Music Review: Eagles of Death Metal – Heart On
Straight out of the gate, Heart On—the most recent album from Eagles of Death Metal—starts rocking. Released fall 2008, the album packs punches of two to four minute blasts of alcohol, sex, and...
View ArticleMusic Review: Kyuss – Welcome to Sky Valley
The third album from Kyuss — released in 1994 — is in many eyes a masterpiece. The band’s confidence in the album and their opposition to mainstream ideas of what an album should be is reflected in how...
View ArticleMusic Review: Down – Over the Under
Remember feeling a hard pounding in your chest back in fall 2007? More than likely it was Down’s newest album Down III: Over the Under, and it should be known that it gives no quarter to prisoners. The...
View ArticleBraising Pork = Making Friends
One of my favorite dishes to prepare is a pork roast in au jus gravy, and I made my own recipe so I should know how to give directions for it. Every time I’ve fixed this for others, I’ve been showered...
View ArticleMusic Review: High on Fire – Death Is This Communion
In fall of 2007 Relapse Records unleashed one of the best metal albums to ever come out of their roster of artists. It was High on Fire's fourth full-length release, and it was titled Death Is This...
View ArticleBehind the Counter: A Foray into Fast Food
Step after step, I’m walking toward a slow death. My friend Isaac and I are on our way to a fast food burger joint, and it doesn’t matter which one because they’re all basically the same. We’re only...
View ArticleWar Brides Past and Present
War brides have been a part of American culture since World War I. Through them we came to know and appreciate more cultures than just our own, and we learned something about ourselves. Today we’re at...
View Article
