Jake's Take on Entertainment & Pop Culture
By: Jacob Elyachar Last December, I had the opportunity to correspond with personal trainer Drew Manning. When I contacted him, he just finished the fat stage of his journey and was in the early part of his weight loss journey. This morning on … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar After Friday’s artists took the Dancefestopia stage by storm, I had high expectations about Day Two of Kansas City’s high-energy music festival. When I arrived at Dancefestopia, I saw dozens of concertgoers with panda masks … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar Hundreds of concertgoers headed to the Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park in Downtown Kansas City to partake in the area’s first giant dance festival. Many different artists took to the Pitch main stage and delivered … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar Five years ago, Ashton Martin graduated from the University of Kansas; he began the journey to nightlife dominance. Under the wings of DJ B-Stee and DJ Archie, Ashton began to blossom as a DJ. Now, he is one of the … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar For the past couple of years, Matt Mullins has been at the top of his game. He created the Sideswipe Performance Team, an Xtreme Martial Arts group that have made appearances on 30 Seconds to Fame and participated on two … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar One of the strongest performers that appeared on the second season of The Voice was 51-year-old Kim Yarbrough. Since her Blind Audition, she captured the audience with her enchanting voice. But before she … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar One of the most highly anticipated music festivals taking place this summer is Dancefestopia. Located in Downtown Kansas City’s Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park, concertgoers will have the opportunity attend this two-day high … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar Star Wars celebrates its thirty-fifth anniversary today. This movie franchise changed everything in both the science fiction and fantasy genres in cinema. If Star Wars did not become successful, then any future franchises … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar Since the show’s humble beginnings back in 2002, American Idol’s season finales have always featured incredible surprise guests and astonishing parings between a contestant and a music legend. This blog post revisits some of … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar Welcome to a new edition of New Music Tuesday! This week, I will be looking at new albums from John Mayer, Haley Rinehart and Sara Bareilles. In addition to these albums, New Music Tuesday will also review and grade new … [Continue reading]
