New Jersey has a new law that allows the state to take the remaining funds from gift cards after they go unused for two years. Because of the law, a number of companies are pulling their gift cards out of NJ. American Express will no longer sell them here, and…

The following is just a flavor of the overwhelming response to LOOK AWAY DIXIE LAND – Issue: 3/28/12 and in particular the Trayvon Martin shooting, Florida politics, Southern culture, the media firestorm, and the defense of George Zimmerman.

Mr. Campion,

Your calculated obliteration of the South may have tickled…

By the time your planets have aligned in just the right position to have you reading these words, I’ll be back in New Jersey after a 12-day trip abroad. It’s the longest I’ve ever been gone from home on my own, and it’s been unreal. I saw Paris for the…

A couple of weeks ago, Asphalt Green bassist Alyssa Menes contacted me to check out her band out of Paramus, NJ. Well, since I loved her first name and she was a bass player, I decided to give her band a listen and I have to say that I…

Last year, ubiquitous producer T-Bone Burnett and Rock Legend Gregg Allman, 65, teamed up for Low Country Blues (Rounder). It turned out to be one of 2011’s best albums. On the phone, Allman sounds weak, strained, his voice a whispery wheeze. But he seemed in good spirits. Dude’s lucky to…

It’s almost Record Store Day again, that glorious time of the year where people flock to their local shops to see what deals they can snag up and what memories can be relived through music. If you’re one of the lucky ones that still own a record player or…

Steevan Mars is starting to make a name for himself, no pun intended, as he moves toward dropping the Mars moniker and debuting a new band. He previously released two solo EPs and is now moving in a new direction. With a melodic, pop driven sound, topped with harmonies…

Gerald Edward – Two Sides To Every Story

An artist puts many complex ingredients into designing their finished product. Sound mixes with visual and written accoutrements like the design of strong rope, with each strand wrapping tightly onto the next. As the saying goes, you are only as strong…

While the UFC has been cranking out more fight cards than ever, it’s been quite a while since we’ve had a great night of pay-per-view fights. Sure, we’ve been given The Ultimate Fighter: Live (which is a decent show even though the ratings continue to plummet), and the UFC…

At the forefront of the modern technical death metal movement stands Origin, a quartet who are among the most extreme and precise noise-makers on the planet. The band’s jaw-dropping chops and absurdly heavy compositions have surely discouraged just as many hopeful metal musicians as they have inspired, and they’ve…