Watsky’s x Infinity Tour On 8 November 2016, I went to see Watsky perform for the third time in three years. Last year, I presented coverage of his performance and I decided that this year I would do the same. This show was particularly important as he was in support […]
As we’ve just finished up a political season, it seems like a good time to look at another topic that’s at least tangentially related to that “delightful” time. In particular, the underlying divisiveness of the conversation and how our perspective and bias led to a complete lack of understanding between […]
Death: The Deluxe Edition No matter who you are or how tough you may consider yourself, everyone fears something. For some people, it’s spiders. For others, it’s heights. The list of the things humanity fears is mindbogglingly long. Perhaps one of the oldest and most pervasive (unsurprisingly) is thanatophobia, or […]
Artist Profile The Mars Volta Country of origin: United States Genres: Progressive rock, experimental rock, jazz-rock, psychedelic rock, post-hardcore, musique concrete, jazz fusion, noise rock, math rock, Years active: 2001-2012 Current members: None Number of albums: 6 Number of concerts attended: 0 Notable cameos on artist’s records: Flea The Mars Volta […]
FFG World Championship 2016 Wrap-Up I have been playing LCG’s for about two years now and I made the decision earlier this year to go to The International World Championship hosted by Fantasy Flight Games at their Game Center in Roseville, MN. This was the first time I have gone to […]
Doctor Strange Extravaganza! As someone who had historically been more of a DC fan than Marvel, I’ve been curiously watching the upcoming Marvel superhero movie, Doctor Strange. Strange is one of those characters that I knew absolutely nothing about prior to seeing the plans for the movie. Since I have […]
Artist Profile 7 Nightwish – Part Two: Post-Tarja Country of origin: Finland Genres: Symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, folk metal, heavy metal, symphonic power metal Years active: 1996-current Current members: Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards, piano, synthesizers), Jukka Nevaleinen (drums, percussion), Emppu Vuorinen (guitars), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Troy Donockley (uilleann […]
In honor of the cresting political season, I figured I’d write an article focusing on Villains. (Spoiler alert for the following things:Breaking Bad, Trigun, Jessica Jones, Final Fantasy VI. If you’ve not experienced all these yet, we should probably hang out so you can catch up on some awesome TV/Video […]
Mara For as long as I’ve been reading, I’ve always felt myself drawn to speculative fiction. While I don’t necessarily dislike general fiction, there’s just so much possibility inherent in science fiction and fantasy. There are so many themes that can be explored in the sneakiest of ways. Sure, you […]
Artist Profile Nightwish – Part One: The Tarja Years Country of origin: Finland Genres: Symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, folk metal, heavy metal, symphonic power metal Years active: 1996-current Current members: Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards, piano, synthesizers), Jukka Nevaleinen (drums, percussion), Emppu Vuorinen (guitars), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Troy Donockley […]
