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Sea Legs by Tom Graham

His fourth album, Sea Legs, finds local singer-songwriter Tom Graham navigating a course through disparate musical styles guided by his keen pop sensibilities and a wry approach to lost love. The album’s opener, “I’m Leaving, I Mean It,” sets all the pieces in place with Graham using gentle hooks and circular choruses to send his relationship a tuneful goodbye. Graham’s knack for mature and vivid portraits of...
June 20th, 2007 | The Arts | Keep Reading

Scranton Slighted in Video Game

In THQ’s latest installment of the popular WWE wrestling video game, Smackdown Versus Raw 2006, users are able to assign hometowns to created wrestlers on the game. However, in a slight that can only be compared to the treatment of American Indians by the U.S. Government or “You’ll Be In My Heart” by Phil Collins winning Best Original Song over Aimee Mann’s “Save Me” at the 1999...
December 14th, 2005 | Downtown | Keep Reading

40 Year Old Virgin: Review

Bad title aside, The 40-Year-Old Virgin continues the successful run of adult gross-out comedies that have hit theatres over the past 2 years. Keep Reading
September 8th, 2005 | Featured | Keep Reading

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Review

I knew I was in trouble when 15 minutes into the movie my wife shot me a look that I hadn’t seen since she walked in on me watching Caligula. Keep Reading
August 1st, 2005 | Featured | Keep Reading

Review of Andy Gavin’s

The owner of Andy Gavin’s, Donnie, is one of the kings of Scranton cuisine, with former cooks he has trained making their own princely inroads all over the country. Keep Reading
July 19th, 2005 | Dining & Entertainment | Keep Reading

Top Ten Superhero Movies of All-Time

Until they finally get around to making a feature-length Groo: The Wanderer film and Nate Von Milner and I finish our yet untitled Aquaman feature film, here are the top ten superhero movies of all time (this is completely subjective, obviously): Keep Reading
July 18th, 2005 | Featured | Keep Reading