Action Park was one of the first water parks in the country, and really paved the way for water parkdom. Markedly, it was also a great learning experience in the field of water slide engineering, the way they frivolously pushed the envelope of ride safety…
Riding with the Mongol Horde: A Review of Under and Alone
If you’re addicted to Gangland reruns, Under and Alone (2005) is the book for you. ATF agent William Queen tells the story of going undercover in the vicious Mongol biker gang, rising through the ranks to become a fully patched member and eventually the Mongols’ treasurer. The information he risked his life to gather became… Continue reading Riding with the Mongol Horde: A Review of Under and Alone
Winter: If You Book It, They Will Come
I’ll admit it: when it comes to black metal, I don’t know my ass from my arm gauntlet. I listened to an Agalloch song one time, and spent a Vital Remains show in the parking lot having a heated discussion with some dude. (Is Vital Remains even a black metal band? Or do they just… Continue reading Winter: If You Book It, They Will Come
Layla’s Falafel: Go Early and Get the Baba Ghanoush
There are approximately two Falafel/Middle Eastern places in our general area that everyone mentions: Mamoun’s in New Haven and Layla’s in Stamford and Fairfield. For years now I hear more about Mamoun’s than Layla’s so for this review I opted to shed more light on the OTHER good Middle Eastern joint, Layla’s Falafel. I… Continue reading Layla’s Falafel: Go Early and Get the Baba Ghanoush
Bair Grills… Homicideation by Mortifica
As a young Bair cub, I visited New London’s El ‘N Gee Club to support friends in the group Catalyst on more occasions than I can remember. Though disbanded, they’re still the grooviest metal project I’ve ever seen live, and among the most intense to this day. El ‘N Gee played gracious host to an… Continue reading Bair Grills… Homicideation by Mortifica
Uncle Willie’s BBQ
The last time I reviewed a restaurant for Alternative Control it was G-Zen, a vegetarian/vegan/raw food place that had some of the best non-meat dishes around. Clearly the only smart strategy is to go all the way to the other side for the next place. Alt Control readers, this review is all about barbecue –… Continue reading Uncle Willie’s BBQ
Why Ladies Can Do Stuff Now: A Review of Gail Collins’ When Everything Changed
Everybody knows that most governments treated women as little more than chattel for a good deal of history. Thank goodness that all changed overnight in America when women got the right to vote… Except it didn’t. Suffrage was an essential first step, but just one of many that got modern American women to relative equality… Continue reading Why Ladies Can Do Stuff Now: A Review of Gail Collins’ When Everything Changed