Music & Film

The Doors once spoke to me in a way only possible to a seventeen-year-old. My dad was an audiophile so I'd known the music from growing up, of course, but right around grade eleven there was a moment where my thoughts and the Door's lyrics just kinda synched up. Songs like “Riders On The Storm” and “People Are Strange” were serious odes to being alone in the world, something that even a social teenager contemplates. And of course, there were the pleas for love... [Keep Reading]

Summer shows are ramping up, and a pile of festivals are on the horizon!  With them, comes some of the best rap acts and the most fun in licensed establishments, so polish those memorized lyrics and get your tickets!   First up this week, some details for Factor's new album, "Woke Up Alone," dropped this week, in tandem with the first released song. "Alive Tomorrow" features Nomad, with his signature vocal tones, creating an incredibly ominous song paired... [Keep Reading]

  The Great Gatsby is a legendary title that carries with it a world of high expectations. This cinematic adaptation of one of literature’s most beloved properties seems to acknowledge its source’s pedigree but doesn’t appear to worry too much about it. The movie is directed by Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, a man with a voice and a vision so loud and in-your-face that there’s never a moment of doubt during the film’s 143 minute-long runtime just who the... [Keep Reading]

Better late then never! I may be a couple weeks late in reviewing Tom Cruise's newest movie Oblivion, but excusably it wasn't really on my radar to begin with. From what I saw in the previews it looked like half of the other end of the world movies I had seen before. Mass war, earth goes to shit, robots take over, yada yada, cue hero to save the day. As great as Tom Cruise is as an actor, I need a good story line to keep my interest. Then I stumbled across this video talking about what... [Keep Reading]