Pizza Is Life

The texture, the aroma, the flavors...that heighten your senses. It's not complicated, it's pizza!
Here's a contemporary look at the living history of one of the world's most popular foods. From Neapolitan to New York style, including some notable favorites of mine along the way. Salute!


I'm grateful to have experienced the legendary Neapolitan style pizza while traveling through Italy.


Living in Chicago, I embraced Lou Malnati's Deep Dish style...but I grew up on New York style pizza, and there is NOTHING better!


One of my favorite "NY Style" pies is actually located in New Jersey...Rudy's Pizzeria, since 1963!

Honorable mention goes to my friend, Billy Jacobs, who introduced me to New Haven style at Piece Pizzeria, a welcome reprieve from all the Deep Dish in Chi-Town.


Stayin' Alive: John Travolta enjoying a couple slices of New York style pizza to the Bee Gees.

Tasty Mosaics

"Pothole Art Project"

With Chicago artist Jim Bachor

Like, Obscure...Totally!

New Wave songs that process more memories than many of the top 80's hits could ever recall. Lesser known classics woven into the fabric of the era...they're totally bitchin, like for sure!

StMM exclusive playlist featuring over 30 tripendicular tracks!

Here's Paste Magazine's 50 Best New Wave Albums and NME's 100 best Songs of the 80's.

For Your Aural Pleasure

Introducing the all-new Lounge Productions!

"The finest in Downbeat & Dub music"

Lounge Productions presents: Passport Radio with exclusive interviews and archived playlists; hundreds of music resources; and the label, Burning Bowl Records.

Passport with host Architektur, broadcasts LIVE on WRUW 91.1FM!

5,000 Days On Mars

The Sun rose on NASA's solar-powered Mars rover Opportunity for the 5,000th time on Saturday.

"A Martian "sol" lasts about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day, and a Martian year lasts nearly two Earth years. Opportunity's Sol 1 was landing day, Jan. 25, 2004. The prime mission was planned to last 90 sols. NASA did not expect the rover to survive through a Martian winter."

David Bowie - Life On Mars? (1971)