Most horror flicks are meant to send a chill down your spine and keep you on the edge of your seat, not leave you wondering what color the walls of the theater were in the light. This remake of a J-horror film, "Shutter," made me do precisely that. The story line was fairly enticing.
Compassion, in my opinion, is different than having pity on someone. I think true compassion requires more than shedding a tear or two. It requires an action. It requires you to get off your couch and do something. Sometimes I get frustrated when I see the words "viewer discretion is advised" at the beginning of TV shows depicting the struggles of people in places like Darfur.
Vampire Weekend is not likely to be tried by 8,000 fans of Carrie Underwood. These guys use African beats, debate the merits of correct grammar and mention Cape Cod far more than Jesus driving the Car of Life through the only stoplight in Checotah, Okla. The band members met at Columbia University.
Say You Will is a five-man pop-punk band based out of Elizabethton and Johnson City that is beginning to find itself involved in a music scene much larger than just the Tri-Cities. The group recently won the Shoutfest battle of the bands held in Nashville by INO Records.