John Cohen

Hot Rize was bluegrass before bluegrass was cool

Some thoughts on the coming Robot Apocalypse

My fellow humans, This week, unabashed robot lover Joel Warner wrote a fine cover story for Westword dealing primarily with the robot Basil, manufactured and programmed by James and Louise Gunderson of Gamma Two, Inc. And while I take no issue with the article per se -- having found it both informa ... More >>

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Fast reviews of recent releases

In Black and White

Great photos by John Cohen at Singer, and quirky scratchboards by Jason Needham at Zip 37.

Between Rock and a Hard Place

Half of the 2700 block of Downing falls into one police district, the other half into another -- leaving residents caught in the crack.

A Snake in the Grama Grass

Weeding out the good plants from the bad can leave horticulturalists blowing in the wind.