Fallen Empires from Snow Patrol

Fallen Empires from Snow Patrol

Review by Nick Ruble –  Snow Patrol has always been popular among the alternative and indie crowd, going platinum multiple times in Europe on nearly every album and once in the U.S.  Their sixth studio album Fallen Empires was released in November of 2011, selling well over a quarter million copies before the year was over, gaining them a spot at number five on the Billboard charts. Fallen Empires has a bit of a different feel than previous albums, as frontman Gary Lightbody puts it;  “We started writing songs that...

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Continental Drifting: Exceptional Destinations Around the World

Continental Drifting: Exceptional Destinations Around the World

By Gary R. Sorkin – From the prolific keyboard of David Millett along with the photo-journalistic eye of Julia Buss, this traveling couple has compiled a delightful “Coffee Table” photo album of far-away and exotic places in their new book, Continental Drifting: Exceptional Destinations Around the World. No moss gathers under these authors’ feet; as we have first been introduced to David and Julia with their debut book, Flying the Edge of America, in which David piloted his private plane circumnavigating the USA with Julia as his intrepid companion. Now they...

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Sinead O’Connor – How about I be me (and you be you)?

Sinead O’Connor – How about I be me (and you be you)?

Reviewed by Nick Ruble  -  Sinead O’Connor released her first album in five years How About I Be Me (and You be You?) Tuesday and I have to say, I’m impressed. I was never really into Sinead’s music other than her appearance on Roger Waters’ The Wall: Live in Berlin, but this album really opened my eyes to how amazing of an artist she really is. How About I be Me ranges from a number of different sounds and emotions, from the more serious and inspirational classic Sinead O’Connor...

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Caught up in the story: The Secret World of Arrietty

Caught up in the story: The Secret World of Arrietty

Reviewed by Chris Pandolfi  -  Perhaps I’m just artistically deficient, but I find the look of anime unappealing. It’s not the backgrounds so much as the characters, especially their faces, many of which are drawn according to a fixed iconography that essentially cuts corners in the ways of expression. You see this with their mouths, which may adequately put forth smiles or frowns but consistently fail to suggest the illusion of vowel sounds, which are more complex and therefore more lifelike. They tend to just open and close, like...

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Ancient magic brings ‘The Dovekeepers’ to life

Ancient magic brings ‘The Dovekeepers’ to life

A book review by Kendra Redman  -  It’s funny how a name thousands of years old can still ring with power.   I had heard the name Masada and knew it signified a terrible event a long time ago, but until I read The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman, I didn’t really know why the very word had survived over centuries as a symbol. Set in ancient Judea, known now as Israel, this is a novel of four extraordinary women who rose above the laws, society’s rules and  women’s place in the world of...

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Panama – A Great Vacation Destination

Panama – A Great Vacation Destination

By Denny Phillips – There are many exotic vacation spots in the Caribbean that almost everyone is aware of, like Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Aruba, etc.-just to mention a few. Not many think of Panama as a warm beach spot to visit. But, it is a very exciting and memorable spot for a great vacation. Although the beach resort we visited is not really in the Caribbean (it is on the Pacific Ocean side), the Royal Decameron Beach Resort offers a beautiful golden sandy beach, the warm tropical climate...

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The Eyes Say It All

by Deepak Divakar  - Grey sky with vaguely visible clouds, a perfect backdrop for a quiet stroll in a park. His eyes rest on an empty seat nearby away from public glares and irrelevant spectators. The only witness was a jogger who was pretty much taken aback by the grim emotionless look on his face. He quietly walks up, takes a seat and pulls out a thick photo journal out of his briefcase. He opens it up and runs his fingers through now distant memories one by one till he...

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The Beggar Would Not Bow

By Leonard Arden  -  The Gathering Tree, it was a large Horse Chestnut, believed to be the largest in the county. In high summer, its leaves afforded shade and was employed as the focal point for the annual fayre. This day, the last day of the fayre was to be one of excitement. Today, the Queen, the beautiful Glenora, officially widowed but a twelvemonth, was to cast off her widow’s weeds and begin her search for a consort. Her husband, Prince Robert Raith, from the Northland, had been a worthy...

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Reviewed by Chris Pandolfi  -  We have already learned that Johnny Blaze (Nicholas Cage) sold his soul to the Devil to become the Ghost Rider, a demonic bounty hunter who takes on the appearance of a flaming skeleton in a leather jacket. He rides a motorcycle, also flaming, and carries with him a chain which he uses as a weapon. About midway through Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, we learn that his powers extend beyond even this – according to what he tells a young boy, at least. It...

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Scafell Pike – A Novice Walker’s Challenge

Scafell Pike – A Novice Walker’s Challenge

By Trish Haill  -  The three highest peaks in the UK are Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike. Scafell Pike stands 978 metres high (3,208 ft) and is the highest mountain in England. It is situated in the beautiful lake district. Scafell Pike is not as popular a walk as Ben Nevis or Snowdon – simply as it’s not so well known. But the views are spectacular and it is a good challenging climb, and certainly a great achievement once you reach the summit. Out of the three mountains Scafell...

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