Blast has been under the knife lately, and the facelift is coming along nicely. The navigation is more conducive to all screen resolutions, and our dynamic archives system kicked off in mid-March, powered by WordPress. We designed the hell out of Blast as our editorial and creative staff continually try to provide that perfect magazine [...]
Grateful for the Dead
April 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
For David Dodd, the legacy of the Grateful Dead falls somewhere between baseball and the Bible. That’s why Dodd, the city librarian for the San Rafael Public Library in California, has dedicated more than 20 years to annotating the legendary rock band’s extensive catalogue of song lyrics. "I sort of got the idea from other [...]
The Secret
April 1, 2007 1 Comment
"The Secret" is Out. Melbourne native, Drew Heriot, flew to Los Angeles in 2005 to begin work on “The Secret,” a documentary revealing one the greatest and most sought-after mysteries in the known universe. At least that’s what the first five minutes of his film reveal. The hidden idea that the documentary discusses is a [...]
Electronic Frontier Foundatation
April 1, 2007 3 Comments
In this age of technological devices and digital lives, there is little escape from dealing with the problems of the real world, even online. Whether it involves identity theft, government regulations or espionage, digital consumers need to know how to defend their rights. For this reason, advocacy groups like The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) exist. [...]
Academy Award winner, Martin Scorsese
April 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
In the weeks preceding Oscar night, Hollywood insiders and film buffs around the globe buzzed in hushed tones about 2007 being "Marty’s year–almost as if making an outright prediction could jinx Martin Scorsese from winning the coveted Best Director statuette that had eluded him so many times. As the show drew nearer, however, the buzz [...]
Rogue Galaxy
April 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
The newest Japanese style role playing game, Rogue Galaxy is sitting on the backs of the great RPG companies. They took the best idea’s of other games and incorporated them here. The fighting style resembles Dot Hack, with the isolated fighting in bubbles. When wondering around you just wonder into a group of enemy’s and [...]
No shield for Josh Wolf
April 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
March 10 marked the 200th day that freelance journalist Josh Wolf has been in prison for refusing to comply with a Grand Jury subpoena asking him to turn over an unedited version of July 8, 2005 video footage of a protest in San Francisco. It also requested his testimony regarding the event. Wolf was initially [...]
