Dressed in his traditional brown robe, sandals and twirling the rope around his waist, 62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker. But as guitarists around him grind out heavy notes, the long-white-bearded Capuchin, a former missionary in Ivory Coast, has no qualms bobbing his head and shouting lyrics about alcohol, [...]
Director John Waters, famous for both numerous shock films like “Pink Flamingos” and amusing tangents such as a prominent appearance as a character on an episode of “The Simpsons,” stars in this unique stand-up/lecture combination that is one part comedy blitz and one part social observation from an enjoyably bizarre angle. You do not need [...]
In 1856, the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace provided a highly quoted description of the flavour of the durian: “The five cells are silky-white within, and are filled with a mass of firm, cream-coloured pulp, containing about three seeds each. This pulp is the edible part, and its consistence and flavour are indescribable. A rich [...]
