Sometimes, amidst the collectables, references, and RSS feeds that encircle my entire life, I find myself forgetting that there is a new Star Wars film on its way. Then I’m reminded and the warmth and familiarity that I experience...
[VIDEO REMOVED BY COPYRIGHT MONGERS] For the last several years, comic books have completely dominated our theaters. Spidermen, Batmen, Supermen, and various collections of mutated crime fighters have demolished skyscrapers and box office records alike. Some, with more success than...
Another year, another list of albums I liked. I’ve only been doing this for like five years, but it only took that long to realize that I’m not making these for approval or blog hits, but so that...
From the ashes of Gatsby’s American Dream rises The Money Pit, an exciting new project from Nic Newsham and Bobby Darling. In a press release [http://www.moneypitmusic.com/press-release] today, the duo announced that their self-titled record would...
The adventures of Goku, Vegeta, Krillin, Mr. Satan, and more continue in Dragonball Super right where they left off in Dragonball Z. I never watched Dragonball GT and frankly counted myself out of those excited about the future of the...
Andrew Liptak for i09 [http://io9.com/thresher-is-a-horrifying-tale-of-inter-dimensional-terr-1715835704?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow] : > Fans of Lovecraft and Weird Fiction will get a kick out of this short film by Mike Diva: Thresher. Following...
Our good friend John Bee is on the Vans Warped Tour all summer, playing daily sets as American Opera at the Acoustic Basement stage. One of the songs he is performing every day is “Jack Pine,” a single from his...
Cleveland photographer Jason Unoriginal [http://www.jasonunoriginal.com/] photographs the abandoned Cleveland Catacombs. This bit of local urban exploration is particularly cool....
In Casey Neistat’s 100th vlog (congratulations Casey—you’ve inspired me daily for a few months now), the filmmaker talks about his creative hierarchy. That is, actually making something, inspiring someone with that creation, and finally creating a tool...
There once was a scorpion that needed passage from one side of the river to the other. A passing turtle was asked to be his ride. The turtle, wary of the scorpion’s sting declined to help for fear that...
A month ago, Alternative Press asked me to be a columnist for their website. This is my first piece for that column.
Art by Alexis HowickThis piece was published at AltPress [https://www.altpress.com/features/bands_need_mentors/] on June 19, 2015 as part of my short-lived column on morality and creativity in the music industry. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm frustrated, and the...
This piece was published at AltPress [https://www.altpress.com/features/bands_need_mentors/] on June 04, 2015 as part of my short-lived column on morality and creativity in the music industry. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Growing up, those who support you most...
Kevin Fox [http://kfury.com/the-first-apple-homepage] via parislemon: > I’m a digital pack-rat, and I’ve been on the Internet a long time. I remember a very different, more playful Apple.com homepage. I remembered a page that was more...
The Star Wars Celebration kicked off the first of its three days today in Anaheim, CA. There, Star Wars fans from the world around are congregating to share their love for the franchise. A key point in the first day’...
Last summer, I spent two weeks in Nashville, TN with Shapes & Colors recording their On Display EP. Most of our time was spent in the studio with Aaron Sprinkle, but I took some time out to hang out with my...
A cute short film by Evan Atherton featuring our favorite rolling trash can....
The time is 2:55AM EST. My Pebble smartwatch buzzes furiously on my wrist to remind me that it’s time to get up and order the Apple Watch, another smartwatch. Here I am, 3:00AM, sitting at the kitchen...
Four Year Strong has once again brought their choice flavor of easy-core back to the eardrums of their listeners. This time, by way of Pure Noise Records. I love the new material. It’s most comparable to what we heard...
My friend and colleague Brian Lion has listed [http://officespacejam.tumblr.com/post/115872706059/my-comprehensive-netflix-recommendations-list] his Netflix recommendations in a comprehensive and well-formatted list. I highly recommend his recommendations. > More than people ask me how I’m doing or how...
In which I introduce Zack to Star Wars. I’ve known him for over half of a decade and this is my first piece [http://propertyofzack.com/post/118128997351/start-today-star-wars] on his site. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is this? Star Wars is...
> The ‘90s were a good time for poppy, female-fronted trip-hop songs that were so blissed out that they seemed to float out of your speakers on fluffy little clouds. Brisbane, Australia-based trio Avaberée has recreated that feeling with their new...
We sit down with guest Jacob Tender to talk about what's really a magazine, how can magazine companies transition to a digital world, and the role of major publishers in a self-publishing world.
Using a Change.org petition last week, Illuminate Me singer Christopher Murray made a dramatic call for social networking justice. Facebook has raised its rates on bands and small business’s promoting themselves through their website several times over the...
Adobe is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Photoshop. To highlight the landmark, they’ve released a fantastic video made with user submitted PSD files. The entire video was created in Photoshop, made by animating each layer. The result is a...
While I think this song comes off as a bit crabby, and I’m not really sure what made it a necessary thing to release, I agree with the criticism it presents. Watching kids support trashy human beings on stage...
That’s it, the Internet has done it again. The Alien movie treatment District 9 and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp was working on has been picked up by 20th Century Fox. Last month, Blomkamp came online with new Instagram and...
Dead Leaves have started settling in. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of knowing a majority of the band members since 2010. Watching the rise of hometown favorites and the eventual fall of Call It Fiction has been a sobering...
I’ve been rereading this article by Ryan Holiday at The Next Web for a few days now. It’s given me both inspiration and total anxiety towards the way I write. I want to be a better and more...
When I launched this blog in November, it was purely a matter of timing and circumstance that encouraged me to begin writing and sharing things about Star Wars more often. For the last 5 years, music has been my primary...
Forever Halloween is over. The Maine has finished touring on their most artistic album yet and are gearing up for the release of their fifth studio album. I’m sitting in my girlfriends apartment sipping my 3rd beer of the...
I started my first Tumblr account in 2008. I used it infrequently and eventually moved fully to my Wordpress blogs in late 2009. I used self-hosted Wordpress blogs for 5 years before returning to Tumblr to begin this blog. It...
An in-depth look [http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/10/pigeons-and-planes-history/s/268074/] at the rise of my favorite hip-hop and pop music blog. Worth reading for anyone who has or is thinking about starting their own blog to write about music...