Top 5 Music Festivals in the US

Music festivals have become an art form of their own, born from the counterculture and anti-war sentiments that arose especially between the 1960s and 1990s. Think Woodstock and Free Tibet. Below is a round-up of the top five music festivals in the US that still capture this spirit. 1. Pitchfork

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5 Real-Life Mysteries That Will Spook You

Some of the most intriguing mysteries are the ones we are still unraveling in real life. From ancient Egyptian curses to fish rain, here are five real-life mysteries that will fascinate you and spook you. Curses Humans can be quite superstitious, but some historical curses appear too real to be

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Ska: Inclusion & Acceptance

How a Type of Music Stood Up to Racism, Corrupt Governments & Sexism Ska hailed from reggae and punk roots to form some of the happiest and universally welcoming-to-all music ever made. Inclusion and acceptance were always at the top of the menu for ska bands. Ska was born sometime

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Competitive Gaming: How to Get Into Esports

If you immersed yourself in gaming as a teenager, more often than not,  you’d have heard a parent say, “ No one is going to pay you to play games all day; go out.”  While we are not encouraging your avoidance of the outside world,  in today’s society, the above

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Overlooked Social Commentary in Films

Some films can be both entertaining and contain social commentary, such as District 9 (2009). Unfortunately, other films succeed too much at being entertaining or memorable, and the audience doesn’t realize the films also have a message. The following is a short list of films that have had their social

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From Bottom to Top: Class and Sports in TV

In the world we live in, the contrast between the economically elite and others is growing wider and wider every day. Sports and opportunities in sports are no different, with the super rich having a clearly outsized advantage and the workers or “little people” in the sport driving the profits

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4 ‘Must Watch Right Now’ Sports Shows and Movies

Long gone are the glory days of sports movies. In the 80’s, 90’s, and even 2000’s, the sports world had a much larger share of the box office than it does now. Box office numbers don’t really tell the story, however the sheer volume of sports’ movies is, demonstrably, way

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