Steve Parsons, for those who don’t know, is a songwriter from Newfoundland, Canada. He’s your old storyteller, much in the vein of classic artists like Dylan and Syd Barrett, and songs like those contained on his latest release A Western Goodbye (on which he plays all your standard instruments) are sorely needed in this day and age. […]
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Girls are cute. And they are funny. In this particular instance I don’t mean funny like stand-up or satire-type "funny" (which of course they can very well be); I mean like when you are out with one on a date and her heel snaps off on the sidewalk, and she falls on her ass, but […]
Music To-Go
I don’t know French. But I like to think I know good music. Which is why I’m still stoked on frenchie music site La Blogotheque and their Les Concerts a Emporter series (that’s Take-Away Shows to you freedom fry-loving folks). The fact that a hunk of you won’t be able to read their editorial coverage […]
Plum Brandy
Around the Bulgarian town of Pernik, there is a scheme where travellers can stay with villagers in their homes. This is an excellent idea, rather like a homestay, but from my experience I would advise anyone who uses this service to eat plenty of food before being entertained by some of those locals… In […]
A Place to Belong
The Phoenix Theatre by day is a picture reminiscent of an after school daycare program. Inside the main auditorium kids are skateboarding on the multitude of wooden ramps set up against the walls. The lobby is filled with youth hanging out, and searching their pockets for change to buy candy or soda from the concession […]
Adopted.
FADE IN: INT. CAR — AFTERNOON LUIS BOURBAN,22, drives his old Honda Civic through a gray day, on a generic East Coast highway. He wears worn blue jeans and a polo shirt that he seems uncomfortable in. His girlfriend SANDY,21, sits next to him. She’s eyeing him through flirty green contacts. SANDY Four years baby. […]