A Pseudo-Midget’s Guide to New York City Music Venues
January 04, 2013

If you're 5’2” or under, you know what it's like to attend a concert, buzzing with the excitement of seeing your favorite band of the week, only to spend the next three hours staring at someone’s sweat-streaked back. I vowed to help my fellow shortstacks, so here is a guide to some of the city’s music venues and what the vertically challenged can expect from them.

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Rock (or Skank) the Halls: A Holiday Playlist
December 13, 2012

What do the the Ramones, Snoop Lion (né Dogg) and Vanessa L. Williams have in common? Very little — but they've all recorded Christmas songs! With this in mind, I present a Spotify playlist guaranteed to warm even the hardest-core humbug's heart.

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The 6 Worst American Anime Theme Songs and Who Should Salvage Them
November 29, 2012

When Japanese animes get dubbed into English, it’s hit or miss. Nudity is covered up, violence is dumbed down, and (most) bestiality is glossed over. It’s the theme songs, though, that truly suffer. We’ve collected the most awful English dubs and made a list of artists — from Taylor Swift to GWAR — who could come up with epic alternatives.

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