By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com This band is on fire! Girl on Fire is a hot alternative rock band based out of Seattle. Since their start in 2009, bandmates Austin Held, Nick McMahan, Nicholas Wiggins, Josh Mouser and Harry McDonald, have elevated their sound to perfection. Since the release of their debut album, Not Broken, the […]
Jake’s Take’s On…The JCC Tragedy
April 15, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com As many of you know, countless news outlets reported that a lone gunman opened fire upon both the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City (JCC) and the Village Shalom retirement home in my hometown of Overland Park, KS. According to multiple sources at NBC News, USA Today and Yahoo News, […]
Jake’s Top Five: The Best Dolly Parton Duets
April 13, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com I am very excited to announce that Dolly Parton will be visiting Jake’s Take and my column on Examiner.com soon! In honor of Ms. Parton’s visit, I am presenting a new segment called Jake’s Top Five! This edition honors Ms. Parton’s best collaborations! 5. Dolly Parton & Carrie Underwood, “I […]
A Conversation with Garlic Jackson’s Zack Bornstein & Adam Wagner
April 10, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Comedy has taken over the Internet! Every day, aspiring comedians take to YouTube to unleash their creative energies for the delight of viewers. One particular ensemble group that has caught my eye is Garlic Jackson Comedy. Founded by Zack Bornstein, Adam Wagner and Adam Weinrib, this nontet has collectively worked for […]
“Idol” visits the 1980s!
April 9, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Last week, the Idol judges (Harry Connick, Jr., Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban) committed a huge injustice: giving their one-season-only save to the wrong artist. Through my eyes, I strongly disagree with the judges’ decision. Sam Woolf has been subpar as of late and the save should have stayed frozen until […]
New Music Releases: Week of April 7, 2014
April 9, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com New Music Releases is back for another week of fantastic music! Everlasting by Martina McBride The Kansas native’s twelfth studio album is a beautiful cover album that showcases Ms. McBride’s twists on rock, R&B and soul classics. I loved the rearrangements that Ms. McBride and Don Was did with the […]
Team Blake kicks off “The Voice: Season Six” playoffs
April 8, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com 20 artists have survived the Blind Auditions and two brutal Battle Rounds to make it to the Playoff Rounds. Here, each artist has one last chance to convince their coaches that they could move onto the Live Rounds! With the Live Rounds starting on April 21, Adam, Blake, Shakira and Usher […]
Sneaky Shelton makes the Final Steal of “The Voice: Season Six”
April 7, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com This is it! Tonight marked the final night of Battles, Round Two and the power was in Blake Shelton’s hands. Who did the three-time winning coach steal? Which fan-favorite artists will be heading to the Live Playoffs? Read on to find out… Before we get down to business, here is where […]
It’s a Showdown at Sunset on “Once Upon A Time”
April 6, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Baefire/Neal Cassidy. He was murdered trying to save his father from Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West. His mother, Milah, and his “fiancée” Tamara precede Mr. Cassidy in death. He left behind his father, Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold, son Henry […]
It’s everyone vs. Jafar on “OUAT in Wonderland” series finale
April 3, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com During the 2013-14 Television Season, viewers were transported through the Rabbit Hole and straight to Wonderland. There, they joined Alice and Will Scarlett (the thief formerly known as the Knave of Hearts) on a quest to save Alice’s true love, Cyrus the Genie, from the clutches of an unholy alliance between […]
