Arts & Style

Heavy Rebel Weekender

Jul 3rd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Local Scene, Music, Photogallery

ThisĀ  weekend is the annual Heavy Rebel Weekender here in Winston-Salem. While the main focus is showcasing the various bands that are on stage from Friday night to Sunday night, for me it is the cars that are as much of the event as anything else. Saturday from 9am-4pm, cars from custom jobs, classic vehicles, [...]



Beijing Olympics

Jun 10th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Bejing Olympics 2008, Television

Just nine weeks to go before the commencement of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing China. This Olympics may prove to be somewhat controversial on many fronts whether it be the fact that China is not a free society, the issue of its government and its policies in particular Tibet, and finally the issue [...]



One reason to switch to Blu-Ray

Jun 3rd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Music

While I still not have the leap to go to High Definition for video even though my television is quite capable of handling it, there may be other reasons to consider Blu-Ray.
One reason to switch to Blu-Ray is its ability to handle high definition music. It is no secret that MP3′a, iTunes downloads even many [...]



Fedex Kinkos is changing their name…

Jun 2nd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Television

to Fedex Office. From my experience with the business, it is actually quite good in getting copies taken care of along with other parcel needs. But for me, Fedex Kinkos will always be associated with one of the all favorites of commercials for me.



I Crave free music

May 20th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Music

When Salon.com dropped its daily download feature last year, I was really bummed out by it. It was an incredibly good source of new music and from it I learned about such acts like New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party and so on. The tracks they offered were not throwaways either but solid pieces that [...]



The latest Dark Knight poster

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Commentary, Film

Notes:
July 18th ,baby!



Tuesday Ramblings

Apr 14th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Hockey, Home Life, Sports, Television

I think this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live was perhaps the strongest show of the season. Some really great sketches like the opening sketch of the senators and General Petraeus, the Activa Yougurt, The Cougars Show were just plain funny. Perhaps Ashton Kusher should host some more shows in the future. At least he seems [...]



Wednesday Ramblings

Apr 2nd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Film, USA Elections 2008

I think it is a bit surprising that the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament are all number one seeds. First time ever. If you had picked them for your bracket that would have been very conservative but given past tournament years not something that would have been expected. Perhaps a 2nd or 4th seed [...]