Twenty-seven years ago, a Kansas farm kid named Richard heard Van Halen’s new song “Hot for Teacher” and begged his parents to buy him a drum set. Today you know that boy as Richard Christy, former drummer for Death, Iced Earth, and many more bands – and currently the drummer and primary composer for… Continue reading Richard Christy: From Death in a Storage Locker to a Room with a View
To Spawn or Not to Spawn: That is the Question
As a woman who’s almost 28 and almost married, I’ve been hearing a lot of the same two questions lately: “How are the wedding plans going?” and, “When are you going to have kids?” My answer to the first question is, “Great!” For the second, “Oh, probably in a few years…” But I’m really thinking,… Continue reading To Spawn or Not to Spawn: That is the Question
Places to Go: The Bowling Alley?
Are you tired of hanging around your house drinking? Or going to a restaurant with your friends, sitting there staring at each other, and drinking? The solution might be to pile everyone into a couple cars and head to the nearest bowling alley. Last night, a few friends and I went out bowling at… Continue reading Places to Go: The Bowling Alley?
Jewelry and Hip Hop Meet Their Maker in Audiowear
By Nora Lewis Allen Photography by Louise te Poele Originally published in The Mercurial, 1/4/12 Rarely do art, music, culture and collaboration come together as flawlessly as they do in Audiowear, the latest project from Elasticbrand, a multi-dimensional design studio founded in Brooklyn, New York in 2006. Audiowear, a collection of aerophone and idiophone… Continue reading Jewelry and Hip Hop Meet Their Maker in Audiowear
The Selfish Decisions
By Michael Field Let’s get this out of the way. Kids cost money. They eat up your time. They get sick. They cost money. They demand your attention. Anything you own, they immediately think is theirs. They cost money. They develop personalities that you despise. They tell you they hate you. Did I mention… Continue reading The Selfish Decisions
Round Table Discussion: Self-Proclaimed Baby-Free Experts
By The Headbanging Hostess & Vegetarian Metalhead Let’s face it, intelligent people don’t just breed all willy nilly. We’re responsible with our genetic material. We should be commended, rewarded. Heck, we should get a tax break for not overburdening the system with our offspring. But we don’t. In our society babies have become the ultimate… Continue reading Round Table Discussion: Self-Proclaimed Baby-Free Experts
The Other Underground Scene
As much as I love reading, most of my time is dedicated to textbooks as I unwisely earn degree after degree. One book that I was able to sneak in that has haunted me ever since is The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels beneath New York City by Jennifer Toth (1993). The author… Continue reading The Other Underground Scene