William Mistele on Communing With 'Mermaids, Sylphs, Gnomes and Salamanders'

Published November 2, 2012

William Mistele on communing with 'Mermaids, Sylphs, Gnomes and Salamanders'
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Mermaid women possess a personality type never before described. They are … But for human beings the experience of knowing a mermaid in human form is often like taking cocaine—you feel larger than life when around them and then anxiety and … Read more on Examiner.com

"Waging Heavy Peace": Neil Young's kitchen-sink memoir
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Besides the Ducks — the Santa Cruz bar band he took up with briefly in the summer of 1977 — he touches on pretty much everything: his brief marriage to Carrie Snodgrass; Crosby, Stills, and Nash's coke-zooted ridiculousness; the booze-soaked Tonight … Read more on Salon

Denzel Washington Pilots Nearly Flawless 'Flight'
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“Flight” opens in a personality-less hotel room as Whip wakes up alongside a naked flight attendant named Katerina (Nadine Velazquez), downs the backwash left in a cheap beer bottle, does a couple of lines of cocaine, and dons his pilot gear. … After … Read more on HollywoodChicago.com