Pick-a-Poem: “Set Theory”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, blog readers, to another Pick-a-Poem post, this time presented in our sleek new layout. I hope that your week has been going well so far. It’s time for your weekly...
View ArticleColors of Noise: Rihanna’s “ANTI”
http://apple.co/1KeYXGw “I got to do things my own way darling,” Rihanna sings on “Consideration,” the opening track to her highly anticipated eighth studio album, ANTI. Actually, to say the album was...
View ArticleBasement Dwelling: “Is The Is Are” by DIIV
http://bit.ly/20mJE0N Heroin. For such a horrible substance, a lot of great art has been influenced by it. The Velvet Underground wrote a song about it (“Heroin”). The Flaming Lips made their best...
View ArticleMeet the Editors: Carrera Powell
Carrera Powell Oh, Friday. How magnificent a day you are. Marking the beginning of a well-deserved weekend, book-ending probably what was a stressful set of weekdays. Today, of course, we have for you...
View ArticleCapperino’s Romantic Inquiries: America’s Little Girl Grows Up
Go Set a Watchman: How does the sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird make America feel? http://bit.ly/1fwdgZF Upon opening Go Set a Watchman, I didn’t know what it could be about other than racism. Jean...
View ArticleRemake Retake: “The Evil Dead” (1981) vs. “Evil Dead” (2013)
As a society, we like feeling comfortable; we don’t like to stray from what we know. That is likely why so many film remakes continue to be produced, instead of brand new stories being concocted. In my...
View ArticleWriting Advice: The End
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com This year, one of my New Year’s resolutions was to write five days a week. So far, that resolution is going pretty well. Although there have been a few nights when the...
View ArticleJet Fuel Jukebox for 2/16/16
Hope everyone’s having a fantastic Tuesday! Well, get ready for it to be even better because Jake and I have yet again come up with a fantastic 20-song playlist for your listening pleasure. This was...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: “Scullers at Dawn”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, blog readers, to another installment of our weekly Pick-a-Poem feature. Each week, we highlight a new poem here for your enjoyment (we hope). Who knows? Maybe you’ll...
View ArticleThis Pool Is Pretty Shallow: A Review of “Deadpool”
http://fox.co/1EfH2M7 I want to preface this review by saying that Deadpool is a film I wasn’t looking forward to. I’m not a big fan of Ryan Reynolds, the titular character, or his source material, and...
View ArticleJet Fuel Jukebox for 2/23/16
Woo! It’s Tuesday! You know what that means! And if you don’t, well, where have you been? Of course we have another edition of Jet Fuel Jukebox, our weekly 20-song playlist curated by Jake Johnson and...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: “Daily Bread”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, dear blog readers, to another weekly Pick-a-Poem post. Each Wednesday, we feature a new poem for you to read and discover. Hopefully you’ll find a new poet, or at...
View ArticleColors of Noise: Kanye West’s “The Life of Pablo”
http://bit.ly/1p6KWS5 It’s been a very long road getting here, but the destination has finally been reached — sort of. After years of teasing, Kanye West’s seventh album, The Life of Pablo, has finally...
View ArticleInfinite Canvas Podcast 2/24/16
Hey, everyone! Blog editor Michael Lane here. Today is an exciting day for the blog, at least in my eyes. Fellow blogger Dan Fiorio and I are both big fans of comics, and we’ve been kicking around the...
View ArticleMeet the Editors: Haley Renison
Haley Renison Happy Friday, readers! Today marks the first day of Spring Break for us at Lewis University (super early, I know), but we here at the Jet Fuel Review Blog don’t take breaks! Of course, we...
View ArticleWriting Advice: Moving On
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about first drafts and how you should always remember that they are simply step one in a process. After all, they are called first drafts,...
View ArticleJet Fuel Jukebox for 3/1/16
It’s Spring Break for us here at the Jet Fuel Review, but you know that won’t stop us from creating another great playlist for you! There’s no particular theme for this week’s playlist. Instead, it’s...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: Alison Prine
http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, blog readers, to another installment of our Pick-a-Poem weekly feature. Each Wednesday, we feature a new poem here for you to read and, hopefully, enjoy. All of these...
View ArticleTerribly Terrific: A Review of “The Witch”
http://bit.ly/1QJJb3e We are only two months into 2016, and while we have another ten to go, I am ready to say that we’ve already been presented with what will likely be the best horror film of the...
View ArticleInfinite Canvas Podcast 3/2/16
We’re back with the second episode of our new podcast about comic books, Infinite Canvas. For our main feature this episode, we dig deep into our absolute favorite comics being released today. We also...
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