As a college student at the University of Florida I often visited Orlando, Florida, home of the famous Disney World, also colorfully referred to by most locals as the "Evil Empire." They spoke of Disney Jail and how the land Disney World was built on is technically not America, so you can even be … [Read more...]
Fine Dining with Children
The general belief is that we in the Western World live in a civilized society. To keep it civilized we have all sorts of rules; some are legal and others are just forms of behavior we call common courtesy. This brings me to a pet peeve I have developed over the past few years. I believe that … [Read more...]
Welcoming 2010 with PVD and a New York State of Mind
How one welcomes the New Year varies in significance depending on who you ask. For some people it's just another day on the calendar; whereas, others may view it as a precursor to how one plans on spending the rest of the year. Everyone at Roseland Ballroom on New Years Eve brought in 2010 with a … [Read more...]
Audio Sheep
Hard to believe it’s been a decade since Shawn Fanning’s original Napster took the music industry by storm when it popularized P2P (Peer-to-Peer) file sharing. Before Napster hit the mainstream there were only a few ways one could exchange music: either with a CD writer (which was also considered … [Read more...]
Echoes from the Broken Glass on Sparkle Lane
In Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking Glass Alice wonders what life is like on the other side of a mirror. Following her curiousity Alice enters the mirror where she discovers a vast world of unanswered questions and paradoxes that actually exists within herself. Her journey is one of … [Read more...]
311’s Uplifting New York City Show
Uplifter is the ninth studio album by American rock band 311, released on June 2, 2009 by Volcano Records. It is the band's first album in nearly four years, the longest gap between albums in 311's career. Uplifter was produced by Bob Rock, famous for working with other bands such as Metallica, … [Read more...]