The Retrospective

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners resides virtually in my back yard and I’ve been meaning to write about them for a bit now. As one of the top independent ad shops in the country, they are responsible for excellent work they produce for clients such as Adobe, Comcast, and Hyundai. The two principles, Jeff Goodby and Rich [...]

Heron Preston is the kind of guy when you think that he’s sleeping on his game he’s really out there perfecting his hustle. He’d been keeping pretty secret on why he wasn’t updating his blog but now he’s letting us in on the secret as he invites us all to meet the Young and the [...]

Thursday night found Jason,  me and a gaggle of friends at Vegas BLVD in Hartford. My love of booty shaking beats can only be quenched there mainly because resident DJ Jefferey Perez spins (electro, disco, house, b-more) and from time to time I’ve dropped in. This Thursday people were exposed to the beginnings of Panther [...]

Yet another saving grace of living in downtown Hartford has to be Real  Art Ways. It has fought tooth and nail to bring art and culture to the hum drum of Hartford. Located pretty much in my back yard, it plays monthly to the “Creative Cocktail” party. New works are introduced at this festive gathering of [...]

One of the only places to go get your dance on if your brand of dance music includes artist like Daft Punk, Simian Mobile disco, or The Black Kids is Hartford’s first indie dance night Shag Frenzy. Organized by DJ’s, Strangler, Garage Flower, and Photographer Low Brow; the monthly event has always brought out righteous [...]

Trying to  do something radically different with the status quo in Hartford is no easy task. I mentioned in a post earlier this month how downtown Hartford is often, hands down, the lamest place for a young person to try and enjoy the nightlife. The reasons for this stem from the type of people you encounter; they can range [...]