By Chris Baily
If you haven’t seen this already, check out this amazing new phone fellow Poptenner Jamie Antonisse showed me a few weeks ago. That’s right – you’re looking at the first cell phone/digital video projector! And it’s got some other crazy features like a global voice translator. (Babel Fish anyone?)
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By Hawkes Klein
Of all the things I’m scared of a pandemic flu isn’t one of them (weird right?). I am 400% certain that it wouldn’t affect me and I’d be one of the “chosen few.” It’s like when you want to know who you were in a past life and you think “maybe I was royalty!” when probably you… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
I’m proud of what we’ve achieved, but I’m not content. I’m pleased with our progress, but I’m not satisfied.
So it’s been 100 days now. 100 days and it still hasn’t worn off. The image alone of President Obama standing at that podium is enough to make your heart swell with pride. And then… Read More
I’ve suspected for a long time that there might be holy or eschatological implications for the coming of the Andrew WK. The evidence is all there, but today’s article in New York Magazine seals the deal. The evidence is officially overwhelming.
Why Andrew WK Is Probably the Messianic Christ
1. His songs are all about… Read More
By Jeremy Kotin
You know you’ve done it. You know you’ve woken up the next morning regretting it. And if you think you haven’t, well, then you’re simply not looking back at some of those old texts that you sent at 2, 3, 4, 8 in the morning after a real bender that you really truly wish you hadn’t sent.… Read More
By Peter Brauer
Holy cow. Where did my socks go? American Experience: We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears totally knocked them off. I just watched it last night on PBS, and now I have to donate. This is the third in a series of five, hour and a half long reenactment based documentaries. This episode tells the devastating story of… Read More
By Jeremy Kotin
1. SHOW The Singing Forest
This confusing yet engrossing drama of deeply interconnected characters racing around New York City packs a surprising punch and belly laugh depending on which part of the three hours you’re experiencing. Craig Lucas’ script might be all over the place, hopping from NYC in 2000 to 1930s Vienna to 1940… Read More
May approaches, and many of us popcorn movie fiends are joyfully anticipating the special brand of euphoria that comes with numb butts, arctic air conditioners, screaming babies, SnoCaps, and- ah yes, brainless summer entertainment. Summer Blockbusters are my guiltiest (legal) pleasure (kidding) and as pathetic as it sounds, you won’t find me in the theater between… Read More
Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me thinking a lot about the good old days of folk – when popular music regularly included anthems… Read More
When I was in my formative high school days, going to the Warped Tour was a highlight of the summer. Just old enough to drive, we’d pile about 9 bros and skateboards into mom-duke’s Ford Exploder and drive at high speed to Fitchburg or some other pseudo-municipality in middle Massachusetts, blasting Rage Against The Machine and… Read More