We live in an on-demand world. Portable devices nestled in our pockets and perched on our laps constantly imbibe the digital æther, granting us in-the-moment access to a near-endless supply of streaming entertainment and esoteric information. Have a random question? Feel like listening to music? Watching a movie? Reading a book? Browsing a magazine ... Continue Reading

Though I would like to think of myself as an all-around music aficionado and a genuine devotee of the composers’ and songwriters’ craft, the truth of the matter is that I’m less an appreciator of arranged sound than I am a collector of plastic, foil, paper, and polyvinyl chloride. Of course, I listen to music, and near-constantly at that. But, main ... Continue Reading

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By rights, Gainesville’s Against Me! is a rock-and-roll success story, a classic example of grassroots musicians growing tall and hitting the big time with cozy tour buses, sold-out shows, network television appearances, generous royalty pay-outs, and major-label support. All of which are cause for celebration. Rather, they would be would be cau ... Continue Reading

Pickup soccer is born of a love for the game. In a way, it is a forum for self-expression - an addictive, joyful, occasionally painful, and almost always fun and surprisingly competitive place. It's a web of interwoven and evolving philosophies of self, constituting style set within a commonly-accepted framework of a substance defined by attackin ... Continue Reading