For some reason or another, the following songs remind me of winter. And while the best cure for SAD is probably music filled with bright, bubbly optimism, for some reason I tend to lean more towards the depressing, sullen, piano-laden tunes, as they best fit my mood in these months. Oddly, most of these songs [...]

Hard to believe ten years have passed since the release of some of these.
Nonetheless, enjoy
1. Wicker Park

Released- 2004
Contains music from: Lifehouse, Deathcab for Cutie, Snow Patrol, The Shins, The Postal Service, Mogwai, Mazzy Star and more.
Song to check out: The Scientist (Coldplay cover) by Johnette Napolitano and Danny Lohner
2. Underworld

Released- 2003
Contains music from: [...]

Speak your mind! It feels better that way. You’ll end up saving a ton on adult diapers.

The one character that made the movie Police Academy so memorable was Sgt. Larvell “Motor Mouth” Jones. Played by comedian Michael Winslow – a.k.a. the “Man of 10,000 Sound Effects” – Winslow’s character reminds us that the mouth can be as versatile as the voice itself … and that any combination of the two can [...]

Here are my picks. Feel free to add yours!
 
1. Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
 
 

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2. The Decemberists- Hazards of Love
 
 
 
 

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3. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros- Self-Titled
 

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4. Alice in Chains- Black Gives Way to Blue
 

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5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It’s Blitz!
 
 

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6. The Flaming [...]

Barely Private,  fashion photographer Sante D’Orazios new book, created quite a stir in Manhattan on December 8th.
 Last night was the preview party at Milk gallery, where images from the book are currently on display. Among the attendees, Daphne Guiness, Matt Dillon, Nur Khan, Starvos Niarchos, Meagan Cignoli, Nick Cohen, Rachel Sheedy, Jessica Thompson and Amy Bracco.
The [...]

You’ve heard of diamond-encrusted televisions. You’ve heard of gold-plated refrigerators. You’ve heard of bathtubs dipped in platinum. Are any of these things better because of their blinged-out status? No.
A gold-plated refrigerator is still a refrigerator. If I gold-plated my excrement, it would still be excrement.
When you get down to the nuts and bolts of the [...]

Blakroc: the exquisitely rad rap rock collaboration between The Black Keys and R&B and hip-hop artists such as Mos Def, Jim Jones, and Raekwon. Enjoy.
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This might be one of the craziest touchdowns I have ever seen.

There are very few artists out there that have the grit and talent to last in the often crooked and counterfeit industry that is the music business.
Although it wasn’t easy, John Joseph McCauley III is finally showing the world that he’s indeed one of these musicians.
With the help of Ian Patrick O’Neil, Christopher Dale Ryan, [...]

Tiger Woods –  another man to fall prey to his penis? Not necessarily. The face of golf’s modern era will come away from this debacle bruised and sore – not dead and bloody.
Let’s start with the moral principle.
1. “I’m human and I’m not perfect.”
Public opinion has decided it is a “sin” to cheat on your [...]