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?

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

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

Stamford Museum: Animals AND Legos!

  By Janet Serra Originally published in The Mercurial. A wondrous world made of over 500,000 tiny Lego blocks promises one of the season’s most delightful holiday treats when ‘All Aboard with Bill Probert and Friends’ fills the Leonhardt Gallery at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center in Connecticut, now through January 27, 2013. Whizzing… Continue reading Stamford Museum: Animals AND Legos!

Balloon Ride Denied: More Adventures in Eastern Connecticut

By Chris Baldwin and Carrie Johnson Despite the autumn being almost an absolute wash-out, two of your favorite Alternative Control columnists decided to play our chances and head up the coast for a weekend vacation. Actually, let me rephrase that. One of your favorite Alternative Control writers decided to buy her boyfriend who also happens… Continue reading Balloon Ride Denied: More Adventures in Eastern Connecticut