There is one thing I know for sure: variety is the key to my personal success when it comes to maintaining a regular exercise routine. There is something about doing the same movements every day that just puts too much pressure on the same spots in my body – and also starts boring me to… Read More DVD Review: Dance and Be Fit – Hip Hop Cardio and Hemalayaa – Bollywood Dance Blast
More often that not, the thirst for anything Michael Jackson-related has increased exponentially after his passing. Even hardcore fans who know everything there is to know seem to have broken down and accumulated more Michael Jackson memorabilia – well, at least the many hardcore fans that I know are doing that. As for me, I… Read More DVD Review: Michael Jackson – The Life and Times of The King of Pop 1958-2009
Those of you who have been reading my BC articles regularly know that I am a huge X-Files fan. Most of my friends know this, and every year, I get the same emails: which X-Files episodes would be the best to watch during a scare-fest? So here are my recommendations for 2009’s X-Files scare-fest. Rather… Read More What to Watch on Halloween: A Healthy Dose of OMG from The X-Files
This is it, here I stand / I’m the light of the world, I feel grand / Got this love, I can feel / And I know, yes for sure, it is real — Michael Jackson, “This Is It” The tears didn’t come until the very end. For my friends and me as well as… Read More Movie Review: This Is It
We all know music conveys emotions and feelings that words alone cannot adequately convey. We also all know when used this way music can be a very powerful inspirational tool. Unfortunately, in light of recent developments in the music industry, where sales seem to be granted more importance than quality, music has become more of… Read More Music Review: Various Artists – Playing for Change: Songs Around the World
I have been putting off reading The Tourist Killer for quite some time. To those of you for whom the name is familiar, no doubt you have already read FC Etier’s articles, stories, and reviews, and know how engaging a writer he is (not to mention an intriguing photographer, but that is a whole other… Read More Book Review: The Tourist Killer by FC Etier
An album that sounds at the same time poignantly familiar and curiously new, Michael is the first posthumous album to be released by the estate of the King of Pop. Just like with every great musical artist – Tupac and Elvis being the two that come immediately to mind – there are bound to be… Read More Music Review: Michael Jackson – Michael
Back in December 2010, the first posthumous album featuring all new Michael Jackson songs was released. The album, named simply Michael, fit quite seamlessly with the narrative associated with the last months of his life: wanting to make a comeback, Michael was planning his “This is It” series of concerts, which was to be one… Read More Music Review: Michael Jackson – “Behind the Mask” Music Video
The 19th episode of the Fringe‘s third season is, as the name implies, quite a trip. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a powerful hallucinogenic semi-synthetic drug that induces psychotic symptoms similar to schizophrenic episodes. It is no coincidence that this drug is the choice for Walter and Bell’s experiments. The drug is a perfect cast… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 19 : Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Part I
If I were asked to describe this book in one word, it would be “inconsistent.” And quite unfortunately, this inconsistency takes away from a book that has a lot of potential. FBI Agent Jake Chase is investigating a curious terrorism case. Called at the scene of a bombing at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, Jake… Read More Book Review: Wrath, by Robert Santoro