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Album of the Day: Tuesday July 22, 2025

"Beggars Banquet is a revel soaked in soot and sedition—a procession of ragged hymns for a world teetering between revelry and ruin. In these songs, the Stones conjure a kind of beautiful depravity, where devils dance in waltz time and the civilized mask of man slips, ever so slightly, to reveal something ancient, wicked, and strangely divine." - Mary Shelly English novelist and vegetarian

*Quotes by living, dead, or fictional people have been generated through the use of A.I.

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Feature Presentation: Tuesday July 22, 2025

The House of Flying Daggers

2004

This story takes place in the House of Flying Daggers, not to be confused with the House of Representatives, though similar in that both involve flying objects, questionable loyalties, elaborate costumes, an undercover agent who falls in love, another cop who also falls in love, and a rebel group with more costume changes than a Madonna concert at Madison Square Garden. At the center of it all is a blind dancer named Mei who performs with the precision of a Swiss watch and the lethality of a ninja-infused sewing machine. Next thing you know, everyone’s flipping through the air and fighting in a bamboo forest that has more spring than a rented bouncy house at an eight year old’s birthday party. By the time we reach the snowy final act, three people are bleeding, crying, dying, and still managing to deliver dialogue like a Shakespearean tragedy on ice. The love triangle: isosceles; the martial arts: physics-defying; the political rebellion: like Edward Scissorhands joined Cirque de Soleil.

Directed by Yimou Zhang

Written by Feng Li, Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang

Staring

Takeshi Kaneshiro as Jin

Andy Lau as Leo

Ziyi Zhang as Xiao Mei

Drink me: Thursty Thursday July 10, 2025

The Human Torch

A rugged version of an espresso mnahattan

flaming over proofed bourbon, scotch, espresso cream, coffee liquor, espresso, and chocolate bitters

Drink Me

Alchemy: Saturday July 12, 2025

Cut-Rite Chain Saws’ Green Chicken Chili

No one can beat Dallas’ favorite caterer’s Drayton Sawyer chili, but if you’re looking for something other than red meat for your next chili cook-off, look no further. This chili doesn’t skimp on the meat either and doesn’t rely on hard shelled peppercorns. No need to go out on the highway to find your meat, for those who need to feed a hungry family using store bought ingredients like rotisserie chicken, left over rice and caned beans - you can cut your cook time down without loosing that fresh flavor.

Recipes

Book of the Month: July 2025

Superman: The Red Son

by Mark Millar (Author) , Dave Johnson (Illustrator) , Kilian Plunkett (Contributor)

The Daily Planet, April 30, 2003 — Special Edition

"SUPERMAN: SOVIET SON?"
Global Icon Revealed to Be Champion of the U.S.S.R.

By Lois Lane, Senior Correspondent

Metropolis - The world was stunned today by the revelation that Superman, long thought to be a neutral force for good and protector of Earth, was revealed to be in fact a citizen of the Soviet Union and loyal defender of its regime.

The Man of Steel -previously a symbol of hope for all nations - first appeared publicly under the Soviet banner in Moscow, rescuing civilians from a nuclear mishap and receiving commendations from Premier Joseph Stalin himself. Dressed in a red-and-black iconic uniform, adorned with the hammer and sickle…

Builds and Refurbishes