By every marker of band mortality, Toadies should be deader than a pet rock. Runaway hit single from a debut album? Check. Overwhelming pressure to repeat the success? Check. Seven years between albums? Check. Eventual break-up? Check. Guitar player Clark Vogeler, for one, saw little if any future for Toadies once they disbanded in 2001 [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
