#UnoccupyTheMall with Static Era, Vinyl Fantasy, and Heather’s Records & Relics

‘Tis the season to go shopping — and if there was ever a year to support local businesses, 2020 is it!  Thanks to the magic of the World Wide Web, a shop that’s “local” to one person can probably be browsed from thousands of miles away. This year, my #unoccupythemall column will focus on small… Continue reading #UnoccupyTheMall with Static Era, Vinyl Fantasy, and Heather’s Records & Relics

Top Ten Articles of 2019

The interviewer and interviewee on Candid Camera.

Is it really almost the end of a decade?  When this blog published its first post in September 2010, “The Year Twenty Twenty” was an abstract concept.  But here we are in the closing days of 2019….  This year, Alternative Control published 156 posts featuring 170 bands.  We interviewed 23 bands and enjoyed 10 Show Me… Continue reading Top Ten Articles of 2019

Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Ways to #UnoccupyTheMall in Southern Connecticut

I’d like to write a longer column this morning — but as they say in Game of Thrones, the To-Do List is long and full of terrors (like holiday shopping).  So without further ado, here are some of my new favorite places to #unoccupythemall: For Aunts, Co-Workers, and Other Real Adults in Your Life Inponito… Continue reading Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Ways to #UnoccupyTheMall in Southern Connecticut

JW’s Asian Extravaganza

Milford, Connecticut is overflowing with Asian cuisine. For such a tiny town, there’s some version of a Chinese/Japanese/Thai place every half mile, to the point where it’s starting to get weird. For this piece I’m just centering on just one immediate area: the JW-carved out range between the CT Post Mall and Milford Marketplace (Whole… Continue reading JW’s Asian Extravaganza