Archives: April 2011

Required Stops

The Secretary of State’s office is a “must” for presidential candidates.The campaign for the next New Hampshire presidential primary has been slow to get moving, but once it does, presidential candidates will have to quickly find their way around the state. They will need to know where to meet voters and voters – or just the curious – have to…

Goldfish in a Pickle Jar

The many reasons Charles Simic was chosen as the country’s poet laureate.”It was such a sad story, it made everyone laugh” – it is a signature Simic sentence that neatly illustrates what makes his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry so stimulating, evidenced again in his latest book, “Master of Disguises” . The book’s poems are laced with such opposing images, tied together,…

Granite Gang – Super Secret Project

With a run of YouTube hits on their hands, New Hampshire’s Super Secret Project has gone viral. This time they’re rapping an ode to everyone’s best friend in this last blizzard-packed winter: “The Plow Guy Boogaloo.” The video features parodies of Jay-Z’s “Run This Town,” Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” and the Dr. Dre/Tupac collaboration “California Love.”Just like in their break-out…