My favorite shows are Rockers (banging Reggae weekdays 7-10pm), 88.9@Night (real, commercial-free hip-hop and 10pm-2am) and The Secret Spot (classic soul, R&B and slow jams Saturdays and Sundays 8pm-midnight). Although we all have our iPods its great to hear new, independent music you would never hear on the mainstream radio stations. Variety is essential! And if you’re not in the car, they stream LIVE online, too. Check it out, you won’t be disappointed.

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-Lori

With the goal of decreasing childhood obesity, promoting creativity and expression through dance and increasing self-esteem, Amiya and her company have become a source of inspiration for parents and kids alike. This kid is definitely not your typical road-side lemonade hustler.

In the indie clothing/accessory/streetwear scene, a new brand pops up every other day.  You can’t go on Twitter, Facebook or various chat forums without hearing someone brag about how many celebrities wear their threads or how many orders they have to ship the next day.  Its wonderful to read stories about successful business ventures but, let’s be honest, the majority of these posts are highly exaggerated and usually come from those with inflated egos.  Its one thing to be proud of success and to share it with friends, customers and fellow entrepreneurs, but I find real honesty is lacking with a good number of brands and artists nowadays.  If you sold 50 copies of your debut album at a show, be proud of that, but don’t straight up lie and claim you sold 500.  If you received a few orders for tee shirts over the weekend, that’s awesome!  But don’t hype up your brand to be something it isn’t (yet!)  What I’m trying to say is be proud of what you’ve accomplished but try and avoid the pitfalls of bravado.

With CAVATA, I wanted to create a brand that people can feel good about wearing and also supports a good cause.  We’ve been lucky enough to have artists like Lady Sovereign wear our apparel but we’re far more interested in promoting the local artists we support and our loyal customers who have helped us make this brand into what it is today.  If I could give only one piece of advice it would be to always keep things positive by being honest and true to what you/your brand stands for.  That’s it.  The End. 

-Lori

1.) De La Soul- “Oooh”

2.) Esperanza Spalding- “Precious”

3.) Tom Cochrane- “Life is a Highway”

4.) Jill Scott- “A Long Walk”

5.) Geto Boyz- “Damn it Feels Good To Be a Gangsta”

6.) Paramore- “All I Wanted”

7.) Blackalicious- “Make You Feel That Way”

8.) No Doubt- “Spiderwebs”

9.) Ratatat- “Loud Pipes”

10.) Ma’ayan Castel “Now I Don’t”

No video but definitely check her out here http://www.ourstage.com/t/GMVURFMJDZKW

-Lori

And let’s not overlook the fact that Freddy is unrecognizeable.  I compare the new Freddy to Johnny Depp’s interpretation of Willy Wonka; when someone has already portrayed a character to perfection you have to find a different interpretation in order for a remake to have its own identity.  I’m okay with the fact that he didn’t look exactly the same in the 2010 version but this new Freddy looked far too much like a realistic burn victim which, for me, didn’t work.  However, the horror genre today focuses on killers that are far less “goofy” than the original ‘84 Freddy so I can see why they wanted to give the character a unique twist rather than try to emulate such an distinctive slasher icon.  Still, Freddy wasn’t just a burn victim, he was a supernatural psycho killer and the realism of his face conflicted with his character.

Still, even with a new take on Freddy, this movie did nothing for me.  I feel like the writers and director took advantage of the fact that we all know the character of Freddy Krueger and used it as an excuse to avoid any character development.  There were a few redeeming scenes but, for the most part, it was utterly predictable and unimaginative.  The only people who will be truly scared and entertained by this flick are the kids who were too young to see the original (hey, even I grew up with the original and it came out a year before I was born!) 


Overall, I give this flick 2/5 stars.  What a shame.  Robert Englund should be thankful he wasn’t a part of this. 


Sweet dreams!



-Lori

“My name is Craig, I did drugs once, I have team spirit, so check me out!”

“Sometimes when I get nervous I stick my fingers under my arms and then I smell them like this….SUPERSTAR!”

“Mr. Bojangles is really a girl!  Mr. Bojangles is really a girl!”

“Suck it, Trebek!”

“You are a deliiiiight…scrumtrulescent”

So, there you have it. These are some of my favorite SNL characters but, of course, this is just the tip of the comedic iceberg. What cast members, sketches, characters, digital shorts are your favorites? Hit me up on Twitter or Facebook and let’s discuss before I get all v’klempt! We’ll talk about dogs, coffe and daughters…no big whoop.