For the launch of our new site, we asked our primary contributors and a few other folks that we love to list the three best books that they read this year. Jordan Green, Editor 1. Soldier of a Great War by Mark Helprin – A pristine novel that tells the story of a professor of aesthetics who is...

It may difficult to believe, but I used to write these top ten lists every year for my friends, and I would send it out via email with great pomp and circumstance, and only my friends John and Steve would care in the least. Bless their little hearts. Anyway, I love the end of the year, when I’m...

1. Left Behind by Tim LaHaye/Jerry B. Jenkins 2. Tribulation Force by Tim LaHaye/Jerry B. Jenkins 3. Nicolae by Tim LaHaye/Jerry B. Jenkins 4. Soul Harvest by Tim LaHaye/Jerry B. Jenkins 5. Apollyon by Tim LaHaye/Jerry B. Jenkins 6. Assassins by Tim LaHaye/Jerry B. Jenkins 7. The Indwelling by Tim LaHaye/Jerry...

The Top 5 Albums of 2005 1. Doves: Some Cities (Capitol) This group didn’t get any attention this year by the critics and the writers because they weren’t trying to sound like either a Southern U.S. rock band or Gang of Four. Instead, they hearken back to the elegiac days of early ’90s...

With the pomp of Christmas and New Year’s once again fading to the background, Valentine’s Day is the next big commercial holiday upon which our economy will focus its endeavors. Fans of independent music might notice that gloomy rock shares the stage with romance in a very intriguing way....