December 10, 2012
Going Out is a weekly attempt to investigate public utterances (made at the restaurant where I work) that reveal something about desire. This week: the musings of three men who came wobbling in at 8:00 a.m.
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Going Out is a weekly attempt to investigate public utterances (made at the restaurant where I work) that reveal something about desire. This week: the musings of three men who came wobbling in at 8:00 a.m.
Read MoreHeadline v Headline pits the idiosyncratic slants of different global news sources against each other. This week, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear two cases on same-sex marriage, we survey the headlines from our North American neighbors and beyond.
Read MoreWhat does Black Balloon love if not strange, wonderful books that upend our traditional ideas of a story? Now that it’s December, I’d love to highlight a few of the most unusual titles of 2012. Whether you favor fiction, history, or sequential art, there's something for you among these five books.
Read MoreClothing company UNIONMADE, which sells goods that are not union-made, has been in the news recently for being a bunch of lying shitheels. Apparently some people don’t like their misleading name, but their PR department doesn’t know what the big deal is.
Read MoreThis week we're mourning the loss of Twinkies while philosophizing over the long holiday lines at the liquor store.
Read MoreMeredith Ries, a set designer currently in her final year at the Yale School of Drama, is writing a multi-part series about her design process for Hamlet at the Yale Repertory Theater, opening in the spring of 2013. Part 1: "What Exactly Is It That You Do?"
Read MoreWatching Shuggie Otis's ill-starred Echoplex show on Wednesday, my native Angeleno companions and I got to debating whether there is an “LA soul” sound — one that captures the soul of the city itself. Here are five of my personal choices for quintessential soul-of-LA artists.
Read MoreWelcome to Clementine’s Weekly Reading Series, where Clem the hedgehog talks about whatever she is currently reading. This week: Both Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace.
Read MoreIf brevity is truly the soul of wit, then your Twitter feed is the Algonquin round table of today's digital Dorothy Parkers and Ogden Nashes. Here's a selection of our favorite tweets from the week; nominate yours by submitting to @blackballoonpub with #twitwit.
Read MoreWhat does poetic inspiration have in common with inhalational anesthesia? Amazingly, it is not known how either of them works.
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