Kingdom of the Kims: Rise to Power | Inside North Korea’s Dynasty
For decades, Korea and its people labor under Japanese imperialist rule. But in 1912, in a small town outside Pyongyang, a child is born — Kim Il Sung, coinciding with an omen of imperialism’s doom. This is the story of how an unknown guerrilla fighter…
The Memories We Lost in the Fire: Reflections on Loss, Preservation & Rebuilding
LOS ANGELES, CA- I had been on vacation since New Year, and when I got home yesterday, my neighbors told me that at one point since the Eaton fire started in Altadena just the day before, entire pages of burnt books and magazines were wafting…
Facebook and Instagram to embrace free speech
The days of a communist / fascist style censorship of any content that went against the left wing narrative is finally over at Facebook, Threads and Instagram. Mark Zuckerberg now joining the likes of Elon Musk at X with an entirely 1st amendment approach to…
Resilience and Return: Jesse Malin is Back Home on the Stage
NEW YORK, NY- Language is both so capacious and so limiting. “Love,” we say, “hope,” we write, and the words call up a vast configuration of memory and meaning within which it’s hard to find a foothold. When Jesse Malin last performed in New…
Daughtry-The Adrenaline Goes Ballistic Tour Brings Holiday Cheer to Columbus
COLUMBUS, OH- It’s been a busy year for Daughtry. The hard rock act has been on several tours in 2024 as either direct support or co-headliner. On Friday, December 6th, as part of the annual Blitzmas Concert Series put on by Columbus radio station WRKZ…
Celebrating 20 Years of Crimes: The Blood Brothers’ Electrifying Reunion Tour
LOS ANGELES, CA- In the dimly lit heart of downtown Los Angeles, The Belasco Theater became a cathedral for post-hardcore fans on November 8, 2024. The occasion? The triumphant return of The Blood Brothers after a decade-long hiatus, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal…
Lime Garden Brings Wonk Pop Energy to The Echo on Their U.S. Tour
LOS ANGELES, CA- When I first heard Lime Garden’s “Love Song” from their debut album One More Thing, I was immediately captivated. The track, with its sharp lyrical wit and infectious hooks, struck me as excellent songwriting. There was something undeniably magnetic about the way the…
A Dive Into the Midwest Y’alternative of Timmy Skelly at El Cid
LOS ANGELES, CA- If you’ve ever wondered what it might sound like if The Avett Brothers and Modest Mouse birthed a hybrid music child, meet Timmy Skelly. On October 30, 2024, he unveiled his debut EP Dive Bar Sermon at El Cid in Los Angeles. Released…
Guatemalan migrant arrested for setting sleeping NYC subway rider on fire, watching her burn to death
A Guatemalan migrant has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning — then watching as his innocent victim burned to death in what the police commissioner called “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit.”…
Chaos Is The New Order. World A.D. 2025.
Interesting take on global politics as we enter the new year.
