Yearly Archives: 2014

The Singles Party: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, ‘Tacky’ & ‘Word Crimes’

When 'Weird Al' Yankovic releases new material, the world literally stops and pays attention (and if you pay attention to "Word Crimes" you'll know...

Film Review: Life Itself

Life Itself is a documentary chronicling the life and times of famed film critic Roger Ebert. There's no way I wasn't going to love a...

Album Review: Rise Against, “The Black Market”

Written by Molly Boekenheide After 15 long years together, one might think that it's difficult to continue sounding fresh. Not so, for punkers Rise...

Pop-Ed: CM Punk – Let Him Go

In December 2003, I walked about the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory as Ring of Honor closed out its biggest show to date, Final Battle...

Album Review: Those Mockingbirds, ‘Penny the Dreadful’

Written by Matt DeBenedetti During my first listen to Those Mockingbirds' newest work, Penny the Dreadful, their sound had an immediate comparability to bands like...

Pop-Break Live: The Fray (JBL Live at Pier 97, NYC)

The rain clouds over New York City parted long enough last week to allow The Fray to put on an emotional and high-energy performance...

Pop-Ed: KENTA Comes to WWE – Reporting to NXT Training Camp

As you should all know by now, KENTA has signed an exclusive deal with WWE and will begin his integration by reporting to the...

Book Review: ‘Landline’ by Rainbow Rowell

When I finished Rainbow Rowell’s first adult novel, Attachments a few months ago, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit gypped. Not because...

Album Review: Bleachers, ‘Strange Desire’

When I first heard Jack Antonoff sing four years ago, I felt this unexplainable connection to him as both a musician and person. I’m...

Film Review: Richard Linklater’s Boyhood

Plot: Spanning twelve years, Mason (Ellar Coltrane) grows from boyhood to manhood as he deals with the separation of his parents, an older sister...

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