Archive for August 2005

<![CDATA[This is my first foray into music reviews since back when I was doing it on HipHopZone.com, so it’s somewhat appropriate that I jump back into it with a review of a crew I’ve got some history with, the fearless crew known as 4th Avenue Jones‘ (pronounced ‘joneses’). The crew got their start as one…

<![CDATA[ We are leaving, and soon. Matter of fact, odds are good that by the time you read this, Mrs. G*Nat and I will be well on our way. We’ll have already packed up our stuff, and commenced driving across the country – from Chicago, Illinois to Portland, Oregon. I grew up in the Pacific…

<![CDATA[[title from Change of Subject, the blog of columnist Eric Zorn from The Chicago Tribune. ] Today’s fine line was uttered by ESPN’s Dan Patrick during his nationally syndicated sports talk radio show. On the subject of star athletes who constantly feel the need to ‘keep it real’ during pre/postgame comments: “You know, I can…

<![CDATA[[title from Change of Subject, the blog of columnist Eric Zorn from The Chicago Tribune. ] Today’s fine line comes from my man Stephen Sharkey, during one of our (last) breakfast meetings at the local BK. Upon perusing the latest promotional material pushing their new ‘chicken fries,’ Steven had this to say: “Nahh, I don’t…

<![CDATA[ Naysayers have always had plenty of ammunition to shoot down the aspirations of would-be artists. Most popular is the rationalization that creative pursuits aren’t worth the requisite time and effort, since they rarely produce steady income. If that’s the case, then recent developments are showing a devastating corollary: Good creative decisions can get you…

<![CDATA[ Ever wonder what would happen if characters from different television shows could have conversations with each other? Observe Toby Ziegler of “The West Wing” take a phone call from 24‘s Jack Bauer: The phone rings in Toby’s office. Toby picks it up, annoyed that someone is interrupting his time with this morning’s Washington Post.…