Music isn’t a big part of my life. I enjoy listening to my favorite song or going to a concert once in a while, but it’d be hard to call myself a huge fan of music. Before, if I needed ambient noise I’d usually pop in a old movie or television box set. Things changed a lot when I started to listen to Podcasts.
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For the past two years, the band 30 Seconds to Mars has been touring nonstop for their 2009 album “This Is War”. Next week marks the band’s 300th and final show, which will bring their eventful tour to an end. But also brings a unique accomplishment, as they will be inducted into the Guiness Book of World Records for most shows performed during an album cycle.
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It’ll be hard to argue that video games are a staple of our culture. Today, consoles are used for parties, family gatherings, and movie watching. Gaming is no longer a solo activity, it’s an amazing way to get a group of friends to bond. Even though some people swear that online gaming is the way to go, there is nothing like playing with a big group of people in the same house.
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Dying hair is one of the most popular things to do in the world of beauty and glamour. From highlights to covering up grey hairs, hair dye can dramatically change one’s overall appearance. It’s most commonly used to transform hair into looking more youthful and natural. However, unnatural colors are often fused into locks as well, which has become a very big trend in fashion.
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Every competition deserves a champion. No matter how unusual a skill is, there’s someone out there trying to be the best. It doesn’t matter if the talent is simple or disgusting, if you can make it into a tournament there’s a good chance someone already has. The following is a list of unusual events that have sparked the interest of a few individuals.
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As the saying goes; it’s the most wonderful time of the year. We have entered the holiday season, which means it’s time to bake our favorite treats, adorn our homes in festive decorations, and of course; shop for gifts to give to the important people in our lives. However, as important as all these things seem to be, we can often lose ourselves in the consumerism of the holidays and forget the real meaning of what makes this time of year so special.
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There are a lot of things we take for granted, but one of our biggest offenses is the modern day smart phone. It’s gotten to the point where the word “smart” isn’t used when describe these mini-computer. Smart phones have become so common that it’s unusual to see a phone without a touch screen.
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With all the different cultures we deal with on a daily basis, we sometimes make mistakes when interacting with others. Sooner or later there will be times when we’ll eat with people from a different land; sometimes it’s a good idea to have a little background knowledge of their eating habits before you sit down.
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Music sensation Lady Gaga is once again using her high profile status to help change the world for the better. With over fifteen million followers, she announced on her Twitter page the start of the Born This Way Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta and in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation and Harvard University.
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In this day and age, it’s easy to disregard album covers since the way many of us acquire our music is digitally. However, album artwork is often times just as important as the music, as it’s the physical layer of creativity that encompasses the final package of music into a work of art.
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It’s hard to argue that bookstores are become a thing of the past. Buying a book use to be something that took little effort. Now, picking up the newest novel may consist of driving many miles and take up a few hours of your life. It’s become such a hassle that many readers have gone against their original stand against digital books and bought an e-reader.
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As a New York native, there’s not a person I pass by daily who isn’t looking down at their handheld device. Sure I’d appreciate a wave or a friendly hello from time to time, but I find myself doing the same thing so it doesn’t bother me… until my parents do it.
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Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Tyra Banks’ book signing for her first book ever, Modelland. And, while the book’s dominant audience was teenage girls, I think those of us way past our teenage years can learn a thing or two from it.
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And How an Indie Rock Loving Theatre Kid is Making His Mark on the Hip Hop Scene
You wouldn’t pick Andy Bothwell out of a crowd. He’s not incredibly tall. The blonde, lean span of him is attractive, but relatively unassuming. He doesn’t usually don expensive suits or sport facial jewelry. No, it wouldn’t be until he stepped on stage, smiled and revealed a row of gleaming gold teeth and started rapping hilariously about Ed Mcmahon and World of Warcraft that he would command your complete and undivided attention.
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No matter where you go everyone is talking about the benefits of going green by recycling. Everything from food, fabric, beauty products and jewelry are all reaping the rewards of the recycle revolution. Recycling “is the reprocessing of old materials into new products, with the aims of preventing the waste of potentially useful materials.” (Wikipedia) For Sarah Herrington, of Oahu’s North Shore, those useful materials would be bottle-caps. Walking into her cozy beachside home was like stepping into Mark’s Garage on a First Friday.
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Retrofitting the Cabaret Art Form for the Modern Age…
“Every time I go on stage, I worry about my costume falling off,” Meghan Mayhem says in the upstairs room of the Next Door nightclub, which has been transformed into a makeshift dressing room this Friday night. She is doing last-minute touchups to her costume, sewing fishing line into the bust of her dress. “One girl lost part of her outfit on stage once, but I haven’t. I have tripped, though.”
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At the South by Southwest festival this year I am invited to an after party on the East side of Austin, Texas, the proverbial barrio or town which is now rapidly morphing into the truly hip neighborhood. Condominiums, still modest, relatively understated structures, are popping up next to houses, coffee joints are sprouting beside taco shacks, and I know it’s only a matter of time before the high rises of downtown Austin cross the dividing line of Interstate 35.
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With designers like Rei Kawakubo for Comme Des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto for Y3 as some of Japan’s most recognized fashion names, it is no wonder Tokyo street fashion has evolved into a source of inspiration for designers worldwide. With their avante garde designs these designers have been paving the way for Japan’s fashion conscious since the 70s.
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“When you let go of something negative, you’re given a gift in return.” – Mary Beth
I ran into Mary Beth’s art exhibit at the Haleiwa Arts Festival on a sweltering summer afternoon on Oahu’s North Shore. I stood patiently waiting under the shade for the chance to talk to her, watching Mary Beth confidently sign her drawings for some very excited buyers while she joked and laughed with them as if she’d known them since childhood.
Burning Man is to camping as fugu is to fish sticks: there is a resemblance, but only barely. Cloaked in the guise of an “art festival,” Burning Man’s really an extreme sport for the counterculture, where bitter cold nights, scorching hot days, howling winds, corrosive dust, and withering aridity challenge the endurance of even the most hardy campers.
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