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Janis Turk writes with eloquence and empathy about her beloved New Orleans in a new story on GoNOMAD.com. As she says, ‘attention must be paid,” and this piece really says it well. “It was once said of James Dean that he had an “insufficient hopefulness” — a phrase that often […]

On TV tonight was the story about Sony vs. JVC. It was “Modern Marvels,” and this episode was about the technology of the 1980s. They had Steve Wozniak, who put 10 million bucks into the US festival, which was a rock show with a sideshow of geeky stuff to gawk […]

I spend a lot of time reading travel magazines and found a story in Budget Travel about 25 unknown places in Europe. Andrew Appleyard, international sales manager of Exodus, a U.K.-based tour company writes about Erice in Sicily. “Waves of conquerors–from Phoenicians to Normans, and everyone in between–have left their […]

Paul Shoul checked in from Boise, Idaho by email, and as usual he was exhuberant. Our favorite shooter tracked down the local celebrity who promised to show him all of Boise’s places and secrets within the first two hours of his arrival. I’m sure his story will be a lot […]

Paul Raffaele is an adventurer’s adventurer. He recently went to New Guinea far up river to meet with some of the world’s last cannibals, and wrote about it in Smithsonian Magazine. “Korowai children with beads about their necks come running to point and giggle as I stagger into the village—several […]

David Wilkening writes about a backlash in today’s TravelMole News. It’s the Christian Science Monitor’s story about how hotel chains that make big bucks from pay per view porn are facing a terrific backlash from conservative groups, who are out to ban the skin flicks in hotel rooms, favored by […]

My favorite Boston Herald columnist Howie Carrr on a recent governor’s race debate from today’s paper. “Under attack from Mad Dog Reilly, [Chris] Gabrieli pulled the political equivalent of going into the fetal position. He started talking about his family. Deval whined about “getting back to the issues.” And then […]

David Detmold came into the cafe the other day to pick up an ad for his newspaper, the Montague Reporter. This sprightly 20-page vehicle for local news is well supported by advertisers, including our GoNOMAD Cafe, and features just the kind of unique and local coverage that the newspaper medium […]

Up late at night on Cindy’s couch, after watching two TV shows about 9/11. The first was a documentary made by two French brothers about the life of a rookie firefighter, that coincided with the attacks and put them in the lobby of the tower as the fireman frantically tried […]

I bicycled down into the Holyoke flats tonight. I began my bike jaunt up in the Holyoke highlands, these are leafy suburbs with nice old homes and people out front doing yard work. There was a nip in the air, it definitely isn’t August any more. I rode down, further […]

Last night we went out in South Deerfield. That’s kind of unusual, as there is not that much going on in our little burgh. But since I had bought an ad in the program, we decided to go and see the Uncommon Player’s production of ‘Losing Patients.’My daughter Kate and […]

Today I read some more of the new issue of Wired, the cover story is about the changing face of music. As usual, Wired says it bluntly: “Radio sucks, the labels are lame. Now Bands are taking over–and fans are getting what they want.” There is an interview with the […]