This Week in Recess: Slack Mothertrucker

Oct 01 2009, Written by Andrew Hibbard in Playground,This Week in Recess, 0 Comments

We’ve got lots of meat, and it doesn’t taste cheap (mostly). We don’t have Superchunk, but we do have Merge.

• @OnlyBurger looks back on its first year* (or nine months) and talks about the future
• Claire Finch takes on the Hillsborough Rd. taco trucks and Daisy Cakes
• That new juice truck? Explained.
• U2 scholars congregate at NCCU for the weekend
• UNC M.D./Ph.D Terrence Holt releases his first book after years of work. Oh, Junot Diaz and his Pulitzer Prize approve.
• Chronicle Sports Editor Gabe Starosta loves Greek.
• Jack Wilkinson doesn’t.

We reviewed some things too.

• Avett Brothers: Still well-liked.
• Lou Barlow second solo album: It’s no Dinosaur Jr.
• Whip It: If you like Ellen Page, you’ll probably like Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut
• Surrogates: Bruce Willis peaked a long time ago
• But the John Keats-themed Bright Star wins the best-of-the-week award