust....
Wenzhou church before and after government demolition We’re over in China again and revisiting with our previous guest and friend “Peter”. The young man...
That’s no moon… It’s the sun! And if it’s hovering over the house it means barbecue season is upon us. But don’t settle for your...
On June 6th, 1944, the Allied forces landed on Omaha Beach at Normandy, France, setting in motion the bloody business of retaking Northern Europe away...
Some years ago I had a record shop and there were moments that made all the struggles and heartaches of having a small business worth...
The internet has been ablaze with talk of the new Suicide Squad trailer, which debuted on the CW last night to mostly rave reviews. We’d...
In what is proving to be a tough week for fans of vintage music, film and television, yet another 70s/80s icon leaves us this week...
Millennials will best remember him as Professor Severus Snape, the fictional character in author J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. He is characterised as...
The thin, white Duke was David Bowie’s 1976 persona, relating to his album Station to Station. This past Monday, the world was deeply saddened...
Almost all the music you hear today is a descendant of jazz music. But sadly it’s time in our mainstream American culture has come and...
If you’re a fan of old timey and traditional American rural music and you happened to catch an earful of the modern ‘Power Country’ or...
After reading a tech article in a recent issue of Hot Rod magazine, we got inspired to once again revisit the breathing apparatus on our...
If you didn’t get the gift you were expecting over the holidays, then the talented staff at the Palette & Chisel might have just what...
A short film that’s currently making the rounds of the film festivals is Sticks, a tense rural psychological drama. The work is set to play...
When it comes to Taoism, there’s few bright lights like Dr. Livia Kohn. A lecturer, author, publisher and a major translator of many obscure ancient...
Most folks know The Ramones as a 70’s band but the guys made some great records in the 1980’s that we could say ended up...
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,...
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...
If you've held out this long for a PS4, here's what you should know.
Come on back to our favorite decade where this time around we ruminate on our major crushes and how they played out on the roller...
On this weeks In the Corner Back By the Woodpile podcast, a woman tells the incredible- both heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant- story of her life’s...
Meet Sousuke Game Nerd, we think an emerging YouTube star who welcomes you to his blazing Hot Wheels collection!
Don’t get left out of the latest dope moves sweeping the nation: The Nunu Inotamba! Just watch the video below to get your body acquainted...
In Mexico, SICARIO means hitman. In Estados Unidos, it means critical acclaim. After witnessing a story seemingly so authentic and compellingly told, we’ve spent days...
DJ Emerald was rocking the 80’s on college radio back in the 90’s when most folks were ‘so over’ the best decade ever! Now she...
Welcome to more philosophical explorations back by the woodpile, this time dealing with our attraction to beauty, satisfaction in the artificial and affecting those we’ll...
Today we’d like to give a latte salute to the Man Bun. Before, it may have taken us a couple sips before we could guess...
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...
Dead girls beckoning fellers in for a swim, a spirit babel fish app, a swinging summer camp noose, trying to outwit the devil, the tiniest...