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Cole StrykerAbout Cole StrykerCole Stryker is an American freelance writer who covers music and multimedia for PopMatters. After getting his bachelor's in marketing, he shipped off to York, England, where he writes for a travel company and resides with his archeologist wife. Features![]() EventsDon't Forget Your Wellies: Glastonbury 2008[18.Jul.08] :. With only a flimsy $15 tent and wellington boots for protection, PopMatters’ Cole Stryker avoided Amy Winehouse’s punches, the mud, and John Mayer, at the annual global gathering that is the Glastonbury Festival. ![]() EventsThe Gaudí, the Bands, and the (Not So) Muddy[23.Jun.08] :. You know there's a music festival in the city when fedoras and scarves outnumber baseball caps and gold chains. ![]() MultimediaHeadshots 4 Jesus[8.Feb.08] :. In its quest to be seen as a legitimate way of life among a legion of detractors, the Christian Church has turned to alternative methods of getting its point across. ReviewsPopMatters Pick![]() MusicFleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes[2.Jun.08] :. The boys' voices rarely go where you'd expect, but upon even one play-through, you can't imagine them going anywhere else. ![]() MultimediaMario Kart Wii[14.May.08] :. Mario Kart Wii has reached critical mass levels of madcappery. ![]() MusicFoxglove Hunt: Stop Heartbeat[12.May.08] :. Ultimately a likeable, if unadventurous, record that manages to recapture what was so great about past pop songs: a keen sense of melody and an ironic sense of humor. ![]() MultimediaWorms: A Space Oddity[7.May.08] :. Worms: A Space Oddity's most crushing failure is the absence of the ninja rope. ![]() MusicClinic: Do It![10.Apr.08] :. I'm beginning to lose hope in the idea that Clinic have yet to unleash their opus. Music Lach: The Calm BeforeMusic The Dodos: VisiterMultimedia Bomberman LandMultimedia Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3Music Various Artists: Achtung! German GroovesMusic Beach House: DevotionPopMatters Pick![]() MusicFuture of the Left: Curses[14.Feb.08] :. Future of the Left inject a little adrenaline into our ears, a jarring wake up call from the sleepy sounds of today's indie rock landscape. Multimedia Resident Evil: Umbrella ChroniclesMultimedia Rayman Raving Rabbids 2Multimedia Mario Strikers ChargedMultimedia MySimsMultimedia Metroid Prime 3: Corruption |
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