By NICOLAS SIRIANNO Hey bro, can I borrow some bronzer? Hot damn! What a week it has been! Everyone on campus is tan regardless of where they spent their Spring break. Whether you went home and played with your dog, spent it with your grandmother at her retirement complex in Florida, went sailing down in [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE Although I didn’t actually watch the Oscars, I did refresh the IMDB homepage for a few hours while I did homework. Because I’m a professional. The Artist (2011): The Plot: In 1927 Hollywood, silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) struggles to find a purpose when the advent of sound makes him [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE YEEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!* Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012): The plot: Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage), a.k.a. Ghost Rider, is cursed to seek out evil and destroy it, which he can only do when he’s in the form of a flaming, leather-clad skeleton. Since the Ghost Rider part of him interprets “evil doers” as “pretty [...]
By TYLER ROSS Sleigh Bells is a band of contrasts. Their new album, Reign Of Terror, is just as much Van Halen as it is The Go! Team. Just two members – Derek Miller on guitar and Alexis Krauss on vocals – the music sounds louder than if there were ten. It’s full on assault, [...]
By NICOLAS SIRIANNO Float to branch tips dragonflies up from the river bank. Hidden chirp songs in a thicket and cricket leg scratch symphony. Scream cicada at wax wing appetite or frog flash tongue cur plunk splash. Wind hum rumble to far off thunder Where bee drink frantic spider bend grass bow to the river [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE We’re three weeks into the semester. No, wait. Four? I don’t know anymore. All time has faded away in this haze of caffeine and inconsistent weather. I waded through an ocean of surrealist clocks on my way to class this morning. Note to self: look out window before choosing footwear. Ed Wood [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE It’s the end of the week, and you’re feeling a little dead inside. You’ll probably try to combat the exhaustion with a good nap and some heavy drinking, because, hey, you’re not a doctor. Well, neither am I, but I might have a better prescription. What’s better than naps and alcohol, you [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE My, oh my, I do believe the time has come. What time? No, not Hammer Time. It’s never Hammer Time. Not with that attitude, it isn’t. No, I’m talking about finals week. Papers, exams, portfolios, frenzied battles to the death. Feeling stressed? Believe me, I would sympathize if I weren’t so caught [...]
By TYLER ROSS 2011 is pretty much done, and it’s time to take a look back at the year in music. And what a year it was. The Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver both surpassed expectations with stellar sophomore efforts. Tune-Yards and St. Vincent fascinated with their signature brand of quirky pop, while Lykke Li [...]
By RILEY SPELLMAN On the night of December 1st, Kevin Young honored those in attendance at this month’s Writers Series with readings of his humorous, sometimes dark poetry. The night was filled with awed silence, contemplative moments, and much laughter. Young is an English and Creative Writing professor and library curator at Emory University in [...]
