For me, October 2nd 2017 feels a bit like “the day the music died”. Or at least a significant portion of it. My love affair with music began at an early age and has yet to abate. From tape trading to collecting cds, making mixe tapes to downloading gigabyte upon gigabyte of mp3s, hunting for rate bootlegs, and reading…

I recently had the opportunity to visit the former headquarters of the 42nd Division Artillery (DIVARTY) in in the small town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. This military unit has deactivated, but the building that served as its home remains. From the photographs you can see that much of the building was cleared…

I do not think it means what you think it means.

My work area has six or seven display cases filled with a mix of items that look as if they were either bought at a yard sale or found in a crackerjack box. There are also a bunch of sports related items that look like counterfeit stuff you would see sold out of the back of a U-Haul truck in less desirable…

One of the banks located in my area is Pawtucket Credit Union.

I'd say there's likely no place more metal to live than here.

Recently I've happened across some poor advertising decisions, and I thought this would be an agreeable place to share them. So, without further ado, here we go.

Have it your way. Unless your way is Monday. Or breakfast. Or a late dinner.

The 1980's saw the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) well on its way towards consolidating and nationalizing what had, for many decades, been a regional business. Though other promotions were still somewhat plentiful well beyond the 80s, WWF and its chief competitor, the NWA or National Wrestling Alliance were the two…

Use of smartphones has taken off over the last 5 years, so much so that they are as common as having a t.v. or a PC. Some companies provide smartphones for their employees and others participate in a bring your own device (BYOD) program, allowing employees to have a portion or all of their cell phone service…

So much has already been written about thrash metal and its rich history. We know the genre originated in the United States, and that California is generally considered its proper birthplace. We have also heard the story of the "Big 4" numerous times, and watched Metallica travel from biggest thrash band in the world…

Thomas Alva Edison, known as the wizard of Menlo Park, is often revered in North American school systems as one of America’s greatest inventors, though most are unaware of the measures he took to secure his place in history. In one famous example, Edison pushed direct current (DC) as the electrical standard and was…

Andre the Giant.The Iron Sheik. Shawn Michaels. Ricky “the Dragon” Steamboat. “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig. What do these men have in common? Among other things, they are but 5 of the individuals who make up the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame, which totals 113 inductees at this time. The WWE’s Hall of Fame…

UVB-76 is a radio transmitter currently located near Pskov, Russia. The transmitter operates at 4625 kHz, continually emitting a burst of buzzing tones. Periodically the station will transmit voice messages instead of the usual buzzing tones. This has gone on, almost uninterrupted, since sometime around the late 1970s…

In 1999 Iron Maiden announced their reconciliation with long absent guitar player Adrian Smith as well as their quintessential frontman, Bruce Dickinson. After a greatest hits tour in support of the just released Ed Hunter PC game to whet fan's appetites for new material, the band entered the studio with producer…

Howard Philip Lovecraft was an American author widely considered the godfather of the horror genre, and is best known for writing the Necronomicon and creating the Cthtulhu Mythos. As with many authors, he did not receive great recognition and accolades until after his passing. Lovecraft is also notable for being a…

I was saddened to learn of Slayer guitarist/songwriter Jeff Hanneman's passing earlier this morning. I have been a fan of Slayer's music for a very long time, and have had the good fortune to see the band live on a number of occasions. Jeff Hanneman wrote the majority of Slayer songs I count among my favorites, and…

Not Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Randy Rhoads, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Jimmy Page, Pete Townsend, Brian May, Keith Richards, Marty Friedman, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chuck Berry or anybody else you can think of.

These are pictures of what is left of the Orleans Manufacturing Company, gone almost 130 years now, and located in Rehoboth, Massachusetts a small town located roughly 10 miles from Providence, RI.