About the Author: Kathleen Stephens serves as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. In celebrating International Women’s Day, I am reminded of Secretary Clinton’s recent visit and the impact she had that day on thousands of young Korean women. While Secretary Clinton’s visit to...

Disco Biscuits March 6, 2009 Charleston, SC Charleston Music Hall Source: Microtech Gefell m210 (DINa) > E.A.A. PSP-2 > Sony PCM-D50 (24/96) Location: SBD, DFC Transfer: Sony PCM-D50 > Sony Sound Forge 9.0 (normalized, 24/96 > 16/44.1 conversion) > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC Cho...

For the last few years, Phillips de Pury, a hoary auction house, has been running an auction series specifically dedicated to cultivating hip, young collectors with lower priced items, in the hopes that they'll blossom into the next generation of mega buyers. This Saturday, it will feature a once-ob...

Image from Transmission Entertainment’s MySpace The F Yeah Fest, along with Transmission Entertainment, presents the third annual Mess With Texas on Saturday the 21st at Waterloo Park. This is the ultimate spot for Saturday -- the last day of day show mania -- a shindig where you can fill in t...

If you live in Los Angeles and have offspring — or if you’re visibly pregnant — most conversations with other parents will probably involve preschool. Even if you don’t have kids, you’ll find yourself on the periphery of these conversations shortly after turning 30. And...

Boing boing! Gigi Deluxe, Chicago’s glamor-puss is here to talk about her new collaboration with House of Bias, a fashion forward clothing line specializing in clothes made out of rubber latex. Think it’s too kinky for you? The clothing line hopes to mainstream latex-wear for everyone, t...

I think I’ve finally had enough time to absorb all of the people, projects, thoughts, and feelings I experienced while attending the Sunlight Foundation’s TransparencyCamp last weekend, but I still don’t know that I’ve found a good way to discuss them with you. Oddly, what ke...

In our youth, we were one of those kids that liked to dream big and routinely answered the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" with "Astronaut." While that didn't quite work out (nor did our second choice of playing in the NBA) and we wound up with the equally lofty career of writin...

The plastic “girl” who has it all is celebrating her 50th birthday today and is having the pink carpet rolled out for her bday celebrations. “Born” on March 9, 1959 Barbie Millicent Roberts (which is her full name, btw) came into existence after being inspired into creation a...

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The Hangover is not our usual kind of movie, but we have to admit the trailer is pretty hilarious. (Via) The Watchmen links keep coming! We've got WatchModoks; what Watchmen would be like if Stan Lee created it (via); a...