Los Angeles’ Dust on the Radio is releasing its newest EP, Halfway to the Stars, on January 20. It’s a critique of Hollywood vanity built on sounds of new wave and post-punk. The five-member band seems to have a bit of a bone to pick not with Hollywood per se, but rather with the current… Read More Music Review: Dust on the Radio – ‘Halfway to the Stars’
Alarms sound almost daily now about what we are doing to the planet. We are told that we are destroying the fabric our societies are built in, that our economic system will collapse, that our environment will not be able to survive the abuse we are heaping on it. The movie WALL-E has always felt… Read More Sahar’s Reviews Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review
Sahar’s Blog is happy to host new posts of The X-Files Facebook Project every Fridays at 10:13 a.m. EST pending no alien abduction or government conspiracy to break up. For previous editions of this project, click here then here. A big thank you to The X-Files Wiki, Apt. 42 Revisited, and Eat The Corn for… Read More The X-Files Facebook Project: Season 2, Episode 12: “Aubrey”
Name: Emily Rizer Blog: Emily and Dot Her favourite post: n/a Currently a college student, Emily started blogging at Emily and Dot almost two years ago to date. She tells me that the website “allows [her] to mix and share all of the things [she] love[s] including everything from [her] favorite fashion trends, reflections on… Read More Blog Review: ‘Emily and Dot’ by Emily Rizer
The use of the supernatural in storytelling is at its best with it serves to highlight concepts important to both advance the plot as well as deepen our understanding of the characters. In I’m With Cupid, Anna Staniszewski does exactly that. Thirteen year-olds Marcus and Lena seem to be your stereotypical North American middle schoolers,… Read More Book Review: ‘I’m With Cupid’ by Anna Staniszewski
Milwaukee hip-hop and R&B artist Klassik released last month the EP Spring, the second installment of a project titled Seasons following his January 2015 EP named, you guessed it, Winter. The season’s new life, emerging after a cold, hard winter, is reflected in the themes touched upon in the three tracks of this EP that… Read More Music Review: Klassik – ‘Spring’ EP
Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what book to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! ‘The Good Sister’, by Jamie Kain Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: The Kinsey sisters live in an unconventional world. Their… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘The Good Sister’, by Jamie Kain
While fandoms come together around their favorite shows, they can also disagree–and vehemently so!–about many a detail. I dare you to ask a group of X-Philes what their favorite episodes are. I dare you. While you gather enough courage to face the chaos that such a question will create, here is Apartment 42‘s take on… Read More Apt. 42: The Best and Worst of Season 1 of The X-Files
Name: Jasmine Watts Blog: Miss Millennia Magazine Her favourite post: n/a Miss Millennia Magazine, launched in 2011, is geared towards women “who are transitioning from college life to adulthood.” Jasmine Watts explained to me that the team “make[s] sure to write content that helps them be successful and informed.” Boasting a clean, minimalist design featuring… Read More Blog Review: ‘Miss Millennia Magazine’ by Jasmine Watts
I’m an Oprah kid. Kind of. I didn’t understand much – if any – of her show when it first started its dizzying ascension in the late 80s, early 90s, but I watched most of them. Actually, no; I watched my family watch the show and then have heated debates about whatever the lady with… Read More Book Review: Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant