Entertainment Reviews
Eddie Izzard: Stripped
Eddie Izzard is well known in the US for his role on the hit FX series, THE RICHES; but his earlier work includes many stand-up routines, such as GLORIOUS and DRESSED TO KILL (my personal favorite!), that have won him fans and world wide fame. An Eddie Izzard performance …
Spokane Pride Festival
The Spokane Pride Festival occurs each year in June. In recent years they have changed the parade route to run through the downtown corridor ending in Riverfront Park which makes it fun and easy for people to get involved.
I enjoy that the events are always very child friendly. …
Iowa State Fair
I love the Iowa State Fair! I am from central Missouri and this is the 4th time I’ve made the 4-1/2 hour drive up for the Iowa State Fair. I always go for a concert and to meet up with friends, but I love the fair, itself! Their corn …
Icon Night Club Springfield MO
I frequent Icon Night club because I love to dance. There are several dance clubs in Springfield, and this one ranks right up near the top. I like to go on Thursday nights, because that is their busiest night. When I go out dancing I want there to be …
The Coach Bar
One night a few friends invited my husband and I to a local bar called the coach. We don’t get out much and decided to get a sitter. It had been a while since we had been to a bar. I never heard of this place, but decided to …
Tohoshinki Best Selections Album 2010
So maybe many of you out there has heard of the Korean boy-band, DBSK (or TVXQ, Dong Bang Shin Ki, Tohoshinki, Rising Gods of the East). They’re very popular throughout Asia and other countries. Sadly, because of some controversies with their company, SM Entertainment, they have temporarily dis-banded. Being …
Sky Bar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
My cousin and I went to Kuala Lumpur early this year. We were looking for a good bar to go to on Saturday night. We surfed for bars online and came across the Sky Bar, which was voted Best Malaysian Bar by the Malaysian Tattler. That …
RENT: A Rock Opera by Jonathan Larson
Having just officially begun it’s eleventh “season of love” on Broadway, RENT remains just as energetic and potent as it did when it first was introduced over ten years ago.
RENT, a “rock-opera” written by the late composer/lyricist Jonathan Larson, tells the story of a small group of young artists …
Netherworld Haunted House (Atlanta, GA)
I have to admit that while I am a huge fan of Halloween, I have not really been a fan of haunted houses. I will say that I have a fascination with haunted houses that is, the ones created with actors and props and the whole nine. …
The Sisters of Mercy at the Worcester Palladium
Saturday November 1, 2008 the Palladium in Worcester, MA was the venue for the Sisters of Mercy concert. The band’s history spanning over 20 year and three studio albums delivered the dark rock beats and charismatic vocals that I was hoping they would. Although the Worcester Palladium and their …
Celebrity Apprentice - Finale 5/10/09
The finale of Celebrity Apprentice filled three long hours on the NBC calendar on May 10. I’m not sure if the hype was worth it or not. It was a face off between Joan Rivers and Annie Duke, the two most vocal players in the game. …
2010 Race into Summer
This past weekend was Memorial Day Weekend. Unlike a lot of people, we don’t go anywhere special over the holiday. But, that doesn’t mean we didn’t manage to have some family fun this weekend.
Sunday was the annual Race into Summer event. My wife and I have been attending it …
Orlando FL Disney World
Where can you take your family at ten in the morning and have to drag them away over twelve hours later? Try Disney World near Orlando, Florida. This last July, part of our family, including a five year old, six year old, three thirty-something’s and two fifty-something’s, …
Summer in the City
I’m usually a pretty tolerant person when it comes to things and don’t get angry very often. But, I have to say I’m pretty ticked off right now at this Summer in the City event they held at Swan Park here in Beaver Dam tonight. And, this is because …
Knottsberry Farm
My family and I went to Knottsberry Farm this past May 2009. I didn’t know what to expect and was really surprised and what a great place Knottsberry Farms is. I really recommend it if you have young children.
