NXT Next Generation

Justin Ellis brings you culture, technology and dispatches on "the young people."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 breaks records, but does it rival movies?

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:15

SOUND OFF: Are video games comparable to movies?

Press Play with Videoport Jones - The Limits of Control, Star Trek and Bruno

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 09:28

I always know we're up for some seriously good new DVD releases when I get an e-mail from Videoport Jones that starts with the phrase "BIG WEEK!" How big?

From Maine to fame with the Slanket

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 14:29

The Weekend: The Two Man Gentlemen Band, Headstart and Ghostface Killah

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:53

Anyone else frightened by the fact that they're already getting notices for New Years Eve parties?

Press Play with Videoport Jones - UP, The Ugly Truth and The Achievers

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 14:06

Oh joyous day! We've been counting down the weeks for a while now and Videoport Jones and I finally get to talk Pixar!

Gadget Review: Hardly R2-D2, the Droid phone still shines

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 12:07

A Powerful Droid Indeed, but an iPhone Killer?

Press Play with Videoport Jones - Food Inc., GI Joe and You're Welcome: A Final Night with George W. Bush

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 14:17

We're back in business baby! This week's new releases on DVD finally give Videoport Jones and I a reason to do the Snoopy Dance for the first time in a long time.

Campus cuisine hits the iPhone at Bowdoin

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 16:40

What's for eats at the dining hall? Indeed, there's an app for that.

Is the answer for young readers free newspapers?

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 13:01

Is the best way to get "The Young People" to read the newspaper giving it to them for free?

Press Play with Videoport Jones - Whatever Works, Ice Age and Orphan

Submitted by Justin Ellis on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 17:59

Maybe we should just call this the Autumn of Disillusionment. First it's our favorite actors, now it's one of our favorite directors.

about Justin and this blog

Justin is a former newspaper intern and has the scar tissue to prove it. Justin has been a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2003, and in 2004 began writing a weekly column in the Monday Magazine.

If he had to pick a label, the column would fall under "youth culture," covering everything from high school dance etiquette, dealing with college debt, the resurgence of Roller Derby and Portland's one-of-a-kind music scene. This of course has not stopped him from answering letters to Santa Claus or writing about his experience riding shotgun in a drift car.

Justin is an export from the Midwest. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and is originally from Minnesota. He enjoys bacon, cheap beer, redheads, Burt Reynolds jokes and wondering what the oundtrack to his life would sound like.

When he grows up he wants to be an international art thief. Or Captain America.

Until then he'll be bringing you dispatches about "the young people" and what they do.

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