July 05, 2008
Some recommendations for today
Baby, you don't have to be a picture in a magazine: Comedienne Amy Sedaris, best known for her role as 46-year-old former "user, boozer and loser" Jerri Blank on Comedy Central's Strangers With Candy, graces the cover of Bust magazine's June/July issue. The issue, which marks Bust's 15th year of publication, also features an interview with Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, a peek into the studios of sewn art seamstresses, a brief history of women in magic and summer fashion tips.
Viva Zapata!: In the early '90s, Seattle punk band The Gits was starting to attract mainstream attention when its singer Mia Zapata was raped and murdered on her way home from a friend's house. The band dissolved, and Zapata's murder remained unsolved until 2004. Director Kerri O' Kane's 2008 documentary, aptly titled The Gits, follows the band's formation, rise to stardom and tragic ending, even capturing the conviction of Jesus Mezquia, Zapata's killer. For more information on The Gits, a documentary worth watching, visit www.thegitsmovie.com or www.myspace.com/thegitsmovie. To read a review of The Gits documentary, visit http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-06-25/news/getting-the-gits.php/full.
Revisiting Green Gables: I'm re-reading the books I loved growing up, particularly the 'Alice' series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, the 'Weetzie Bat' series by Francesca Lia Block, the 'Ramona Quimby' series by Beverly Cleary, Anne of Green Gable by L.M. Montgomery, Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements and Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. I'm, like, 11 years old, but at least, I haven't started writing Babysitters' Club fan fiction or dreaming up alternate endings to Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.
"Stick a fork in it": For unique barbecue recipes (Ever think to grill a peach? How about a banana leaf burrito?), visit the best food blog on the Internet, Girl on Grill Action.