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Lou Reed's Liver Transplant

And yet another major rock star has undergone a liver transplant and survived. The 71 year old Lou Reed declared that he feels, "bigger and stronger" than ever shortly after he had a liver transplant. He claims the mix of modern medicine and Tai Chi has kept him in health all these years. Wife Lauri Anderson declared t… read more

Wikileaks Offers Snowden Aid

Wikileaks is making headlines again, this time because it has offered to aid former C.I.A. Technician Edward Snowden as he flees from persecution in the U.S.A. Originally seeking asylum in Hong Kong, Snowden was accompanied by British Wikileaks activist Sarah Harrison as he flew from Hong Kong to Moscow and then hopes … read more

The Dirty Sound of an MP3

As an MP3 is the most recent audio evolution, one assumes that it offers the highest quality sound. This however is just not true. When it was once CDs that seemed to lack the warmth of a record, today MP3s are missing something, with a fraction of the fidelity that a CD recording offers. The fact is that MP3s are miss… read more

The Case of Edward Snowden

What will happen to Edward Snowden? This is the cutting news of the moment, and the bizarre journey is still underway. Snowden was a former C.I.A. Technician and has admitted to leaking state secrets regarding a new U.S. Surveillance program that collects massive amounts of phone data records for the use of foreign sur… read more

The Great Gatsby Film

Everyone is speaking about the latest Baz Luhrmann's film, The Great Gatsby, so here's what we think. In general Baz Luhrmann took a lot of risks when creating one of America's most well known and revered books into a film. However, Mr. Luhrmann remains faithful to the book in the text, key moments and dialogue. The co… read more