1st & 15th Podcast "Sucker Punch" NEW EPISODE "In this episode of 1st & 15th, Phil and Kap discover parental volunteer traps of having student athletes, grapple with chess, and suppress bully tendencies. Kap also finds something else to collect along with his bread clips. Why are you listening?" - Phil Kurut, co-host, show producer, pollster. To listen to this NEW EPISODE and to find out more about other exciting Kaplowitz Media. listening and/or watching opportunities, please visit this link: Audio/Video. About the 1st & 15th Podcast: Twice a month (see show name for dates ..read more

The Texture of Smoke | Kaplowitz Media. Responsa A bit ago I put out feelers for questions. These questions (cigar & pipe related) are currently being collected and answered by yours truly. They will eventually be formulated into a chapbook from Kaplowitz Media. Books. Along the way to print, I've decided to publish some here on the blog. Being that I am still collecting your queries, maybe this little stunt will serve as an impetus to receive more such fodder from readers. You can send that my way via the methods of correspondence noted on the right side of your screen. You can scroll bo ..read more

1st & 15th Podcast "My Love Goes" NEW EPISODE In this episode of 1st & 15th, Phil & Kap get mixed signals from Death Metal vocals and join voices to sing the praises of Waterworld. They also come to grips with the distinction between continual and perpetual, the complexities of the Hebrew calendar, and the lack of talent these days. Tune in! It's fun for roughly 1/5 of the family. To listen to this NEW EPISODE and to find out more about other exciting Kaplowitz Media. listening and/or watching opportunities, please visit this link: Audio/Video. About the 1st & 15th Podcast: T ..read more

BRAND: Lampert BLEND: Ocean Breeze WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Habano 2000 BINDER: Ecuadorian FILLER: Nicaraguan, Peruvian, Undisclosed FORMAT: Robusto Extra (554) ORIGIN: Costa Rica INTENSITY: Mild-Medium NOTES: Woody | Amber | Leather An aroma of crisply-salted and buttery foody caramel cedar builds the fragrance base on the heels of the initial and fleeting warm booziness of oriental/amber nigh decadent top notes. Leathery pale savory middle/heart notes entrench as the baton 'tween top and base gets passed in sporty drama slo-mo. Then calm and smooth into sandalwood comfort. Ease. It's a wide b ..read more

Peter Stokkebye English Luxury 17 CATEGORY: English BLEND: Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Virginia FLAVORING: Yes BLENDER: Peter Stokkebye MANUFACTURER: Peter Stokkebye PACKAGING: Bulk CUT: Ribbon PIPE: Clay INTENSITY: Mild-Medium/Medium NOTES: Perhaps it's the black cavendish but it seems more coming from the nutty Burley--a certain sweet enhancement. A honeydew (sugary) topping. An American-English (Burley-reliant) blend replete with slight sweet-tooth accommodation. Quite USA-ian and a nice entry to English from OTC indulgences. Except it burns rather hot (tho no bite) and that topp ..read more

Kaplowitz Media. Cigars of the Month for February & March 2024 [due to the KM. scheduled hiatus] (listed in alphabetical order) (names are links to full reviews) [Long build-up. Short list.] FEB Leaf by Oscar 10th Anni. Criollo MAR Powstanie Justice Connecticut PIPE TOB Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding Special Reserve :: very :::   ..read more

A Pair of Upcoming Projects from Kaplowitz Media. Books The following information supersedes, supplants, and does away with entirely--anything else previously mentioned as being potentially upcoming and/or forthcoming. That said, Kaplowitz Media. is excited to share these two (2) pieces of exciting news with you, in the form of 2 (two) new chapbook [books, actual books] projects! They are as follows and in no particular order... HOW TO REVIEW A CIGAR This will be a follow-up of sorts to the mildly popular and still currently available HOW TO ENJOY A CIGAR (which you can find out more about HE ..read more

BRAND: Statesman BLEND: Bella Donna WRAPPER: Habano BINDER: Undisclosed FILLER: Undisclosed FORMAT: 5.25x52 Salomon ORIGIN: Nicaragua INTENSITY: Medium SPICE: 1/5 NOTES: Buttery cedar | Cocoa butter | White toast Rather smoky, slightly ashy. Not overly delineated but balanced well-enough. Smooth, but a half-tick dryly-so. Maybe overly approachable, particularly for a habano. A well-fleshed-out profile, however. Buttery cedar lends no structure but is definite and consistent. Cocoa butter is nice. White toast is a bit limp. Milk toast? An array of dusty pale spice is there on the retro-hale ..read more

BRAND: Powstanie BLEND: Connecticut "Justice" WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Connecticut BINDER: Pennsylvania Broadleaf FILLER: Nicaraguan FORMAT: Corona Gorda ORIGIN: Nicaragua INTENSITY: Medium SPICE: 3/5 NOTES: Cedar | Cream | White peppercorn Bold but still bound to classical CT roots. Rich and creamy with a bigger kick than expected via a white peppercorn enveloping its profile. Cedar structure has a tangy lemony component that draws in the white pepper on the wrap-around call-back. Bits of graham, pine nuts, and a neat cardamom addition swirl in the betweens. Big-time bod but not cloyingly-swee ..read more

1st & 15th Podcast | "Glandula!" NEW EPISODE "In this episode of the 1st & 15th, Phil and Kap engage in a most likely misremembered and most definitely ill-researched retrospective of 80s and 90s pop culture that stretches into surrounding decades. Maybe." - THAT WAS ME. I wrote that. Kap. Not Phil Kurut, co-host, show producer, and usual episode blurbist. To listen to this NEW episode and to find out more about other exciting Kaplowitz Media. listening and/or watching opportunities, please visit this link: Audio/Video.  About the 1st & 15th Podcast: Twice a month (see show ..read more