James Bamford, The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
The curtailment of your average American citizen’s rights has always been an omnipresent source of debate; a debate that has intensified exponentially since 9/11. And the reason... Read the full post
Paul Krugman, The Return Of Depression Economics And The Crisis Of 2008
The year was 1999. The horror of all of computers failing in one shot loomed. Mulder-wannabes turned their eyes to the skies, looking for any sign that the millennium would finally... Read the full post
New on DVD: Baghead
The low-budget horror flick is often a subject of humour itself; therefore a parody of the construction of such a picture is bound to be a little funny. After attending an independent... Read the full post
New on DVD: Pulse 3
Pulse showed us technology is unpredictably evil while Pulse 2 took a sidebar to tell the story of a family torn apart. Pulse 3 brings us back to the dark side to show us our lack... Read the full post
New on DVD: Surfer, Dude
If you are of the opinion that Wooderson is one of Matthew McConaughey’s truer to life roles, than Surfer, Dude will seem like an aligning of the stars. Steve Addington (McConaughey)... Read the full post
New on DVD: Resident Evil: Degeneration
The narratives that accompany the new generation of video games are often on par with those that propel feature films. It was therefore no surprise when filmmakers began to turn to... Read the full post
Music Reviews – Mr.Pine and B.D. Gottfried
Mr. Pine, Rewilding: For their second release, songwriters Matt McLennan and Kevin Scott secured an extraordinary backup band to fill out their sound. Along for the ride is Leslie... Read the full post
Douglas R. Burgess Jr., The Pirate’s Pact: The Secret Alliances Between History’s Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America
Who doesn’t like a good pirate story? (Pirates of the Caribbean 3 falls under a very different category). But there are certain realities of historical piracy that have remained... Read the full post
How to Read…The End of the World
Since humans became self-aware enough to acknowledge our own mortality, we have spent an inordinate amount of time speculating on the end of the world. This momentous event has been... Read the full post
Thomas M. Kostigen, You Are Here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Our Planet
Think globally, act locally. This has been the call to arms for the green movement for decades and is at the core of this book. You Are Here is a chronicle of Kostigen’s travels... Read the full post





