I have often wondered why it was necessary for me to wash off a pink yogurt lid, put it in an envelope and mail it into the good people at Yoplait. Why can’t they just go ahead and donate money to the breast cancer people and leave me out of it? Because that doesn’t sell… Continue reading Dirty Yogurt Lids for The Cure: A Review of Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Celebration Day: What Happened, Guys?
By Cie Grant Cahn Last November, a mere five years after the fact, Led Zeppelin released a live CD (and DVD) of their London O2 Arena show from December of 2007. Robert Plant had made it known prior to this performance that he was tied up with his present day musical projects and had no… Continue reading Celebration Day: What Happened, Guys?
Review of Graven Image’s The Future Started Yesterday
For this writer, concept albums are a hit-or-miss proposition. The idea needs to both inspire the band musically and power a lyrical thread strong enough to engage the listener intellectually. Nobody wants to hear Dream Theater grind out eight epic songs about waffles. (Or do we?) CT-based metal mavens Graven Image found their muse and… Continue reading Review of Graven Image’s The Future Started Yesterday
For Ladies Only: How to Cut Up Your T-Shirt
A couple weeks ago, I was the lucky recipient of a free Eyes of the Dead t-shirt. I was really excited about the shirt’s design and my newfound ability to support the scene through wearing this shirt to concerts — but it didn’t show off enough of my feminine mystique. And by feminine mystique, I… Continue reading For Ladies Only: How to Cut Up Your T-Shirt
Just Say No to Bad Manners
“Hell is other people.” – Jean-Paul Sartre People can be crass, thoughtless, and tactless. Perhaps they’re simply unaware of how their comments impact others. Maybe it’s passive-aggressive hostility, or maybe plain stupidity. The contributors at Alternative Control are feeling the need to share some of these everyday gems. How do you respond to these… Continue reading Just Say No to Bad Manners
Spherical: Communicating through Rant
by Elizabeth E. George What we are about to do is attempt a communication. The only thing is that your response can only be vaguely anticipated, based on what I choose to render to you. It is at that point that you have the choice to do what you wish with what I have presented.… Continue reading Spherical: Communicating through Rant
Rachael Pixie Kruczynski’s Top… Stuff of 2012
Top Movie of 2012 – The Cabin in the Woods I don’t go see a lot of movies in the theatre. I am incredibly lazy about doing anything because I have a ridiculously demanding job, and thus, break up my time mostly among my boyfriend, my band, necessity shopping, and the ridiculous life of being… Continue reading Rachael Pixie Kruczynski’s Top… Stuff of 2012