Sometimes the littlest things can drive a writer?and an editor?around the bend. You want to ensure the text is as readable as possible, and that means consistency and fluidity. But It’s not always so easily achievable, is it? The other week I spent longer than I’d care to admit obsessing over whether to put a… Read more »
Artist: NJ Taylor Album: NJ Taylor The pop music genre is notorious for music that has bland and uninspired lyrics that are combined with an upbeat tempo designed to mask the unoriginality of the music. Pop artists Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande have broken away from this curse, creating music that is both original, fun,… Read more »
Book: Letters to a Young Poet Author: Rainer Maria Rilke “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” – Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to… Read more »
The Lipstick Junkies are an alternative funk trio from Toronto that produces tracks so rich in musical ingenuity and lyrical cleverness that they intrigue the smartest music listeners while still being fun and danceable. The band is now working on a new EP called New Lingo and have just released a yummy single from it… Read more »
There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to chuckle at your own cleverness. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you straight and honest opinions and personal anecdotes?even the embarrassing… Read more »
New year, new start, new perspective?and fitting that I’d spend time this month using my past knowledge to help shape the future of literature. Fitting, too, that I’d get back just as much as I gave. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are all about recognizing the young people who are the voice of the… Read more »
Tameca Jones is an intense soul singer based in Austin, Texas. Not long ago she collaborated with Gary Clark Jr. on the track “Wings” from his new album, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim. She’s just released a thrilling single, “Hot and Bothered,” from her first solo release, an EP due out in 2016. After… Read more »
Band: D.O.A. Album: Hard Rain Falling I always enjoy bands and musicians who have more to say with their music than the average songs about love and loss, and instead choose to address issues that we all struggle with. Some artists even use music to tackle political problems, like much of the music of the… Read more »
Film: O Lucky Man! Director: Lindsay Anderson “The problem for us is not are our desires satisfied or not. The problem is how do we know what we desire.” – Slavoj Zizek “Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV, And you think You’re so clever and classless and free, But You’re still fucking… Read more »
Our satellite package costs a pile of money even though it is not the best one available. There is a great deal of duplication in what is scheduled each day. You can watch the same movie on umpteen different stations at the same time. More useful to the viewer is when the same movie is… Read more »