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Sugar Water: The Best Album of the Decade
Per Second, Per Second, Per Second … Every Second (Aware/Columbia), the 2003 album by Boston-area band Wheat, is the best album of the decade. Now you know. This is a totally subjective opinion, of
Read More »Sugar Water: Sex!
Now that I’ve got your attention, I’d like to remind you that in late September— Wow. You’re already not paying attention. You really do think about sex every seven seconds. I thought I was
Read More »Sugar Water: When Chickens and Pigs and Foxes Who Are Married to Tigers Attack
So, are you done with all your Thanksgiving leftovers? Already looking forward to that Christmas ham? Then listen up, all you attendees of Jesus’s annual baby shower, and take a page from your Hanukkah-celebrating
Read More »Sugar Water: Adieu, “Water” Lou
A nation mourned Wednesday night, as CNN’s Lou Dobbs, an outspoken critic of illegal immigration, announced his retirement from the network. Though it’s still unclear which nation is in mourning, experts have conclusively ruled
Read More »Sugar Water: There’s Always a Riot Goin’ On
The following piece originally appeared as an entry in Popdose’s Most Disturbing Halloween EVER! series. “Everyday People” entered the Billboard Top 40 on January 4, 1969. Six weeks later it was the number-one song
Read More »Sugar Water: Promise Some Peace, Win a Prize!
President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a decision that instantly created controversy. For one thing, Tina Fey wasn’t even nominated. For another, Obama’s been president less than nine months, and
Read More »Sugar Water: Those Shoes Were Made for Throwin’
Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi TV reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last December, was released from prison on September 15 after serving nine months
Read More »Sugar Water: Off the Record, I’m a Liar
When things are said off the record in the world of politics, they should stay off the record. Unless I need something to write about, of course. Last week I brought you an exclusive
Read More »Sugar Water: Say It Ain’t So, Joe (Just Say It in Two Words or Less)
Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina became a household name on Wednesday when he “heckled” President Obama during the commander-in-chief’s congressional speech on health-care reform. After Obama assured the joint session of Congress that
Read More »Sugar Water: Test Your Knowledge of Hollywood’s Creative Bankruptcy!
Sequels! Adaptations! Ill-advised remakes! It's gotten so it's hard to tell what's a real movie in development and what's a story in The Onion -- and that's where our quiz comes in
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