Entries from April 2009

April 28, 2009

Kingston Station

Kingston Station is tucked down a small street/alley in between Boston’s Downtown Crossing and Financial District. Upon entering, there is a nice long bar and front cafe area with a more formal dining area past the bar in the back. White tile on the walls makes the space look like an old subway station with [...]

April 28, 2009

What’s My Age Again?

April 24, 2009

American Idol…AND DISCO

I didn’t write last week because the “judges save” was the lamest made for TV drama and really served no purpose. Like Simon said, Matt could stick around for another week but there’s no way he’d win the competition. As for Disco week, some shined and some fell flat. In the end, Lil Rounds and [...]

April 23, 2009

TRV$DJAM Own Coachella

I highly recommend spending an hour of your time sitting in front of your computer and watching Travis Barker and DJ AM’s set from this year’s Coachella festival. The quality of the clips isn’t that great because the camera is on a tripod way out in the crowd but the audio is pretty good and [...]

April 23, 2009

For Sale: The College Experience

So MTV’s new show “College Life” premiered a couple weeks ago and while it looked completely exploitative, I figured I’d DVR an episode and see if it was anything like their “True Life” series that is quite good. Only a few minutes into the show, it was obvious that MTV was once again trying to [...]

April 15, 2009

Fight Fair – Settle the Score EP

On Settle the Score, San Diego quintet Fight Fair have managed to combine pop, punk, hardcore breakdowns and California vibes to produce a fun little eight-song tryst. The songs are short, tight and fun, but at times wildly unnecessary and creative. Listening to some of the mid-song tempo changes and the variety of double-bass breakdown [...]

April 11, 2009

Bonecrusher Brews

Friend and fellow home-brewer Jeff Rask has accomplished quite a feet in a short amount of time. In a matter of a few months, Bonecrusher Brews evolved from a fledgling idea to a legitimate brewery, that is if you consider a kitchen a brewery. You see, brewing beer in your home is not a particularly [...]