Singer/songwriter Rob Thomas first came into our collective musical consciences in the late 90s when Matchbox 20 exploded onto the scene. With a string of several Top 40 hit singles including “Push”, “3 A.M.” and “Real World”, Matchbox 20 would go on to sell over 12 million copies in the U.S. alone. Not to shabby […]
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M3 Rock Festival Brings Rock Of The 80s Back To Baltimore!
M3 Rock Festival May 30, 2009 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD By Steve Johnson The M3 Rock Festival invaded Columbia, Maryland on May 30, 2009 and brought with it some of the greatest bands from the mid to late 80’s. Merriweather proved to be a good choice of venue for the show, as it provided […]
Korn Rocks Fort Wayne, IN On ‘Escape From The Studio’ Tour
Piere’s Entertainment Center Fort Wayne, Indiana May 26, 2009 Fort Wayne, IN rock station 98.9 The Bear did teasers for a week about their 20th Anniversary Birthday Bash (guaranteed to be of “epic proportions”) when news finally broke on a lazy Monday that KORN would be stopping by on their Escape From the Studio tour, […]
Green Day Breaks New Ground With ’21st Century Breakdown’
Green Day found their way into the hearts and minds of America’s youth in the mid-90s with the release of the band’s third album, Dookie. It is hard to believe that 15 years have come and gone so quickly since the release of that landmark album. It is even harder to believe that the Northern […]
The Road To Wrestlemania: A Brief History Part 2
The Road To Wrestlemania was paved by greatness and this years Wrestlemania celebrates the 25th Anniversary of this titanic event. In a new series, Staff Writer Duke Foster, takes a look back at the history of WWE’s Legendary Wrestlemania franchise.
The Road To Wrestlemania: In The Beginning…
The Road To Wrestlemania was paved by greatness and this years Wrestlemania celebrates the 25th Anniversary of this titanic event. In a new series, Staff Writer Duke Foster, takes a look back at the history of WWE’s Legendary Wrestlemania franchise.
Review: ‘Mr. Thundermug’ by Cornelius Medvei
“Mr. Thundermug is a baboon Mr. Thundermug has a luxuriant mane of silvery hair? Mr. Thundermug has an unsettling mastery of speech” Those are the words surrounding an aged photo of a silver-haired baboon who’s wearing a fez and smoking jacket while puffing on a pipe. If that can coax a grin out of you […]
Review: Mark Danielewski’s ‘House of Leaves’
Mark Danielewski’s ‘House of Leaves’ Review by: Jennifer Smith There was already a cult following of Mark Danielewski‘s book when it was released on the internet chapter by chapter, then the chapters stopped and what followed was a unconventional novel that is best described by not molding into any genre of reading. There is a […]
Pick of The Week: Artie Lange’s ‘Too Fat To Fish’
Outrageous, raw, and painfully funny true stories straight from the life of the actor, comedian, and much-loved cast member of The Howard Stern Show?with a foreword by Howard Stern. When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing ever to happen in the Stern […]