First, it wasn’t nearly as crowded as other amusement …
Six Flags over Georgia
Six Flags over Georgia to me is a very fun, exciting place to visit and I can spend hours there having fun. I have been there several times over the years and am never disappointed.
Six Flags over Georgia is one of the prettiest amusement …
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium: Tacoma, Washington
This zoo is an extremely good zoo to visit, especially in the summer months. I volunteer at this zoo in the summer and they have exceptional educational opportunities for kids and adults alike. They have interpreters outside a lot of the exhibits, standing there to answer your questions, provide …
Tamia live stage performance
Since my all time favorite female vocal artist in the soft rhythm and blues genre is Tamia, there was no way possible that I would miss the opportunity to see her perform live on stage when she came to South Africa.
I was so taken away by her performance when …
Natchez PowWow
The PowWow is a cool place to go. My family goes to this event every year. It’s a Native American Indian traditional festival. It has lots of food & shopping booths, filled with tee-shirts beaded projects and weapons. You can also buy music and toys. Native Americans from all …
Disneyland theme park CA
Disneyland is a well known place for a lot of people already. The location is at 1313 S Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA -and the phone number is (714) 781-4000.
You probably feel confident about this place. It’s pure fun for you and your kids. It’s a romantic place for …
NASCAR: 2009 Pocono 500 Race
The June Pocono 500 race had the privilege of being the first NASCAR regular season event to feature double file restarts. NASCAR had just made the rule change, and it did indeed add to the excitement of the race. There’s still a lot to be worked out, …
Past Life TV show
In the Spring of 2010 Fox debuted a new TV show called Past Life. Past Life is a crime show that’s very unique because the premise is based around the idea of past lives and reincarnation. The detectives that work on each cases uses the past life memories of …
The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show, Vol. 2: The Greatest Entertainers
This VHS tape suffers from the same problem that practically ruined “The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show - Unforgettable Performances”. The problem I’m referring to is the choppy editing. None of the musical or comedy acts are shown from beginning to end. Now some of the performances …
RadioNigel
RagioNigel online radio station is the best 80’s pop music station around. This is the station that used to be called “Dayglo radio” and is run by the same DJ. Find it at www.radionigel.com
I like that they play a wide variety of music from the 80s …
Storybook Land amusement park
Storybook Land is an amusement park designed for young children. I’ve been taking my kids there for the past couple of years and they love it. The theme is fairytales with rides and structures/animatronics that relate to all sorts of classic fairy tales from Hickory Dickory Doc, to Alice …
DZMM’s Dr. Love
I don’t really enjoy listening to am radio stations. It was really not my kind of thing, but I always hear my mom laughing and well enjoying herself listening to a certain am radio station at night. It turned out that she is listening to a certain program on …
Ripley’s 4D moving theatre
Just recently (Not even a week ago), my fiancee and I went to Nigara Falls and stopped at Ripley’s 4D moving theatre. I’ve been to this theatre before, and had an “ok” time.
But not this time. They were playing two shows. Each is 10 minutes long and you pay …
Coral Island, Blackpool Promenade, Blackpoool, UK
Some migh say a visit to Blackpool is not a visit unless you visit Coral Island!#
Coral island is a large amusements arcade situated on the promenade just a few minutes walk from central pier, an ideal location and an ideal place to spend a few hours having fun.
I have …
V - The Ultimate Variety Show, Las Vegas
On my first (and so far, only) trip to Las Vegas 3 months ago, we had the budget to see a single show, and were pretty torn on which it would be. Our initial choice, Stomp, was no longer performing in the area, so it was not an option. …
Six Flags Over Texas
We have a Six Flags amusement park here in Maryland and when we were in Arlington, TX last year, all the kids wanted to go to the Six Flags over Texas to see if there was a lot of difference.
