Currently from New York City but originally from Toronto, Eric Frisch wrote, performed (vocals, piano, guitar, bass, and percussion), produced, and released his first full-length album, Goodbye Birdcage, on 14 April of this year, in which he brings back to life 1950s and 1960s pop music. Frisch says that he wanted to create an album… Read More Music Review: Eric Frisch – ‘Goodbye Birdcage’
The reviews of episodes of The X-Files done by both Max at Apt. 42 Revisited and Darren at The M0vie Blog are almost as good as watching the episode’s themselves, each for their own reason. Darren’s reviews are well researched thesis-like essays that are a pleasure to plunge into. I have to admit that my… Read More The M0vie Blog’s Review of The X-Files, Season 3, Episode 1: ‘The Blessing Way’
Name: Cat Galletti Blog: Class Meets Couture Her favourite post: http://www.classmeetscouture.com/2015/07/15/a-fresh-face/ The picture heavy Class Meets Couture by Cat Galletti—a blog that recently hit its one year anniversary—is a delight to the eyes both with regards to style as well as content. She described her blog as a place “where [she tries] to inspire readers… Read More Blog Review: ‘Class Meets Couture’ by Cat Galletti
What defines a normal life? Definitions vary, but if one had to take a guess, living in the limelight as the teenage star of a hit ’90s sitcom does not fit any of them. In Elizabeth Bass’s novel Life is Sweet, Rebecca Hudson had had enough of being in the limelight; so she threw a… Read More Book Review: ‘Life is Sweet’ by Elizabeth Bass
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
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
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