In this day and age, we have come to realize that we in America can get jipped out of quality products, whether it’s music, movies, or video games. Being a gamer, I’ve come across more than my fair share of good yet relatively unknown games. I’ve made up a list of the top 10 games you’ve probably never… Read More
Maxwell’s long awaited new album, BLACKsummers’ night, is all but stellar. Let me explain. It’s not that Maxwell, the genius known for creating sweepingly enchanting songs, hasn’t created “good” music on this album. Rest assured he has. But in an industry void of competition, the only person to hold him up against, is himself. And unfortunately, this… Read More
By Jeremy Kotin
1. ART Robert Taplin: Everything Real is Imagined (After Dante)
These nine vignettes or dioramas interpreting Dante’s visions of hell as modern day parables are beyond provocative, stunning and gorgeously executed. Each diorama incorporates strikingly surrealistic resin figures set into these artfully crafted scenes with the most perfect lighting. In one, a living room is… Read More
Last night I thought a lot about the idea of a tribute song. Aaliyah had a tribute video for her last single, “Miss You,” which came out over a year following her death. Biggie had his “I’ll Be Missing You” all-star tribute. It was released on May 27th, 1997 – a full 79 days after his untimely… Read More
As a bit of an anti-paeon to the state of public tragedy, I offer this: an interwebs-eye view of all things “tragic.” What cream would settle to the top of the heap via our friend and trust magic-eight ball of relative importance, GOOGLE, when one types in the word, “Tragedy?” The results speak for themselves.
By Hawkes Klein
Speaking of mortality, what is the deal with child-cancer? More importantly, what is the deal with sad-ass movies and books that just make you insanely depressed? Hello, “The Notebook,” I’m talking to you! Authors like Jodi Picoult and Nicholas Sparks are feeding this fear of death to us and I just don’t think it’s fair. Have you… Read More
I’m young and the truth is, I could die at any moment from some freak accident or illness. But, aside from this random possibility, I will potentially live to die from old age (that’s ironic). According to the Actuarial Life Table, courtesy of the Social Security branch, I should be fortunate enough to have another 54 years… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
August 29, 1958-June 25, 2009
There are obviously far more than ten that I could listen to on a loop. Please feel free to add your own!
10. Another Part of Me
Two words: Captain EO. This song is sense memory for me. Summertime, Disneyland, a delicious churro (it was… Read More
We came of age with Obama.
This past November our generation, reacting to the final painful throws of our Bush puberty, elected a leader that reflected all the ideals we’d developed through our twenty-plus year childhood. His ascension and election was nothing less than the passing of the crown- now it was ours, now we were admitted… Read More
Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me thinking a lot about the good old days of folk – when popular music regularly included anthems… Read More
When I was in my formative high school days, going to the Warped Tour was a highlight of the summer. Just old enough to drive, we’d pile about 9 bros and skateboards into mom-duke’s Ford Exploder and drive at high speed to Fitchburg or some other pseudo-municipality in middle Massachusetts, blasting Rage Against The Machine and… Read More