Please welcome back Lorfimus Prime as he gives his take on the current state of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Let me say right off the bat, this is not about my personal preferences in music. With all due respect to Tupac Shakur — whom I am sure is quite worthy of hall… Read More Welcome to the Rock & Roll Hall of Shame Tupac, See ABBA for Your Plaque
We usually don’t go into politics around here. Most of you probably know this site for Jorfimus’s music and literature reviews. But this is an issue on which I just can’t keep silent anymore. Last week Friday, Donald Trump signed an executive order banning any travelers who are citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering… Read More This must stop.
We all know by now what the outcome of Tuesday’s election was, so I thought it would be appropriate to address it with the Song of the Week. While I personally advocated for Green Day’s “Give Me Novocaine” as a representation of what many of us are feeling, typoattack and I decided it would be… Read More Song of the Week: “Revolution” (The Beatles)
New York City Football Club are the newest team in Major League Soccer. By “new,” I mean that they were created completely from scratch in 2013 and weren’t “promoted” from a lower division like fellow 2015 expansion team Orlando City SC. This year, in just their second year of play, they’ve secured their first ever… Read More An Interview with a NYCFC Convert
Fifteen years ago today, our nation suffered its worst tragedy in many years. Terrorists flew commercial jetliners into the World Trade Center and a wing of the Pentagon, killing thousands. I was in elementary school at the time, and was sent home early–the going rumors were that it was all an accident. It wasn’t until… Read More 9/11
The 2016 US Open is finally here. One hour after this post is published, the first matches of the tournament will be played. Over the past year, much of the grounds, including all but three of the field courts, were completely rebuilt. Many of the paths around the grounds were widened, and the confusing circle… Read More The US Open’s New Grandstand: Can It Live Up to the Hype?
Like most people my age, I have a lot of Game Boy games sitting in my room. And, like most people my age, I haven’t touched many of them in quite a long time. Some of them are games which I bought because they were based on movies that I had liked at the time,… Read More Pokémon Yellow: A Shocking Start to a Juggernaut
We suspend our regularly scheduled content this week in honor of a great event. This Saturday, the franchise, cultural phenomenon, and mega cash cow known as Pokémon turns 20 years old. In its many years of existence, Pokémon has spawned many games, many spin-off games, a few manga series, toys, trading cards, and a hugely… Read More Announcing Pokémon Week!
If you’re not from the USA, this post may not have the same relevance to you, but you’re welcome to read it nonetheless, or check out any of the other hundreds of posts on the site! I don’t often get political on this blog — I generally leave those topics to typoattack — but… Read More Happy Veterans Day, From the 13/31 Family
Dear all of the above: I’m a relatively new soccer fan. For many Americans, soccer is that one sport that everyone’s played in gym class that we all have some very basic understanding of but no one really loves. I was always installed on defense, as I could not run fast enough nor kick… Read More An Open Letter to NYCFC, MLS, City Football Group, and All the MCFC Fans Who Are Asking “What’s all the fuss?”
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