After years of being a nomadic National Hockey League (NHL) team, the Islanders have finally found their home: UBS Arena. This $1.1 billion venue is the long-awaited ice rink for the Islanders. They periodically moved from the Coliseum to the Barclays Center and back to the Coliseum. Finally, they have a place to call home…
Month: December 2021
No Choice
The new Tame Impala song, “No Choice,” dropped between 9:30AM and 10:00AM with no indication beyond Apple Music metadata. It is a B-side from the album The Slow Rush, which came out in February 2020, before the COVID-19 Pandemic paused the entire music industry along with the rest of the world. The song features experimental…
Omicron
You’ve heard of the Delta Variant, but have you heard of the Omicron? That’s right, Covid-19 has a new strand and it’s coming in guns blazing. First identified in Botswana and South Africa, the Omicron variant is causing unusually high numbers of mutations that could potentially make the Covid-19 virus more transferable and less likely…
COVID-19 Cases Back on the Rise on Long Island
On Long Island, it has seemed as if we have reached the rear end of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Restaurants opened back up and can be entered without masks, sports games and concerts can be attended without masks, and measures to prevent the spread of the virus have been loosened significantly. The opening of UBS Arena…