I think things that are hideous and bad are cool. For instance, on Jimmy Fallon the other night, there was a "tastefully-painted upright piano." This piano was mostly pink, with patches of flame decal, a painting of a sunset, and a heart with wings — it was downright awful. Yet this piano was the coolest piano I'd ever seen. I was fully aware it was ...

It's been a long time since I was sitting in front of the television on a Saturday morning watching the Transformers cartoon show, so I can't claim that I recall the series with shining clarity, but I remember it well enough to know what made it great. There were the colorful robots transforming into vehicles, humans and machines working in tandem, and a clear ...

Unlike almost everyone I've spoken to about it, I thought 2007's Transformers was a bunch of crap. Not only was it devoid of character and emotion but the action scenes were hard to follow and the robots themselves seemed to lack the personality they had on the much-loved 80s cartoon show. Also, it had Optimus Prime literally sneaking around a house.

When we last wrote about Can You Rock, Indy's premiere live-band karaoke event, we imbibed enough liquid courage to get up there and (attempt) to belt out one of our signature songs. But as we are currently retired from karaoke (as we often are) and arrived late (as we often do) we were not able to sing when we checked out the current ...

This last weekend I went to Iowa--don't worry, the story gets more interesting. It was my friend's wedding, as I’m of the age where all of my early-20s friends are starting to get married. I’m underemployed enough to have the kind of free time necessary to attend. Plus, this was the first one of those friends to make the necessary moves on a woman to ...