Playlists
What Became of The Likely Lads?
The new millennium ushered in an awkward moment for British music. After 2000, most of the bands that epitomized '90s Britain were not producing new material.
Don't Let The Mirage Fool You
Oasis doesn’t release bad albums. Their work spans a range from good to great, and the band’s immense talent is almost always obvious in their tightly woven, upbeat pop-rock records.
Not The Change We Need
As a white Jewish boy from Boston, I’m an unlikely candidate to review West Coast rapper Murs’s latest release, Murs for President.
Why We Love The Next Two Weeks
Because Puppets Are People Too Peoplehood, parades, pageantry and puppets. Alliteration rocks, and so does Spiral Q Puppet Theater’s Peoplehood Parade and Pageant.
Hurrah To The Wed And The Blue
Browsing for a necklace to match her wedding dress two years ago, Natalie Kelly, then a College sophomore, wandered through the packed stalls of Locust Walk during Family Weekend, she recalls. “My dress is taffeta,” Kelly told a jewelry seller, craning to see what she had to offer.
Your Guide To: Getting Off (Campus)
Tired of sharing a bathroom with a dozen other strangers? Can’t imagine another year of security guards judging your late-night visitors?
In Case You Missed It: Friday Night Lights
It’s the third season of serious and sweaty southern football for the Dillon Panthers of Friday Night Lights, and our patience is running out.
Street Takes You Out: Classic Fall
Autumn is here and you can taste it. Chances are, you’re stressing about midterms, getting antsy for your mom to do your laundry over Thanksgiving Break and strategizing about just how slutty you want your Halloween costume to be.
Trail Blazers
Trailers are more than the reason you can come 15 minutes late to a movie. A good preview can get an audience buzzing about a film months before its release, and a bad one can ensure that no one shows up on opening day.
Don't Worry, Bee Happy
A female-dominated cast in a coming-of-age story rife with racial intolerance and the search for identity are the perfect recipe for a total cheesefest.
W(TF)
As the days of our current Commander-in-Chief's presidency come to an end, Hollywood is churning out its own version of history.
Guilty Pleasures
Center Stage 2000 Hi, my name is Darina, and I’m a dance-aholic. Well, dance movie-aholic, to be precise.
The Devil Wears Vera Wang
Although Rachel Getting Married is directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), the only gore here is the open wound of familial dysfunction.
Tokyo Experience
Japanese indie rocker Shugo Tokumaru is a virtual unknown in the States. This, however, has not stopped him from creating album after album of endearing, upbeat indie pop-rock (for which he records almost every instrument by himself, at home on his laptop). He has even started to gain a following that includes the likes of Animal Collective and Jens Lekman. The release of Exit can only cause his fanbase to broaden.
The Best Defense Is A Good Offense
If San-X (one of the leading manufacturers of cute Japanese merchandise... think Hello Kitty, et al) sponsored a basketball team, their warm-up anthem would be “Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back” from Deerhoof’s new album, Offend Maggie.
The Defibrillator
Bubba Sparxxx Deliverance 2003 Bubba Sparxxx never gets much respect, and ditties like “Ms. New Booty” didn't help his cause.
Campus Cred: Don't Call Them Old Timers
Street: Would you say your life compares more to The Eagles’ “Life in the Fast Lane” or Mos Def’s “Sex, Love & Money?” Steve Waye: I’ll go with “Sex, Love & Money.” Because we’re sexy and people love us… and we’re money. Street: How much do drugs or alcohol influence your sounProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 Your shows? Eric Karlan: Alcohol plays an instrumental role in each of our shows because if the audience isn’t plastered, we don’t sound nearly as good. Steve: It’s like spinach for Popeye. Street: At what point in your career do you plan on going to rehab? Steve: I’ve been in and out many times. Ben Miller: On the wagon, off the wagon… Street: If Beethoven were alive what he would say about your music?
Drink of the Week
With or without the tremendous boost Miracle Fruit gives to stout beer, the drink still stands on its own as a worldwide favorite.
