Entries from November 2009

November 25, 2009

Fashion of the Future: The Galaxy Dress

Cutecircuit, a London-based company has been fusing science and fashion to create unbelievable clothing.
The Hug Shirt was one of the first products the company designed. Doesn’t it look a bit strange?

The Hug Shirt uses Bluetooth technology to transmit “hugs” all across the globe. The orange circles on the shirt are sensors. The sensors record body [...]

November 25, 2009

Doctor Who previews (Spoilers for Waters of Mars and Children in Need)

 
So, they’re sending off Ten with a big old bang of crazy, huh? Because the thing you do after messing with time and getting a lady to off herself is set automatic locks to your TARDIS and have sex with Queen Elizabeth. The virgin queen no longer, huh? The Doctor is [...]

November 25, 2009

The Top 10 UK Singles for November 22, 2009

1. You Are Not Alone – X Factor Finalists 2009

2. Meet Me  Halfway – The Black Eyed Peas

3. Whatcha Say – Jason Derulo

4. Happy – Leona Lewis

5. Fight for this Love – Cheryl Cole

6. Everybody [...]

November 25, 2009

5 Best places to shop in Chicago

1. Akira
Multiple Locations, Original is at
1837 W North Ave # 1, Chicago, IL.  (773) 772-5414‎

Akira is a large, trendy Chicago-based chain that opened seven years ago in the Wicker Park/Bucktown neighborhood. They have a wide range of clothing for men and women, and a fun shoe section. The salespeople are knowledgeable and helpful without being [...]

November 24, 2009

Don’t Stare too hard at ‘Goats’

Director and producer Grant Heslov brings a psychedelic, drug-induced comedic outlook at life with “Men Who Stare at Goats.”
The film is about reporter Bob Wilton(Ewan McGregor) at a ho-hum newspaper and who is fed up with the dullness of his life. After interviewing a local man claiming to be a former “psychic soldier” and his [...]

November 23, 2009

Avast Ye ‘Pirate Radio’!

Director and writer Richard Curtis(“Notting Hill” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral”) brings to life the story of outlaw DJs who defied the British government for all that is worthy: drugs, sex and rock ‘n roll.
The government banished modern pop and rock ‘n roll from the mainland radio stations. Rock DJs took to the high seas [...]

November 23, 2009

‘Precious’, a Harlem Gothic Tale

Director Lee Daniels’ “Precious” based on the novel Push by Sapphire has been generating a lot of buzz since it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
The film follows the journey of Claireece ”Precious” Jones(Gabourey Sidibe), an overweight sixteen-year-old African-American living in Harlem in 1987. She lives in a life no one [...]

November 19, 2009

Book Review: Things We Couldn’t Say

Diet’s story is true. She had to keep a secret. Several secrets, actually. People depended upon her to keep her silence so that they could live.
While rifling through an enormous stack of books in my apartment two days ago, I rediscovered the book Things We Couldn’t Say by Diet Eman. I’ve had this book for [...]

November 17, 2009

John Mayer: Battle Studies Review

I’m not going to talk about John Mayer’s dating history or his antics highlighted in the media. I’m going to talk about the music.
Today, Mayer’s long anticipated fourth album Battle Studies was released. I’ve been waiting for this album for years (yes, years!).

Battle Studies is more stripped down than Continuum. Mayer takes a look at [...]

November 17, 2009

Becks is a Bleach Blond Boy Now

Becks premiered a new hair-do on Friday night against the Houston Dynamos. His hair is a faux hawk with blond highlights on top and dark roots at the base of his head. I like the general shape of his hair, but the blond is a bit much. It’s harkening back to the early 2000s with [...]