A Short History of MTV’s Hipster VJs

November 03, 2010  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
Feeling nostalgic for the days when MTV actually played music and the VJ was king? How about the days when they actually played good music and cared about commentators being more than just a television-ready face? When MTV represented counter culture rather than big business?

Montreal, my first love

October 20, 2009  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
By Karine Paradis, contributorMontreal is in the top 10 places to see before you die for eager travelers seaking new lands to explore. On the island of Montreal, once face to face with its main bridges spanning the St. Lawrence River, its shadows and lights dancing on the facades of skyscrapers, the air having the taste of the four distinct seasons and its Montrealers, smiling and coffee in the hand, difficult to pack and come back to your country. Bubbling with vitality in summer and winter, th

21st Century Breakdown by Green Day

June 30, 2009  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
By Graham Rae. 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day . “My generation is zero/I never made it as a working class hero” - Billie Joe Armstrong. Let’s face it, Green Day are an unfortunate phenomenon at best. They came to world prominence in 1994, shortly after Kurt Cobain had blown his head off. The kids of America (and, by extension, the rest of the American-electronically-colonized world) needed a bit of comic relief after this grim (or hilarious, depending on your view of Cobain) mus

Substantiate it.

January 23, 2009  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
We're familiar with abbreviations like AFK and BRB that save us time. But there's another type of situation where shortcuts really come in handy: when the same asinine questions or ill-informed remarks come up repeatedly, and let's face it, you may just have to MACRO your way through. To vivafy it: ever seen a blog post or forum thread where the first comments off the bat are the dumbest? (And maybe it gets worse from there.) Notwithstanding blatantly wasteful stuff like First! or ur ga

Emo Trends: The Evolution of Emo Fashion to the year 2008

October 28, 2008  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
Emo fashion has almost always meant long fringe bangs covering much of the face, tight jeans and tight t-shirts. However, like all other styles, Emo fashion has changed over the years. In its infancy, Emo culture included haircuts that looked for all the world like something out of Star Trek: styles that evoked those of Romulans or Vulcans. As far