“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. … Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” – John Dunne “Meditation XVII” “Between the [...]
Sub-recommendations: Bison B.C., Shure SHR840s, cheap furniture I made some misguided decision that I wasn’t going to use this space to review things. But clearly I’ve enjoyed writing about the things I love (or the case of Peter Travers, hate) so I might as well get around to doing a post about my single favorite [...]
Image via Metalsucks.net So I took a couple days off there, but I’m back with the cover art for the upcoming Skeletonwitch Album “Breathing the Fire,” which showed up on MetalSucks the other day. I’d lay more praise upon the band, but I think I already did that plenty a few months back. Besides, I [...]
Wow. Who’d have that time could fly like that. Consider my apologies officially offered to all those who feel entitled to them. So what have I been doing in the two weeks since I last wrote here? Well, if you read my last post, you probably have a pretty good idea of where I was [...]
This is Matt Gilroy. He’s the Senior co-captain of the Boston University Men’s Hockey Team. He’s the only player to named an All-American in the last two seasons, and is well on his way to the third. He’s currently one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Award (along with fellow Terrier Colin Wilson), awarded [...]
While you were off doing whatever it is you do at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, I was out at Newbury Comics buying the new Mastodon album, Crack The Skye. Yes, I not only spent money on music, I actually received a physical disc (with bonus DVD) in exchange for that money. I wouldn’t do something [...]
I may have mentioned that I’m looking for a job. I might not have, seeing as it’s pretty much the only thing I end up talking about in the real world. Gotta keep the two separated and all that. But for those of you who have not dived into the miasmic world of job searching [...]
I’ve been trying to avoid writing straight up reviews with this site. I generally don’t read them, because I think it’s a boring format, and most of the time they just come down to a number/letter/star rating with some weak justification to explain it, so why bother writing them? However, the lack of interesting things [...]
I first saw this over at Metalsucks, where Corey Mitchell called it his sight unseen nominee for best metal DVD for 2009. I’m inclined to agree with him, but I guess we’ll both find out for sure whenever it gets released (Amazon has a book of the same name slated to come on out March [...]
This is the Gibson Dark Fire Les Paul. Gibson says that it’s the most technologically advanced guitar that they’ve ever built. It features their “Robot Guitar” autotuning technology, as well as the new “Chameleon Tone Technology,” which is supposed to let you get any tone possible with a single guitar. It’s a sign of how [...]