INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. The Hold Steady The Hold Steady will likely remind you of every blue collar bar you entered anytime since 1993. Their music evokes visions of Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements and Built To Spill, only with more detailed storytelling. These [...]
Sanctuary: Any place of refuge; asylum. When I got to college, I did what many college students do for money and got a job at a restaurant. I was a bartender in an attempting-to-be high end venue, and as happens in that industry much of the staff was gay. [...]
There are some very funny parents on the internet, so we decided to round up our favorite tweets of the week from some of the funniest moms and dads on Twitter! We hope you enjoy these as much as we did! For more Twitter fun, don't forget to join us [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. The Hot Sprockets Really good rock bands can sometimes be hard to define. Usually when I’m writing this article, the band I’m writing about is something-rock, defining their obvious leanings. Punk, rock, psych rock, alt-country-rock…. But with The Hot [...]
Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the call to delete Facebook has gone viral. I don’t understand why. Personally, I don’t care if all my Facebook “likes” are tallied and sold. I keep my eye on things like the Equifax breach. In 2017, 143 million Americans had their personal information—credit card [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Sheer Mag Sheer Mag is the late 70’s rock throwback band that everyone needs. Fronted by the gravely howl of Tina Halladay, this Pennsylvania based group infuses its low-fi rock with elements of danceable punk. Where some bands following [...]
“How you judge me and who I am are two entirely different things.” ~Jaws IV Somewhere in the neighborhood of... God, fifteen years ago, I got a text. "Hey... why are Farva and Aaron shitting on you online?" It was my friend Will, giving me a heads up. If I [...]
There are some very funny parents on the internet, so we decided to round up our favorite tweets of the week from some of the funniest moms and dads on Twitter! We hope you enjoy these as much as we did! For more Twitter fun, don't forget to join us [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. PMMP Helsinki based PMMP should be more well known in the United States, given the high levels of Finnish speakers living in our inner cities and throughout the midwest. It’s hard to stress the appeal their genre crossing music [...]
Last week, I mentioned (in passing) that I had recently gotten my oil changed. When it comes to auto maintenance, I’m dumb, but I’m not stupid. When my car needs an oil change and tire rotation, I go wherever there’s a coupon available. The dealership where I bought my [...]