Submission Red’s new project, Untamed Ones (release date October 22), surprised me in a good way. Their sound reminds me of Evanescence—but without the pervading darkness. Hooray! They’re new to me, and I enjoyed most of the tracks on Untamed Ones. “24 (I Want More of You)” was the...
E.M. Kokie’s &...
posted by Alice Loweecey
Personal Effects E.M. Kokie Candlewick This book will break your heart. More than once. It will make you angry. It will make you smile. It will make your throat close up in the way throats do when you’re about to cry but have to hold it in, because you need to finish this chapter you just...
Chernobyl Diaries
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Five people touring Europe. One older brother with a history of “cool” ideas that backfire. A quick tour of Chernobyl. What could possibly go wrong? I’ll wait while you enumerate the possibilities. Chernobyl Diaries Warner Bros. Pictures Chernobyl Diaries starts out well. We’re introduced to college-grad aged friends hitting the high points of a foreign tour: London, Rome, the Danube, etc. They wind up in Kiev where the older brother of one of the friends lives. He’s going to take them to Moscow. Except he’s not. He soft-sells them into “extreme touring”—his new friend Uri is going to take them to Pripyat, the city abandoned...