Why not huh, why not. skateboarding is cool, Tetris is the all time greatest game, put it together and kaboom! You get this! Continue Reading

This is a story in Stop Motion. 60,000 pics, developed 9,600 prints and no post production! Continue Reading

If you’re a die hard fan of action movies then you’ve probably seen Ong Bak and The Protector, which feature Tony Jaa the incredibly skilled successor to the now 55 year-old Jackie Chan.  Now, Jackie Chan has produced many gems in his career (Who Am I, Operation Condor 1 & 2, Rumble In The Bronx, [...] Continue Reading

Katzenjammer from Oslo, Norway consists of 4 ladies, 29 instruments, and a seemingly infinite amount of energy and mojo. Songs like “Demon Kitty Rag” conjure up the image of a mustached villain tying a helpless gal to the train tracks, which is probably a fitting song to mention as most of Katzenjammer’s songs remind [...] Continue Reading

The World Digital Library launched April 21st, 2009 and its aim is to provide digital copies of a variety of primary sources housed in libraries and museums around the world.  While the collection is still growing, the future for this online gathering of history shows plenty of promise as many of the founding partners are [...] Continue Reading

A review of an excellent book about blacks and their struggle for equality. Continue Reading

Would you vote for an 18 year-old if they were running for mayor of your town?  How about councilman?  What about for your local school board?  Wait, you didn’t know an 18 year-old could even run? Well, they can and every year a small number of young Americans buy into the you-can-be-anything message that is [...] Continue Reading

A innovative clothing brand and collective built for the youth culture. Continue Reading

I was sitting on the porch of my friend's house. His older brother, Chris, was visiting from college. We were talking about something, which now slips my mind, but it prompted an unexpected outburst from Chris. "You would probably like Hunter S. Thompson," he said. Continue Reading

Indie rock can be tough, especially for the veterans. In Rick Froberg’s case, it’s gotta be down right stressful at times. Continue Reading

A review of Wilco's new tour DVD, Ashes of American Flags. Continue Reading

Woke Up This Mornin’ “Quite impossible to copy, weird in interval and strange in rhythm; peculiarly beautiful” – Charles Peabody on early Blues music/singing In June 1901, Charles Peabody headed to Clarksdale, Mississippi in order to conduct an archaeological dig on Native American dirt mounds. The goal of this trip was to unearth the remains [...] Continue Reading

Vetiver's fourth full length album, Tight Knit, out on Sub-Pop records is a skillfully concocted mix of modern folk rock ditties, which dance along pleasantly for 42 minutes. Continue Reading

I’m not the biggest Mayall aficionado, admittedly, but at face value I usually look at the Godfather of British Blues’ as an intermediary of sorts, the teeter totter between no-name and superstar. His legacy seems to be the guy that pushed guys like Mick Taylor, Peter Green, and of course Eric Clapton onto greater success; albeit Clapton was already making a name for himself on the London scene when he was still playing blues rave-ups with the Yardbirds as early as ‘63 This may not be the best niche to have carved yourself in the rock pantheon, but The Turning Point is unlike a lot of Mayall’s better remembered material in that it didn’t yield any future legends, but the sounds in it’s grooves are far more enticing than anything that Clapton, Taylor, Green, or even Walter Trout ever laid down while under Mayall’s guidance. Continue Reading

Lost Hope in the Bowels of America. Under The Docks. Terrible Psychosis…They’ll Never Find Us Now! I ran my fingers through the cold sand on a pleasantly warm Wednesday morning on the beach in Coney Island, enjoying the wind whipping my face and watching the waves break and the water roll back out. Clumps of brown [...] Continue Reading