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Something for Everyone: 40th and Sansom Streets
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New Kids On The Block’s tenth and newest album “10” shows little maturation from the band’s 80s heyday. Some tracks, like “Remix (I Like The),” provide the spunky, fun pep only a boy band can provide. However, the majority of the album fails to effectively fuse old school pop and contemporary electronic sound by being too safe and clichéd. In opening lines of the upbeat song Crash, NKOTB painfully croons that “these are the days of the times of our lives,” and most of the ballads, like “Wasted On You” and “Miss You More” are as soporific as they are generic. For the fan base that has loved NKOTB since album number one, “10” may provide a welcomed nostalgia. But for a younger generation, the album holds little resonance.
Janelle Monae
So you gave up chocolate: if you chose to abandon the rationalization that “it has antioxidants” and give up chocolate for lent, swap with carob, which is a powder from that comes from the carob bean that is used as a chocolate substitute. Numb the pain: Convince your friends to BYO somewhere other than Charles Plaza and make a reservation at Kanella (1001 Spruce Street), a delicious Greek alternative. Indulge in your favorite Mediterranean dish and order the Cyprus crepe filled with manouri cheese drizzled with carob syrup to satisfy your sweet tooth for dessert. Carob can also be used instead of chocolate in a microwave cake. Mix 1 tablespoon and 2 tsp carob powder, 3 tablespoons flour, 2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp baking powder, 1 tablespoon sugar, 2-3 tsp vegetable oil, 3 tablespoons of milk, and ½ tsp vanilla extract in a mug and zap for one minute. Bonus points if you instagram a picture of your healthy(ish) dessert with an artsy filter.
At Your Campus Favorites:
Street: How did you get your start making music? Harley Streten: Basically, [I] went shopping with my dad and I found some sort of music making program in a cereal box--—it was some kind of a competition or something. So I got that and mucked around with that. I was about twelve at the time and ever since then, I’ve been doing music as a hobby and it’s become an actual job probably in the last year or so.
Jim from Allegro
While Cee Lo Green is certainly not the first jolly, portly man most people associate with Christmas, his sparkly new Christmas album “Magic Moment” certainly brings the holiday cheer. With his soulful voice and a bit of Motown flavor, Green reinvents classics like “White Christmas” and “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” “All I Want for Christmas” is a particular pleasure, showcasing Green’s dynamic range as a singer. More soulful, introspective numbers like “River,” a Joni Mitchell cover, provide the perfect background for kicking back in a reclining chair and sipping egg nog by a crackling fire. In “All I Need is Love,” Green curiously collaborates with the Muppets, and more curiously the song works well, making for a fun, albeit silly number. The widely diverse “Magic Moment” comes together as a cohesive album as Green spreads a bit of early Christmas cheer.
Though Halloween is over, Kylie Minogue’s saccharine album “The Abbey Road Sessions” certainly has the capacity to induce a sugar coma. Produced at the Abbey Road Studio as its title suggests, Minogue’s new album reworks many of the hits from her 25–year career, like “On a Night Like This” and “I Should Be So Lucky.” Swapping disco beats for a full orchestra, the album contains too much melodramatic crooning, but it certainly has a few moments of convincing introspection, too. The simple and contemplative “Better the Devil You Know”— which relies on piano and vocal accompaniments rather than a full orchestra — provides a reprieve from many of the overblown songs on the album. “The Abbey Road Sessions” is definitely a niche album that targets Minogue’s existing fan base. While it successfully reinvents Minogue’s older pieces for a more mature audience, you can't help but come away feeling sticky from all of the syrupy songs.
The Devil Elevator (Van Pelt)
Street: What first got you interested in screenwriting? Lance Wildorf: Probably around eighth grade I realized I liked writing a lot and being creative, and when I was younger I wanted to be a comedian, but I realized I like the writing aspect more. I always try to psychoanalyze why I like to write and make other people laugh, and my conclusion was that I was never, like, very physically imposing so I always had to disarm people with laughter.
If you find yourself sitting in a dark theatre, shoving handfuls of popcorn into your mouth and wondering why the movie you’re watching has the resolution of your last Skype chat, chances are you’re seeing the latest “Paranormal Activity” film. The popular horror franchise uses camcorders, webcams, and, in the newest installment, an Xbox Kinect to track a demonic force that terrorizes average suburban families.
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