Local Bar Misses Guitar Hero Joke
After months of researching and brainstorming, Brian Murphy, owner of the bar and entertainment lounge "North of The Border," ignored all pop culture jokes and installed Guitar Hero at his…
Review of The New Jerseys – Self Titled
"These are the voices in my head" is what the light bulb above told me as I cruised through this album. The New Jerseys have an eclectic, mostly folk-inspired sound…
Deforestation up 27%; Christmas to Blame
Biologists have discovered that the holiday season is having an adverse effect on the environment. They have found that the world's forests shrink much more rapidly in the months preceding…
Must-Read Pick 2007: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah was twelve years old when war invaded and abruptly ended his childhood in Sierra Leone. For four years he was swept into the atrocities of battle between rebel…
Review of KT Tunstall’s “Drastic Fantastic”
Have you ever wondered how far Wesley Willis could have gone with his sychronizer if he didn't pass away, or if he got a boob-job? Introducing KT Tunstall.
Not An Airplane’s “I Never Wanted to Believe in Ghosts”
As a person who is accustomed to sorting out their life categorically, it is hard to run into artists who aren’t easily categorized. How can a band be labeled a…
Researchers Connect Winter Weather to Poor Driving
At the world-famous Toronto Association for Research in Driving, a five year, government-funded study on the relationship between snow and bad motoring revealed some surprising results.
Bad Santa: Captured Elves Tell of Sordid Affairs
Today, officials at The Department of Homeland Security announced their plans to police international skies starting December 24, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. to December 26, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. The…
Review of Svoy’s “Eclectric”
New York-based musician Svoy has a story that is all too familiar. Born in a small Russian town, he trained with the greatest talents his country had to offer, then…
In The Hand of Dante, Reviewed
In The Hand of Dante is Nick Tosches’ bizarre hybrid of a novel. It follows two odysseys: Dante Alighieri struggles to capture the divine in prose. Seven hundred years later,…