Beyond the Rhetoric

There is a lot of mindless garbage on television these days and while some of this entertaining drivel certainly serves a purpose, you can expand your horizons through some selective channel surfing. Contrary to popular belief, it is very possible to find educational TV shows that are also entertaining and fun. Here are five of [...]

As an actor, writer, or just about anyone in the creative arts, you want to be recognized for your strengths. At the same time, you don’t want to get pigeon-holed into just a single niche, because it means that you’ll have a very difficult time branching out into other areas. It seems that Taylor Swift, [...]

Coldplay is playing Vancouver over the weekend, but I had the chance to catch the Coldplay concert when they were at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary a few days ago. I’ve been to a few concerts in my day and I thought that Kanye West put on quite the spectacle. His ego may be larger [...]

Pixar’s Up
The first time that I heard about this movie’s concept, I thought it was going to be pretty lame. After all, it’s just about some old guy who decides to attach a bunch of balloons to his house so that it can float away to who-knows-where, right? Well, that’s almost the same kind of [...]

Generally speaking, I’m not exactly a fan of artists like T-Pain who use Auto-Tune on their records, but it seems that the technology is quickly gaining in prominence and popularity. Everyone from Cher to Britney Spears seems to be using Auto-Tune for their songs, not only to “disguise inaccuracies and mistakes,” but also as a [...]