Root, branch and stem

Pre-Peter: Feeling a little Family Guy withdrawal? Don’t worry, there’s a new episode this week. But in the meantime, why not peer into Seth McFarlane’s archives for a taste of the old? Before there were Peter and Brian, there were Larry and Steve. Proto-Peter Larry is a dim bulb, but not yet a fat-ass, Steve is a wise-cracking, but not yet alcoholic, Warner Brothers-style hound, not a beagle, and Lois sounds like Edith Bunker. Just search for “Life of Larry” and “Larry and Steve” on YouTube.

Fashion plating: Somewhere in the nexus of clothing store, magazine, shopping blog, hot-or-not and MySpace clone is the somehow-very-appealing trendmill. If you like clothing more than music, hats more than movies, and sneakers more than food, air and shelter (and there’s a lot of you out there), it’s time to join the glitterati and get first dibs on the latest streetwear trends from here, there and wherever at www.trendmill.com.

by Michael Citrome

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