#MusicMonday: What People are Listening to in...Argentina
MUSIC: La Mona is known as Argentina’s James Brown with outrageous live shows that include high-energy dance and multiple costume changes. “The Monkey” Jimenez is a wild guy from Cordoba who works the crowd into a frenzy with cuarteto favorites. More »
Graffiti Mundo: Street Art for the People in Buenos Aires
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ART: While the art scene worldwide is getting more elitist as time goes on, this is art by and for the people of Buenos Aires.
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What to Eat and Drink in Palestine and Where to do It
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FOOD: A Middle Eastern Joke goes, "What is Arab hospitality?" Answer: "Eat meat!"
"What is Palestinian hospitality?" it continues. Answer: "Eat more meat!" More »
How To Rock the Nightlife in Charlotte, NC
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NIGHTLIFE: This dance club serves as a training ground to the newly of-age and the well disguised under-age. The goal of the night is to get as drunk as possible and then drench yourself in other people's sweat as you dance the night away or until you vomit. More »
The Overstay - Bangkok's Whore House Turned Guest House
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HOSTELS AND HOTELS: "The frustrating thing with reviews is that unsatisfied people will be very negative whereas people who like the place won't think of leaving their feeling because they are sure will do just fine without it. Just like voting for an election. " More »
#Musicmonday: Tribute To Neil Young Set List 1/29/10
MUSIC: The set list from a tribute to Neil Young, which featured the likes of Elton John, Wilco, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Fogerty, Jason Mraz, Jackson Brown, James Taylor, Ben Harper and Crosby, Stills & Nash. More »
10 Black Metal Bands from the Most Unexpected Places
MUSIC: When we think of black metal, we tend to think of Northern Europe and, to a lesser extent, North America. However, at this very moment, headbangers from Brazil to Kyrgyzstan are donning facepaint and rocking out to homegrown riffs.
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Tokyo Nightlife: 3 Killer Clubs for When Roppongi's Charm Wears Thin
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CLUBS: If you're in Japan, you have probably been told that all the gaijin in Tokyo do their partying in Roppongi. If this has convinced you to avoid Roppongi at all costs (and I hope it has), keep reading. More »
Hardcore Economic Theory as Rap?
MUSIC: What happens when a producer from Spike TV finds himself a huge fan of an economic podcast?
A rap starring long dead economists, of course.
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Well, That's One Way not to Eat an Ice Cream Cone
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FOOD: Here's one way, while in Turkey, to delay gratification. More »
Buenos Aires Binge Eating 101
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FOOD: We gave Tom Gates 24 hours to eat as much as he could stomach in Buenos Aires. What followed included pizza, chinese, japanese, empanadas, cheesecake and a full dinner at one of the town's most noted closed-door restaurants. More »
#MusicMonday - Help for Haiti: Big Music Gets in on the Act
MUSIC: Various news sources are reporting an imminent re-recording of We are the World to be re-produced by Quincy Jones, and the Hope for Haiti Now album is now available through iTunes - Both will directly benefit relief work in Haiti. More »
Don't Act Like a N00b: Party Like a Pro for New Orleans' Mardi Gras
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FESTIVALS: With less than a month until Mardi Gras, Megan Hill warns: Putting your hand on the ground to pick something up that you haven’t stepped on first is a good way to lose a finger.
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Employees to Warm up Your Hotel Bed by Rolling Around in It
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HOSTELS AND HOTELS: Ask yourself: What's more soothing than multiple strangers dressed in adult sized, terry-cloth footie pajamas coming into your room and rolling around your freshly bleached sheets before you get into bed?
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What Happens When You Microwave a Box of Wine?
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DRINKS: Box of wine. Microwave. Four minutes. Boom. More »
The Best Spots in Edinburgh to Nurse a Hangover
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FOOD: Whether you've spent the previous night stumbling down Rose Street, swanning around George Street or staggering down to the Grassmarket, chances are that come Sunday morning there will be one thought on your mind - food. And lots of it. More »
#MusicMonday: La Bomba de Tiempo's Percussive Mondays in Buenos Aires
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MUSIC: Each Monday, crowds gather in Konex to check out Buenos Aires' most noted percussion group. The performance takes place on an orange ladder contraption, which looks like something used to pick hard-to-reach fruit. More »
Artist Riders: Inside the Diva Dressing Rooms of Your Favorite Musicians
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MUSIC: Who requires vintage 1999 Playstation cartridges? Who needs 4 quarts of FRESH SQUEEZED carrot juice before every show? Which "Artist" demands a four-door Mercedes sedan with a 15.6 cubic foot trunk? All that and more shall be revealed here! More »
A Whole Wide World of Potent Alcohol
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DRINKS: Warning: Imbibe in these ten forms of potent alcohol from around the world and you'll speak the international language of Drunk. More »
Britain's Rogue Ex-Drug Czar Aims to Cure Hangovers and Drunk Driving
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CULTURE: Nutt famously stated that "the dangers of Ecstasy are no greater than those of horse-riding," creating an volatile uproar amongst politickers and equine ideologues alike. More »
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