Another great magazine my dad has subscribed for me is “Smithsonian” and naturally is published by the Smithsonian Institute. To be honest, I get it every month and most of the time do not get to reading the entire thing. i.e The issue on Egypt I saved to read before my trip…well I’ve been back [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Smithsonian: 28 Places to see Before You Die
Posted in Travel, tagged Egypt, Smithsonian, Travel on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I Reserve the Right to Change my Mind
Posted in Music, tagged Festival, Music, San Francisco, TV on the Radio on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the weekend, I did head to San Francisco for the Treasure Island Music Festival. I will be posting a complete review of the entire festival but for now…..this is all about one band which completely surprised me.
To be honest, I was not a fan of this band before this past weekend. I have many, [...]
Time to find the Treasure
Posted in Music, tagged Festival, Going Green, Music, San Francisco, Tegan and Sara, Travel on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I am off to San Francisco to the Treasure Island Music Festival and I cannot be more excited. I’ve never been before and it’s more than just music. They have artists, great interesting shopping areas, and actual treasure hunts. Plus the festival is completely green with zero-emission shuttle buses, biodeisel generators, recycling, and [...]
Tegan and Sara: Another Reason to Defect to Canada
Posted in Music, tagged Artists, Music, Tegan and Sara, Video on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Twins: Yes
Canadian: Yes
Most intelligent song writers I’ve heard in a long time: Yes!!!!!
I love pop music. I confess that, yes I have heard a Britney song on the radio and jammed out, but when conflicted, upset, looking for answers do I turn to Britney? Oh good Lord no.
A few months ago, I met a potential “someone” [...]
Readers Digest….yes, the magazine
Posted in Reading, tagged Books, Coupons, Deals, Free, Magazine, Quotes on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now I realize this is a magazine normally read by our parents or in doctor’s visiting rooms but my dad gifted me a subscription and sometimes I find the most interesting articles. For instance the info I’m going to share with you.
The October Issue is devoted to getting great deals on anything. The piece begins [...]
Musical Love
Posted in Uncategorized on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I really hope you aren’t those kinds of kids who only listen to KIIS FM.
Take a journey with me for one minute. To a far away land. To the Balkans…
Straight out of New York they have a sound as if they were born on the farm in the former Yugoslavia. The [...]
J’s Hotness
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
That’s the Stuff…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, Culture, Film, Music on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s me, Jessi. It’s my turn to write in the blog and welcome everybody.
For the most part, I agree with Koop about what this blog is all about. My goal, our goal, is to expand our minds with Art, Culture, Music, Film and whatever else peaks our interests. That being said, we also want to [...]
Welcome to Against the Grain!
Posted in welcome, tagged art, creative, education, environment, inventors, literature, Musicians, Tegan and Sara, welcome on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We decided to start this blog because we were bored which yes, sounds a tiny bit lame. The truth is we met while working in television and while we are eternally grateful to be working neither of us is particularly huge fans of the content we produce. In order to keep our creative minds relevant we decided [...]
