Email Author Ily Goyanes

2011 Stories by Ily Goyanes

• Top Five Fuming Foodies of 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Preposterous

  published Dec 30, 2011

  It's been a hell of a year, folks. We've had a lot of food and food industry-related news this year, and not all of it has been pretty.As a nod to the upcoming year and as a way of reminiscing, I've g... More >>

• Satanic Cheese to Eating Batteries: Five Weirdest 2011 Food Stories

  published Dec 30, 2011

  People are weird. Whether gobbling sofa cushions or creating demonic cheese sculptures, people have done some crazy stuff this year when it comes to eating and food.Companies are just as guilty (run b... More >>

• Blame Canada: Hawkesbury Food Bank Broken Into Over Christmas Eve Holiday

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Ever since Michael Moore's exploitive documentary, Bowling for Columbine, liberals, hipsters, and pseudo-intellectuals have fawned over our great cousin to the north.But perhaps Canada is not the peac... More >>

• Texas Woman Shoots Self and Two Children After Being Denied Food Stamps

  published Dec 07, 2011

  It is said that desperate times call for desperate measures. There is no denying that Rachelle Grimmer felt desperate when she shot her two children and then killed herself inside a Laredo, Texas food... More >>

• Ghost World

  published November 3, 2011

  The coolest, edgiest, and hippest graphic novelists will be lurking about the 305 November 13 through 20. There's Denis Kitchen and his notorious... More >>

• Chili's Can Be Rude -- Stop Throwing Away Your Food!

  published Nov 15, 2011

  I love free stuff, Groupon, discounts, hook ups, and so on. But my obsession with not throwing away food when there is some other use for it stems from more than the fact I like to save a little coin.... More >>

• Butoh Time

  published November 3, 2011

  Reading the biography/history section of the Carpetbag Brigade's website may cause seizures. The San Francisco group puts on visual... More >>

• Cut off Food Stamps to Mercedes Ownersr Just Maybe

  published Nov 03, 2011

  There's been a lot of discussion lately about a plan in Michigan to deny food stamp benefits to people who own cars worth $15,000 and up.At first I thought, "Well, yeah." A $15,000 car can be a symbol... More >>

• Carpetbag Brigade Brings Acrobatics, Wordless Poetry, and Improvisation to Sleepless Night

  published Nov 02, 2011

  Reading the biography/history section of the Carpetbag Brigade's website may cause seizures. The San Francisco group puts on visual extravaganzas using improvisation, acrobatics, music, circus antics,... More >>

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  Dan Clowes, Creator of Ghost World, Talks the Benefits of Drawing vs. Speaking

  published Oct 26, 2011

  The inimitable Miami Book Fair is just around the corner. For those who say that Miami is a cultural wasteland, we say, "phooey!" For an intellectual vortex, we sure get lucky hosting the best, bright... More >>

• Barack Obama Needs to Lead or Get Out of the Way

  published Oct 26, 2011

  I am so sick and tired of Barack Obama. How many of you saw him on Jay Leno last night, putting on his tired old shtick about how his wife is stronger and more in shape than he is, how his health advo... More >>

• Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery is Not Just in the Mind

  published Oct 18, 2011

  Here is my final update on Rena Greenberg's Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program.It has been about forty days since I first underwent the "surgery." For those of you who haven't read my previo... More >>

• Government Backs Off the Food Industry

  published Oct 12, 2011

  Anti-obesity lobbyists and children activists have been trying for years to get food companies to stop marketing high sugar, high sodium, and overall unhealthy foods to children.Food companies, such a... More >>

• Top Five Dick Flicks of All Time

  published Oct 06, 2011

  Men don't cry. And they don't like love stories. Oh, yeah, and they hate all sentimental flap trap. That's BS. Some of the most popular dick flicks of all time revolve around some schmaltzy love story... More >>

• Pride en Espanol

  published September 22, 2011

  Latinos are caliente, and gays are fierce. What happens when you combine the two? You get Celebrate Orgullo (which means pride in... More >>

• Latino Profiling

  published September 15, 2011

  When you watch The Bronze Screen, a documentary that depicts 100 years of Latinos and Latino characters in Hollywood films, you shake your... More >>

• Forged Forges Together Quality Acting and Aesthetic for a Great Film

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Forged is one of those rare cases when an indie film fires on all cylinders. The story of Chuco, an ex-con with a horrific past, uses a stylized aesthetic, decent to good actors, technical acuity, and... More >>

• Celebrate Orgullo: Olga Tanon Cancels Latin Pride Appearance

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Miami Beach is going to be crawling with loud, feisty, LGBT this Saturday for Orgullo, the first ever Hispanic LGBT pride event. Organizers put together a saucy line up of Hispanic entertainers, inclu... More >>

• Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery Halfway Point

  published Sep 27, 2011

  As I mentioned before, I was going to try Rena Greenberg's Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program, a non-invasive tool to help me lose weight.The program consists of several CDs, one of which is the ... More >>

• Maya Indie Film Review: All She Can Can't Decide on the Story it Wants to Tell

  published Sep 26, 2011

  You always have to cut indie films a little slack. The films have little to no budget and they are usually a first time for the writer, director, and actors involved.All She Can, screening as part of ... More >>

• Latinos Rock Hollywood with the Maya Indie Film Series at Shops at Sunset Place

  published Sep 22, 2011

  In the golden age of Hollywood, Hispanics didn't get much screen time, and when they did it was usually playing a character that depicted Latinos in a poor light. After decades of playing maids, lands... More >>

• Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on HBO's The Latino List, Pitbull, and Andy Warhol

  published Sep 14, 2011

  Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is no stranger to crafting portraits. His are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Whitney Museum.Vanity Fair also avails itself ... More >>

• Overweight Man Sues White Castle for Not Having Size-Appropriate Seating, Claims Disability

  published Sep 13, 2011

  A 290-pound man is suing White Castle because the seats at the iconic fast-food restaurant are too small. I sit here shaking my head because I'm almost at a loss for words. Almost.First, let me share ... More >>

• OMG, Batwoman Is a Lesbianr!r Then We Know Who Her Top Five Villains Should Be

  published Sep 13, 2011

  rBatwoman is back and she is no longer a second class citizen of Gotham City. The character, originally introduced in the '50s, was intended to be a romantic interest for Batman but the idea never too... More >>

• Miami Skater Guiri Reyes on World Cup Skateboarding Win

  published Sep 12, 2011

  Guiri Reyes, a Brazilian transplant who has been shredding the curbs, stairway railings, and streets of Miami for the past few years, recently won first place in the Air Attack Street Best Trick compe... More >>