Rogier van Bakel reports that a Missouri farm family "was put under surveillance, then prosecuted, for selling raw milk from its own cow, Misty." From Naturalnews.com: ...the bovine mother's milk, unpasteurized, unprocessed, non-homogenized and wholly pure, natural and innocent. The stuff America was raised on. The stuff your parents fed you when you were a kid, if your family was lucky enough to have a cow. In Missouri today, selling such a natural product is now apparently a criminal act. What's next? A ban on farm-fresh eggs because the Dept. of Health doesn't control their quality? Farm family put under surveillance for selling raw milk Technorati Tags: food...

Yet another reason to be in NYC: next Tuesday’s Open City party, in celebration of their new issue (open bar and a copy with $10 entry), not to mention Sam Lipsyte’s new novel The Ask (also holiday-purchase worthy), and don’t forget their newest book, Rachel Sherman’s Living Room! Please join editors Thomas Beller and Joanna Yas [...]

Christine C. Quinn, the New York City Council speaker, said the newly constructed Irish Arts Center will most likely reside at the institution's current location at 553 West 51st Street in Clinton.

A judge has ordered the state of Florida to hire a makeup artist to cover the tattoos of a white supremacist on trial for stabbing a teenager to death. His lawyer argued in a pretrial motion that the tattoos, which Ditullio acquired after his arrest, could prejudice a jury. The judge agreed but...

The monologuist talks about his new show, "The Last Cargo Cult."

All down to the Horse Hospital on 10 December for You Fill Me With Inertia with the John Moore Rock’n'Roll Trio (including members of the Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Box Recorder, Lush and Ride), Viv Albertine (The Slits), Mr Solo (David Devant & His Spirit Wife, Glam Chops), Graham Bendel...

One of the shuttered shops.

For now, your walk down Canal Street will be congested by a few less Prado bags: This morning, the NYPD raided and closed a stretch of 31 stores on the south side of Canal, starting at Church Street and going east. All merchandise suspected of being...

The American Music Show began in 1981 and ran until 2005 on People TV, the public access station in Atlanta, Georgia. It was produced by Potsy Duncan, Bud Lowry, James Bond, and Dick Richards. Campy and over-the-top, the show parodied American popular culture with John Waters-esque absurdism. I discovered the show through misterrichardson's page on YouTube, of The Funtone USA Network.

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What is the agent's role in the digital book future? Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was Karen Gantz, a literary agent who has represented to an impressive list of authors including Alec Baldwin and Kathleen Turner.

She explained...