Conquests: An Introduction to Josh Ritter

Every once in a while, I get into a “kick” of listening to a certain artists or album a whole bunch.  Recently, my musical obsession has been folk singer Josh Ritter.  Ritter currently sits as one of the most underrated songwriters out there, and continuously puts out amazing, touching, music.  I met Ritter while he […]

The Art & Mind of Empty Spaces

There are questionable things lying beyond the borders of an illustration or a photo. Ideas and possibilities can be lain around the edges but none of them can be raised and proclaimed as the definitive. For illustrations there are dribbles of thoughts full of failed constructs, deceased colors and the grotesqueries of half formed notions. […]

Death Cab for Cutie: My Time Period Band

Next Tuesday, the college freshman in me will be living out his dream by traveling to Brooklyn to finally see Death Cab for Cutie. There is not another band whose music I so closely associate with a time period in my life than Death Cab for Cutie and my early college years. But, to a degree, […]

Dream Girls In Song

There are many girls of stage, screen, and….uh….stage who I am in love with Rose Byrne, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Annie Clark, and the main one to the right usually fall into the top 4. However, every once in a while, girls in songs seem like they have everything to offer, fictional or not. Whether it […]

Seven Great Samurai Movies Other Than The Seven Samurai

The samurai film is a genre that is not as popular as it should be. Most people have not seen a single samurai film and if they have it’s usually either Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai or Yojimbo. While both are great films, the samurai film is a genre that needs to penetrate more deeply into […]