People didn’t just start ghost hunting, though from watching TV it seems like they have thrown themselves into it with particularly maniacal gusto over the last several years. A noteworthy, even altruistic aspect of Ghost Adventures‘ Zak Bagans’ new Travel Channel show, Paranormal Challenge, is the spotlight it shines on workaday investigation teams out there beating the paranormal bushes, alone...
Where to See Ghosts When You Go to See Ghost: The Musical
Supernatural romance comes to the London stage this week when Ghost: The Musical – adapted from the Oscar®-winning Paramount Pictures film Ghost – starts its West End run at the Piccadilly Theatre. As the show will no doubt put you in the mood for a spot of ghost-hunting, here are some handy hints for what to watch out for when...
Kate Joins the Princess Posse
Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is also Princess William of Wales, and her new crowd is the Princess Posse, a group of commoners who married heirs to thrones. Luckily, there’s not a ‘mean girl’ in the bunch. These young princesses in Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, and the Netherlands have done well as dignified wives and fecund mothers. Each faced challenges...
Prince William and Kate Middleton: Undercover Royal Ghostbusters
Don’t tell anyone but I think I may be on to something. I have a sneaking suspicion that Prince William and Kate Middleton are secretly hunting ghosts on behalf of the British Monarchy. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (as they are now officially known) are to move into refurbished apartments inside Kensington Palace and — as with so many...
Pink Floyd’s The Wall – Expanded, Remastered, Still Revealing
With the upcoming expansions of The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973), and Wish You Were Here (1975) on near horizons, and the exciting revelation that the long completed Wish You Were Here Guthrie-mixed SACD is finally being made available, it’s only fair to continue our Pink Floyd expansion wishes with The Wall, originally released in 1979. (Ok guys, where...
The Phantom Pirate of Execution Dock
With Captain Jack Sparrow entertaining cinema audiences in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, I thought I’d take a trip to east London on the trail of another pirate – this one of the supernatural variety. The waterfront neighbourhood of Wapping, to the east of the City of London, has changed enormously over the last few centuries. Once, this...
Kim Kardashian’s Nuptials Will Be Bigger Than The Royal Wedding
Just days after Kim Kardashian received a 20.5-carat engagement ring from her NBA star boyfriend, Kris Humphries, the wedding chatter has begun in a big way. A royally big way, in fact, as Kim has not minced words about wanting her nuptials to contend with William and Kate’s royal wedding which, incidentally, I sat up until 4am to watch with...
Hands Off Queen Elizabeth!
The Americans are coming! What will they do to Queen Elizabeth this time? When the Obamas met The Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2009, the historically significant aspects of the encounter were lost. Instead of focusing on the differences between the new President and the old one (the new one being young, African-American, and conspicuously intelligent), the press went bananas...
Celebrity Causes: Elisa Donovan for Web Wise Kids
For years I have been talking to teenagers about personal health issues driven by peer pressure, self-esteem, and bullying. Web Wise Kids, an organization that focuses on educating kids about online safety, provides another opportunity for me to help encourage kids in a positive way. Web Wise Kids (WWK) is a national non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting a culture of...
Greg Graffin PhD and Smart Rock Stars
Is there a doctor in the house? Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin, who earned his PhD in zoology in 2007 from Cornell University, is eschewing the road during the week to teach evolution at his old alma mater this fall, in what is the first of three courses he’s helping to develop for the Ivy League school. For the past few...