A few years ago, on my 37th birthday, while we were all still caught in the seemingly neverending cycle of the COVID pandemic, I sat down and watched Almost Famous for the first time in years. Just as it had the first time I saw it, it completely mesmerised me. I think it’s pretty much…
Can I be even remotely objective in reviewing this? Not only is Auston one of the most dynamic players in the National Hockey League today, but he happens to captain my personal favorite team. I also have more than my fair share of Matthews’ jerseys sitting in my closet upstairs ready for the 2025-2026 season.…
In REPLACEABLE YOU, author Mary Roach tackles the past and current science behind replacing worn out or missing body parts as well as body augmentation, and keeping an eye on the future and what we can expect in the years to come. Roach travels within the United States and abroad to look into several topics…
As author John Green points out in his book EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS, many people view the disease as something from the past; something that befalls characters in old movies and video games symbolized by the “blood in the rag” following a coughing fit. The sad truth is that the disease is still very much with…
In THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE, author Daniel James Brown tackles the story of The Donner Party and their ill-fated journey across the United States to the promised land of California. Before reading this book, I had maybe a passing knowledge of The Donner Party in that I only knew them as “those pioneers who ate…
Following in the footsteps of band-mate Travis Barker’s 2014 book, Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus tells his life story in his new memoir, FAHRENHEIT 182. If anything, the story of Blink 182 has enough ups, downs, and drama to fill several books, but Mark managed to fit the story of the band into four hundred pages (or…
Originally conceived as a vehicle for Jane’s Addiction’s farewell shows in 1991, Perry Ferrell’s Lollapalooza became an annual touring attraction for alternative music and art between the years 1991 and 1997. Cancelled in 1998, it has since been relaunched in 2005 as a destination weekend event in Chicago’s Hyde Park. Authors Richard Bienstock and Tom…
DREAMER: MY LIFE ON THE EDGE is the memoir of current NHL player Nazem Kadri of the Calgary Flames. I’m always a bit iffy on picking up books written by an athlete who is still actively playing their sport, however Nazem had played for my favorite team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, during a time where…
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