Winter 2010
Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water.
— The Women's Petition Against Coffee (1674)
In This Issue...
On the Brew Round-Up and Movie Miscellany
What is, and was to have been.
Brew Round-Up
Welcome Back to Theme Time Radio Hour: Bob Dylan's Musical Map of Coffee and Booze
A Master's musical odyssey through our favorite beverages.
Review of Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages
Baccanalysis, or a study in the pre-history of partying.
Review of Life in a 17th Century Coffee Shop
Think today's coffee joints are great? Should'a been there 300 years ago...
Movie Miscellany
Review of Avatar
A worthy film for our age, but one which instigates some uncomfortable feelings...
Men of the West: Reexamining the Careers of Anthony Mann & John Sturges
Two recent books on two of the great directors of the Western.
DVD Review of L'Age d'Or
The great surrealist film's US DVD debut (presented here a few years too late).
