Unreal – Season 1 (DVD)
Satire has rarely hit so close to the truth as it does with the TV series Unreal.
Category: Features
Therapedic Ultimate Comfort Heated Blanket
We are in the middle of winter and even with the heater on high, there are nights at our house where the temperature begins to dip, and one is required to bury themselves in a blanket like faux fur throw. Therapedic has created the Ultimate Comfort Heated Blanket that goes and ties together a thick, cozy blanket with a tremendously powerful heating element to make for something that is not…
Jackery Giant+ Dual USB Portable Battery
The Jackery Giant+ Dual USB Portable Battery is a fairly substantial weight (10.4 ounces) but can still fit in a book bag, a purse, or any sort of carrying device. There are a large number of different USB plugs that provide individuals with a 2.1 amp charge. This means that one can have a number of their electronic devices connected at one time with all being charged. When a single…
Shark Rocket Powerhead
I come from a tradition where a good vacuum cleaner is heavy, difficult to move and is absolutely unwieldy. I half expected the Powerhead has to be a device that will pick up small bits and pieces off of our floors but not have much use beyond as a simple dusting apparatus. When we actually had a moment to evaluate the vacuum we were pleasantly surprised at the sheer amount…
Imperial Pumpkin (Lakefront Brewery)
Over the course of the last few years pumpkin beer has been all the rage and the simple fact is that the market is incredibly beyond capacity. With any brewery ready to reap incredible rewards by creating their own gourd-based beer it seems that every other effort that one sees in the fall season has something to do with pumpkin. As a result a great many of these are forgettable…
Porter (Green Man Brewery)
The porter style is one that can go so badly so quick and it seems like a great many breweries choose not to even offer a porter as the style proves difficult to do in a proper fashion. Green Man Brewery in Asheville, North Carolina has a porter on their year round offerings, representing one of the better porters that we have reviewed. The beer pours with a brown coloration…
True Temper Aluminum Combo Snow Shovel
The winter in the Great Lakes Region is fairly intense. While we have missed some of the larger snowfall that hit the East Coast and the center of Ohio in the last few weeks we still have gotten a fair amount of snow, ice, and winter weather. It is a absolute requirement that if you own or rent a house that has any sort of parking on the street or…
A Moment with Jin .B.
Today, we are speaking with Kitchener, Ontario’s Jin .B.. Can you give us a little background information about yourself? My name is DaNeng Vang, currently 23 years old and been rapping for three years now. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Living in many areas of Kitchener, Waterloo I was able to experience some hardships growing up. Most of the content that I write and rap are about my struggles in the…
Distorter (Greenbush Brewing)
Greenbush Brewing in Michigan has created a hybrid beer style in Distorter that links together the stout style with porters; Distorter pours with a dark brown to black coloration and a thick amount of tannish head that laces its way down a glass. This effort encapsulates the best of both worlds and creates a toasted, nutty flavor with a medium body that goes down incredibly easily. The beer steers away…
The LaCie Mirror hard drive shines like a diamond
We received a one terabyte LaCie Mirror hard drive (9000574) for review the last year and are pleased to report that the installation process and the whole step by step process for making the hard drive live is incredibly easy. The simple fact is that the installation of a hard drive can be a little difficult especially to those individuals that our first time homebrew creators. Even those that have…
Avatar / January 24, 2016 (Pinellas Park, FL)
After discovering the band Avatar from Göteborg, Sweden about six months ago, and thoroughly enjoying their catalog of music I had kept my eye out for when they had a show local to my area. My first taste of the band was the title track video for their most recent CD in 2014 “Hail the Apocalypse” and instantly I was drawn into not only the crushingly heavy and groovy music,…
Winter Ale (Alaskan Brewing)
This year it seems as if winter ales have attempted to go myriad directions but have not seemed to really have an outstanding effort. Alaskan Brewing has created a Winter Ale that takes on a great many twists and turns of the old ale style without having to ratchet up the ABV of the beer.
Striker PRO P1 Universal Gaming Headset
Polk Audio’s Striker PRO P1 headphones are designed to provide the best in terms of fit and wearability, ensuring that those marathoning a game session or listening to an extended podcast will be able to stay comfortable – the leather of the headphone keeps the top of one’s head comfortable while the soft earcups protect against rubbing. . The speakers of the headphones are able to reproduce music from a…
Super Snow Cap (Pyramid Brewery)
The winter warmer style provides one with a number of solid offerings, many of which have a considerable spice and sugar component. Super Snow Cap pours with a dark brown coloration and a decent amount of tannish/off-white head that sticks around for a decent time after an initial pour. Hints of dark fruits and wheat come forth in the brew’s initial nose, trends that will make themselves known as one…
The Jam – About the Young Idea (Eagle Vision)
There are some groups that despite universal appeal still seem very much like they belong solely to England and the rest of the world is just borrowing them for a while. The Rolling Stones felt like they belonged to everyone; same with the Beatles. The Who, though they sold well across the globe, seemed very much like a UK-centric band. The same goes for groups like Blur, Suede and The…
Living Hour – Seagull
The first single from Living Hour’s upcoming record (out February 19 on Lefse Records) can stack up against any band who performed this style of dreampop/shoegaze when those genres were in their heyday. The uplifting, majestic vocals reach past heaven with a shimmering reverb taking the listener to a world of psychedelic bliss that is only present for a short time during our teen years. The two halves of the…
Cian Nugent – Night Fiction
On Night Fiction, Cian Nugent creates the exact kind of long-flowing, pastoral melodies one would think of when picturing the green Irish countryside. Be they fast and rolling or slowly minimalist, the achingly beautiful sounds display a bucolic quality that lets the listener absorb every detail of the deep audio reflections.
Mock Lizard Belt (Roger Ximenez)
The Roger Ximenez mock lizard belt is beautiful, with a heavy gauge of leather and intricately-tooled design. The belt is accurately-sized, decreasing the potential that one will purchase the wrong size. While there is a little glint to the design, this belt will make any sort of casual, night-clubbing, or business ensemble pop. The mock lizard belt comes with gray, orange, red, and yellow stitching and in two distinct widths…
True Detective: Season 2 (DVD)
While it’s true that the second season of the Nic Pizzolatto-helmed crime noir True Detective never came close to living up to the expectations of the first season, it’s a tad unfair to compare the two. The first season was groundbreaking TV and a pop culture moment (the pairing of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson was simply inspired), but the follow up was a pretty decent effort as well.
Jenny Gillespie – Cure For Dreaming
Long before Tori Amos started writing about fairies and mysticism, she was one of the ‘90s most original musicians to ever take a spot behind a piano. Judging from her latest, Cure For Dreaming, Jenny Gillespie may be the second coming of Amos. The album manages to combine elements of jazz, pop, folk and ‘70s-era California rock.