Archive for February, 2006

The Strokes- First Impressions Of Earth (RCA)

This is the law: If you even might have taken your band name from a Billy Squier song, then your records will always be compared to Don’t Say No (by this journalist, at least). It’s only fair, and The Strokes passed this test with flying colors on their first two albums. They loaded up Is This It and Room On Fire with “My Kind Of Lover” and “In The Dark”-caliber songs. Oh yeah, and...
February 23rd, 2006 | The Arts | Keep Reading

Technology in Downtown

With the changing climate of infrastructure across the country there have been a lot of initiatives being undertaken by cities and interested parties to get areas “connected” to the web. There is one such undertaking in progress for the City of Scranton that is a partnership effort of SLIBCO, The University of Scranton and Gateway Access Solutions. Keep Reading
February 9th, 2006 | Downtown | Keep Reading

Interesting Online Music Project

For the most part I have stayed away from online music in its many incarnations. This marks the first time I am really comfortable saying a music site does something really neat. This site was forwarded to me by a friend and I thought some of the readers hear might be interested in taking a look at it. We all know we are in front of the computer for too long anyway. Let us know what you think: Pandora
February 9th, 2006 | The Arts | Keep Reading