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BODY CLEANSING // MY 21 DAY DETOX EXPERIENCE Most people have heard of body cleansing, but not many have actually tried it. There are all kinds of programs out there that usually include some of the following: dieting, fasting, consuming exclusively certain foods or avoiding certain foods. The general idea of cleansing is that most […]

WINE REVIEW: LINDEMANS BIN 50 SHIRAZ, AND EL BOMBERO RED // FLAVORFUL Lindemans Bin 50 Shiraz is part of the Bin Series from Lindemans South Eastern Australia vineyards. Lindemans was started by Henry Lindeman. He planted the first Shiraz vines in 1843 and after some serious setbacks, finally began exporting wine in 1858. Since 1976, […]

Beer Review On Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA // Prepare to Meet the King Indian Pale Ales are certainly not for everyone. Typically, packed with hops and slow brewed to maximize flavor, IPAs can be an ordeal for the unseasoned beer drinker. The Maharaja Imperial from Avery Brewing Co. is no exception. Maharaja is derived from […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF ”SERENITY” Ever seen a movie that made no sense? Hollywood goes to extraordinary lengths to make Serenity and its feature films not only palatable, but also coherent for its audiences. After all, they want us to vicariously participate in the plot and enjoy the heroic triumph of good over evil.  Occasionally, even […]

Movie Review: “GLASS” “Sixth Sense” writer & director M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological superhero thriller “Glass” (** OUT OF ****) concludes the East Rail 177 Trilogy that his earlier epic “Unbreakable” (2000) launched and his previous outing “Split” (2016) followed.  Better than “Unbreakable,” not as emotionally gratifying as “Split,” “Glass” chronicles the events that ensue after […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF ”Replicas” When he isn’t making entertaining movies like “The Matrix,” “Speed,” “The Devil’s Advocate,” “Point Break,” “Constantine,” “Street Kings,” “River’s Edge,” and those “John Wick” movies, Keanu Reeves occupies himself with movies so marginal they head straight to home video.  Anybody seen “Exposed” (2016), “The Whole Truth” (2016)  “Siberia” (2018), and/or “Destination […]

MOVIE REVIEW OF ”HOLMES & WATSON” Since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created him, the popularity of Sherlock Holmes as a literary character has never diminished. In his scholarly study, “The Sherlock Holmes Handbook: The Methods and Mysteries of the World’s Greatest Detective,” Sherlockian connoisseur Christopher Redmond champions Holmes as “the world’s favourite character for English-language […]

Interview with “THE DESCENDENTS” Throughout an existence that dates back 41 years, the Descendents have had to be a sporadic presence on the music scene. The punk pop veterans have basically been active only when singer Milo Aukerman was not pursuing studies or work in his field of biochemistry. It’s a main reason there have […]

Metallica Returns to Birmingham For First Show In 28 Years Hard to believe it has been almost three decades since Metallica last rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Twenty-eight years to be exact, on March 25, 1992. Back then, their meteoric rise to fame was already emblazoned in rock canon history, sealed by their commercially […]

Lucy Dacus Feature If you want to know Lucy Dacus, just listen to her songs and watch her band on stage. That, the 23-year-old indie-rock sensation, is who she is. “The band is called Lucy Dacus, my name is so totally associated with the content,” she said in a recent phone interview. “We’re not up […]

Newsboys Jeff Frankenstein Talks About the Christian Music Scene. Newsboys keyboardist/bassist Jeff Frankenstein knew there were pitfalls to the idea of the group reuniting with its original singer, Peter Furler when the idea surfaced in 2017. Furler left the group in 2009, after leading the Newsboys to the top of the Christian music scene. Over […]