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The Year of Storms – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. Rust and iron. Piss. Shit. Vomit. The cries of the incarcerated. Clanging metal. Endless disembodied voices bouncing off of hopelessness. But there was none of that, unless Cellie counted an old television series that was playing on the wall panel. Everything, save that, was […]
Life on the Cutting Edge – Discoveries and Advancements Canadian Scientists Grow a Lab-Grown Heart for Transplants https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/heart-liver-organoids-research-regenerative-therapy Chinese Artificial Wombs Raise Lamb to Full Term https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421734/artificial-womb-fetus-biobag-uterus-lamb-sheep-birth-premie-preterm-infant Scientists Create an Injectable Oxygen Foam for when Someone Can’t Breathe. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/09/19/161431078/tiny-bubbles-injectable-oxygen-foam-tested-for-emergency-care
Rob Beaulieu – Xperience History – by Rob Smittix. Originally published in July 2023. RRX: I’ve had your name on my desk for months, so I’m finally glad that we connected. RB: I appreciate it. RRX: So just for the back story, the abridged version… if you don’t mind if you can tell us a […]
Jukebox Foo Fighters Foo Fighters’ 12th studio album, Your Favorite Toy, will be coming in April. It was the band’s first release with drummer Ilan Rubin. Adding to today’s announcement, the band released. “‘Your Favorite Toy’ really was the key that unlocked the tone and energetic direction of the new album,” explained Dave Grohl. “We […]
Whassup in the 518? Friday, February 20th The Naked Magicians (18+), Proctors Theatre, Schenectady, 7:30pm With a Las Vegas residency, a season on London’s West End, and seen in 250+ cities across the globe… Australia’s “The Naked Magicians” is undoubtedly the world’s funniest and naughtiest magic show! Witnessed by over 50 million on TV (NBC, […]
The Year of Storms, Chptr. 1 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. Paint, cold and slick, its acrylic base tortured in pigment until it cried crimson rivulets and gleamed in the pale light of the streetlamp. Concrete bathed in that same light, bare, smooth over yards and rough over inches, porous and thirsty for […]
Life on the Cutting Edge: Discoveries and Advancements Wireless Retinal Chip Restores Sight in Macular Degeneration https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/10/eye-prosthesis.html Scientists Develop Paper Made from Sand without Trees or Water https://www.caribbeanworldyachting.com/tomorrows-world/desert-alchemy-how-china-is-turning-sand-into-tree-free-paper Science Produces Fluids that Have Negative Mass: They Push Back. https://phys.org/news/2017-04-physicists-negative-mass.html
Justyna Kostek – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. Originally published in September 2021. Whether it’s a song lyric, a visual motif, a short piece of flash fiction, a movie, or a play, all art tells a story. But whereas almost every form of abovementioned art can be reproduced and spread far and wide, some […]
Prog Digest – An Xperience Column – by Klyde Kadiddlehumper. Before we begin in earnest – a nod. Those in music locally will know that a dear friend lost her best friend, Coda, over the last few weeks. Constant Companion and I send our respects – IYKYK. Now, the heart of the matter … and […]
Theater Review: The Roommate at Albany Civic Theater: No Regrets. No Apologies. No Intermission. By Joanna Palladino Albany Civic Theater’s production of The Roommate by Jen Silverman, directed by Benita Zahn, is an intimate, sharply observed study of reinvention. In this staging, transformation is not only spoken — it is scored. The Roommate centers on Sharon, a recently divorced […]
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