Staind – A Review of The Band’s Self-Titled Album

We welcome back Tommy D, who was a founding member of this blog under the url of RyansRantsandTommy’sTirades.Wordpress.com. Two of his marquee posts were reviews of albums by Disturbed and Alter Bridge, so he comes back for another comprehensive album review. Tommy now runs a movie blog which you can visit at TommyDTalksMovies.com. Aaron Lewis and the rest of the Massachusetts-based … Continue reading

Randy Edsall: The Passion Maryland Needs

Last night (9/5/11) Miami and their new coach Al Golden visited College Park, MD to face the Terps in a nationally televised Labor Day matchup. The Labor Day ACC matchup brings back some great memories of my first college football game as a undergrad at Clemson, when FSU visited and fell just a score short … Continue reading

The Greatest Band of the Last 20 Years?

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are set release their tenth studio album this coming Tuesday, 17 years after their first album hit shelves back in 1984. To build hype, they’ve already made it available to stream on iTunes so you can listen, but not yet purchase. I’ll be sure to post an album review in … Continue reading

Rob Schwartzman of Rooney With An Update

Rooney is one of my favorite bands, but after listening to their most recent album, Eureka, to excess I put them on the shelf of a while. Recently two things have made me pop in the Rooney CD on the drive to class. 1) Album Art: their last album, Eureka, had some pretty impressive album … Continue reading

Blog Update: Custom Domain & New Blog Title

You may notice that the URL above is different, as I just purchased RyanKantor.com. If you go to the old URL (RyansRantsandTommysTirades.Wordpress.com) it’ll just redirect you here, so no harm done. Tommy has spun off his own blog about movies, so I thank him for helping me get started, and getting some traction on this … Continue reading