Movies you should watch: Four films that may have slipped by your radar

Film is a great medium that suffers from a major problem, which is that so little of film is revisited by people. Most people end up seeing about four to twelve movies a year and rarely, if ever, revisit them. This leads to a hole where some great films never get the due credit they deserve … More Movies you should watch: Four films that may have slipped by your radar

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Books you should read : Five fascinating books to enjoy

Since Gutenberg made the printing press, books became the dominant form of media to spread knowledge in the world. It’s a simple medium that does not require much to create and publish so there are literally billions of books. This also means that there are loads and loads of crap that you have to sift … More Books you should read : Five fascinating books to enjoy

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Let’s go away for a while: 50 years of the Beach Boys classic album Pet Sounds

In the mid-1960s, music was changing not just in how it was sounding but in how it was recorded. Albums were previously recorded by simply placing a ton of microphones down to record everything; a new technique pioneered by Phil Spector called “the Wall of Sound” was taking hold. The idea behind this is to … More Let’s go away for a while: 50 years of the Beach Boys classic album Pet Sounds

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Albums you should listen to but probably are not

Music is a very important part of our lives culturally. Certain songs are played at weddings, funerals, and ceremonies both secular and religious. Most people have at least some music they enjoy and many others are very involved in music. But in my experience most people only really scratch the surface of music with so … More Albums you should listen to but probably are not

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