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Starting Over With High Expectations

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 10:02am
TV Scene
By
Darryl Gangloff

In HBO’s “True Detective,” returned now for its second season, you won’t find Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. They were the stars of the wonderful first season, which featured two detectives investigating a ritualistic murder in Louisiana.
The second season of this anthology series tells a brand new tale set in California with a different cast, including Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch. 

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Small, Like Us, But Different

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 11:10am
The TV Scene: ‘Wayward Pines’
By
Darryl Gangloff

Those of us who live in and around the Northwest Corner are familiar with small towns like Wayward Pines, Idaho, where everyone knows your name.

But this bucolic town holds some diabolical secrets. Residents must abide by seven rules:

1. Enjoy your life in Wayward Pines.

2. Be happy.

3. Work hard.

4. Always answer the phone if it rings.

5. Do not discuss the past.

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Back Again, Mulder, Scully And Friends

Thu, 04/09/2015 - 9:51am
TV Scene
By
Darryl Gangloff

It seems like 2015 may go down in history as the year Hollywood officially ran out of ideas. Beloved TV shows are being revived left and right, feeding on our nostalgia for classics from decades past.

A Cookbook With Attitude, Plenty of It

Thu, 04/02/2015 - 11:25am
Food
By
Marsden Epworth

Gabrielle Hamilton sets our reservations adrift. She inspires courage. Reading her cookbook, you may well consider frying up sardine spines, heads and tails attached, for a special treat. Or making a butter and ham sandwich drizzled with olive oil. Or figure how a suckling pig would fit into your oven. Or maybe just dress slices of ripe, raw tomato with melted butter.

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So, What Colors Do You See?

Thu, 03/05/2015 - 11:34am
Observations: Darryl Gangloff

By now you’ve probably seen the dress that broke the Internet last week. If you somehow managed to avoid this viral sensation, what colors do you see in the dress in the accompanying photo — white and gold, or blue and black?

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Spies, Killers, Miscreants And Politicians, Too

Thu, 01/15/2015 - 10:47am
The TV Scene
By
Darryl Gangloff

The holidays are long gone and the weather is cold and gloomy, which means it’s time for me to settle into the couch and watch my favorite television shows until spring.
Plenty of great shows are debuting or returning this season, but I’ve narrowed the list down to five series I think you should watch.

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Something Special to Start

Thu, 12/11/2014 - 11:25am
Holiday Fare: A Beautiful Soup
By
Marsden Epworth

What an elegant way to start a festive holiday dinner: a smooth, fragrant, beautiful and delicate soup.
It’s simple, too.
The trick, well, it’s not really a trick, to this cauliflower soup is the stock. Yes. You ought to make it yourself, but that’s simple too. 

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Getting Good, Finally, At Comic Con

Thu, 10/23/2014 - 9:58am
Excursion: NYCC
By
Darryl Gangloff

Since its debut in 2006, New York Comic Con (NYCC) has become a pop culture behemoth, filling the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan with fans (many dressed in colorful costumes) searching for the latest collectibles and news surrounding their favorite comics, games, movies and television shows.

You’ve Always Got the Albums

Thu, 10/09/2014 - 10:20am
TV Scene
By
Darryl Gangloff

I am fan of John Mulaney’s standup comedy. His albums “The Top Part” and “New In Town” have gotten me through more than one lengthy road trip. It’s just too bad many of the same jokes from those albums (which were released in 2009 and 2012) were reused in “Mulaney,” his bland new sitcom.

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Where History, Aviation And Technology Merge And Amaze

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 10:41am
Thomas Jensen visits a nearby marvel, the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

As a boy, I constructed model airplanes. I put together wood-framed scale models of old planes, models that actually flew, which was amazing to me. And I remember our family outings to the the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a unique “living museum” with one of the largest collections of early planes, planes that actually fly, which was even more amazing.    

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