Formed in 1997, The Blood Brothers is a multifaceted band that is constantly challenging themselves and reinventing their sound. Young Machetes, the band’s fifth full length, is no exception to the rule, as it embarks in yet another, unexplored direction. Shortly after the album’s release, singer Jordan Blilie took some time from his busy schedule […]
A Place to Belong
The Phoenix Theatre by day is a picture reminiscent of an after school daycare program. Inside the main auditorium kids are skateboarding on the multitude of wooden ramps set up against the walls. The lobby is filled with youth hanging out, and searching their pockets for change to buy candy or soda from the concession […]
RV
EXT. I-70 — AFTERNOON We see various images of the blank Kansas plains. Credits appear over action. CLINT Have you guys ever been with a black girl. CLINT Or guy? ERICA Not yet- We settle on the long interstate. Out of the heat waves of the dusty, hot asphalt a jalopy white and brown RV […]
Tsotsi: A Humanist Revolution
This year’s Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film , Tsotsi, marks a revolution for “third-world” filmmaking. It contradicts the usual standards to which such films are held. This memorable film, made and set in post-apartheid South Africa is proof of the growing accessibility of the film culture. Director Gavin Hood has produced a piece […]
Open Source Transparency — The End of FUD
Open Source Transparency: The End of FUD Dan Kusnetzky, EVP Marketing Strategy and Paul Sterne, CFO An Open-Xchange Position Paper This position paper will address the question, "Can the open source approach to software development promote transparency and remove FUD — fear, uncertainty, and doubt?" By requiring that the source code is freely available to […]