July 2014 - The American Mag

Satanic majesty

The 1970 music documentary "Gimme Shelter" almost inadvertently captured rock's sudden souring.

Coming late to digital trends can leave you on the outside looking in.

Owning property in Italy can be inviting at any number of levels, but don’t forget the ground beneath.

Dave Weiner got tired of a corporate life and turned his attention to his true love: bikes.

Wanting to belong to a city can give you a sense of speed, but to what end?

Getting the best from Italian ingredients can hinge on knowing what to take out and how.

Robin Weigert steals the show in Stacie Passion's deft film about lesbian midlife.

Turning 30 can elicit memories as well as a hopeful if melancholy pause.

Yes, language is in natural and constant motion. No, it can't exist without rules.

America came late to wine, and even later to "terroir" wine, but times are changing.

For one gay Italian twenty-something, first it was no work. Now it's AIDS.