Liam Sweeny

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The Amen Break – A Sample – by Liam Sweeny. Do you like sampling? Not talking about a trip around the charcuterie board, but sampling beats in music. Not so much? But you like to listen to sampled beats if you have any foot in contemporary music. Sampling can be a touchy subject for fans […]

Forklift Certified in the Streets of Ann Arbor – by Liam Sweeny. Of all the memes out there, the ones I love are the ‘forklift certified’ memes. Haven’t seen them? Where on earth have you been? If you’ve been down a well, the forklift certified memes confer unto the forklift certified unending cred and some […]

Pablo Escobar Cocaine Hippos – by Liam Sweeny. Some of the fun of looking for strange stories is in finding the name that basically looks like you took a handful of words and threw them against the wall, and somehow they stuck. Here’s one for you, “Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos.” Yes, we will unpack this. […]

Seventeen Sets of Twins Welcomed in Colonial School District – by Liam Sweeny. Colonial School district will be welcoming seventeen sets of twins between its three schools. There’s something in the water. Gotta be something in the water. Or is it more than that? The article I’m reading is all “Yay! Isn’t that neat!” I […]

They’ll Slap You For Cash – by Liam Sweeny. Ingenuity is dead. As soon as something unique becomes cool, they shut it down. Or it gets too big tor keep itself sorted. Well, weary travelers. I will give you the eulogy of the Shachihoko-ya Slap. Shachihoko-ya is fine culinary establishment in Nogoya, Japan. It was […]

Albany Lou – “A Hot Minute” – interview by Liam Sweeny. RRX: We all get into creative pursuits for different reasons. Some people get into music and the arts to escape; for some, it’s a natural outlet. Was was music, and creativity in the larger sense, for you? AL: Absolutely I actually started writing poetry […]

Turkey Dump and the Most Popular Time to Dump Someone – by Liam Sweeny. It sucks to get dumped. I haven’t been dumped in a while, but that goes with not having a girlfriend in a while, one of the few benefits besides being able to sleep in your bed with all of the covers. […]

A Little Christmas Sizzle – by Liam Sweeny. As you know, I faithfully trawl the weird parts of the internet to find you stories to whet your curious whistles. And I’ll admit, my titles aren’t great, basic, plain, you know, saving the sizzle for an extra portion of the steak. But this particular headline has […]

Shichi-Go-San – Dog Blessed – by Liam Sweeny. A disturbing story out of Japan. It’s not the one where Godzilla went on strike; that was last week, and talks are ongoing. This story, oddly enough, is about blessings at a shrine for children ages three, five, and seven – as the ritual’s name, Shichi-Go-San, translates […]

Susan Robbins, an Xperience Interview – by Liam Sweeny. Susan Robbins is an actor, artist, producer and director, and she found one of her passions in the story of Lee Shaw, a local music legend. I had a chance to reach out to her. Now you do too. RRX: You directed the film 88 Keys, […]


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