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,…
Woman of the Year: Meet the Candidates
It's that time of year that the crew and readers think about the women who have affected our lives so profoundly. Before voting, however, you may want to read about…
Man of the Year: Meet the Candidates
It's that time of year that the crew and readers think about the men who have affected our lives so profoundly. Before voting, however, you may want to read about…
The Politics of Hobbits
The American people are natural dreamers. We are idealists by default, which stems from the way in which our country was founded, the legacy of which has continued through the…