Music lovers, penny-pinchers, small business advocates and limited-edition collectors all have cause to celebrate this weekend, with Saturday, April 20 marking Record Store Day 2013. Two local independent record stores in spitting distance of Wilkes University, Musical Energi, located at 59 North Main St., and Gallery of Sound, at 24 South Main St., will be […]

For well over a decade, the Wilkes Barre/Scranton area has hosted many transcendent artists & musicians from around the world. Since the unfortunate closing of the area’s preeminent music venue, Café’ Metropolis, a handful of other spaces have opened and closed alike. Fortunately for music enthusiasts, a multifaceted entertainment and multimedia collective dubbed Get Cryptic […]

So yeah, in the past few weeks, Justin Bieber has completely flew off his rocker (Valley phrase, sorry). He showed up two hours late for a concert in London, he threatened to beat the f%*k out of a photographer, had to be carried into his van, and was hospitalized. What’s going on with Justin Bieber? […]

I bet you thought this was going to be all about Ed Sheeran not winning the Grammy for Song of the Year. HA! You’re mistaken. My personal opinion, however: Ed should have won. He’s just amazing. If you haven’t listened to anything by him yet, what in God’s name are you waiting for? Believe it […]

Oh boy. Where do I even start with this book? Brandi Glanville, the Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, famous divorcee, Lexapro advocate and general walking, talking stream-of-opinions has written a book. Some of the issues Glanville brings up apply to most women including post-partum depression, life after a breakup, trouble with friends, and the desire […]

This analysis has been a long time coming, but Mr. Dixon has not provided enough material to analyze. Luckily, Merle has provided some more material and fleshed out some more of his very interesting and probably felonious past. With the addition of last week’s episode, Merle Dixon and Daryl Dixon have finally gotten some much […]

With over 1.7 million followers on Twitter and over 3 million likes on Facebook, Lana Del Rey is quickly becoming one of the most recognizable and popular artists in the business. According to her Facebook page, Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (“Lana Del Rey” is just her stage name) has been influenced by many great artists including […]

If you’re reading this, I’m assuming you’ve actually watched “The Walking Dead” from this past Sunday, if not I assume you are being forced to read this by some obligation (what’s up, Bill and Mom?). So it seems that this is the best week as any to explore the newest messed up town in the […]

“Prague is a threshold,” Sarah is warned, “and it is steeped in blood.” Many stories about travel and adventure happen abroad. Time-transcending events take place in London, Paris and Rome, but never Prague. Prague is what drew me to this book in the first place. I honestly hadn’t heard of a lot of adventures taking […]