When we entered the park the admission was very similar …
Buffs Club Mount Isa
I would have to say that the “Buffs Club” was the best entertainment venue in Mount Isa, Queensland. I loved the gaming area that they had. It had a large selection of poker machines and hyperlink jackpot features such as trains and Harly Davidson feature. One time I one …
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum
Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum is located in San Antonio next to the Plaza Wax Museum and across from the Alamo. It’s a ton of fun! It has all kinds of creepy, strange, odd and weird facts, artifacts, statues and oddities all throughout the museum. From shrunken heads …
Cypress Gardens Theme Park
It’s funny how the memories of a particular place you have visited or an event you attended can just come flooding back into your memory even after years since you have even thought about them. One such memory occurred to me when I thought of places I would like …
Chewbacca Mini-Bust
I picked up this little item recently with a boxed set for the graphic novel Clone Wars Volume 1. The Chewbacca Mini-Bust is, well, a miniature bust featuring everyone’s favorite wookiee, Chewbacca. They do mean mini, it is only about 2 inches tall, or so. It …
Larry’s Landing, for entertainment on St. John
Larry’s Landing is a bar in St. John that doesn’t serve food, but it’s much more than merely a bar. Going to Larry’s Landing is definitely an experience. Although Larry’s has moved from its original location in Wharfside Village, it was a short move right across the …
Keansburg, NJ Amusement Park
Keansburg. A city in Northern New Jersey, devastated by the superstorm Sandy. I had never heard about this place up until a week ago, when my sister invited me for a road trip up there, after purchasing a GROUPON for wristbands that gave us unlimited ride access.
Keansburg itself is …
Mothercare sale and exhibition Singapore Expo
I went for mothercare sale cum exhibition show at Singapore Expo last weekend. I had higher expectations when I went for the show, but I was disappointed. There was pretty much everything for the baby at the show but there was nothing worth for …
Zouk Night Club Singapore
Zouk is a really popular place in Singapore. All night-clubers know this place and they would kill to enter this place at Saturday night. Literally.
The first time and maybe it would be the last time I went there was a big mistake. I went there on Saturday night …
Hot August Nights In Reno Nevada
Hot August Nights in Reno, Nevada is one of the most exciting events of the year. This is time when car collectors of all kind come from all parts of the country.
It is a classic car show with hundreds of restored car become the focal point of the event. …
F1 in Fuji, Japan
I caught F1 race in Fuji, Japan on TV. This is actually for the Grand Prix and it was a very entertaining watch. My whole family was on a vacation mode on that day and we amused ourselves by watching this race.
It was a super fun watch and …
Six Flags Magic Mountain
I went to Magic Mountain for one day. It was so fun my friends and I stayed for 6 hours. It is not that busy if you go before the schools get out, the longest line I waited in was 30 minutes for one of the more popular rides.
Of …
Club Blu in Worcester MA
Club Blu is without the doubt, the best gay club in central Massachusetts. This place maybe a gay club but the crowds are diverse. All racists, ages and gay and lesbians and some straight people flock to this place and for a good reason to! I am crazy about …
Greek Festival at Saint Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church
I love attending the Greek Festival at Saint Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church here in Bellingham, WA. The festival is held in the parking lot behind the church. While there one gets the opportunity to watch Greek dancers performing native Greek dances. Greek music plays constantly. I always go away …
Hustler Club Manhattan New York City
Strip Clubs are no longer dark and dirty clubs on the outskirts of your town or city. They have become places where business men have meetings during the week while entertaining clients and places for young people to hang out at on the weekends.
The Hustler Club in New York …
Magic Kingdom Orlando FL
All you life you hear about how great Disney is, It is every kids biggest wish : To go to Disney World! I just recently took my first trip to Disney, at the age of 26, to the Magic Kingdom Theme park. Overall I had an enjoyable time, and …
Jay Leno
Jay Leno is a very funny guy. What can I say. I really love his jokes and his funny chin. This guy is one of the funniest guys on TV. I think his jokes are really good and clever. Jay Leno also has a very nice personality that I admire. …
Walt Disney World
The most magically place in the World is Walt Disney World. No matter you age Walt Disney World has the perfect entertainment for you. Mickey Mouse will bring out the kid in everyone whether you 1 or 101 the magic in Disney World will excite you. …
|