Month: December 2009

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My vote for album of the decade

Given the volatile state the world has existed in these last 10 years, it comes as no surprise that the 00’s were an amazing time for politically charged rock n’ roll. Artists like Bruce Springsteen and the Dixie Chicks lived and died by their thoughts and songs on the state […]

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Mandarin holds Centripetal release

Poets and Writers released the first Centripetal of the 2009-2010 school year Tuesday, December 8. Plymouth students, along with a handful of faculty turned out to the monthly poetry reading at Mandarin Taste this past Tuesday. This month’s open mic doubled as the release of Centripetal, Poets and Writers’ collection […]

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The best things about Christmas are free

While googling “materialism at Christmas”, I came across a quote. It said the “magic of matter is powerful.” This rings true especially around this time of year where people are more stressed out than usual and anxious about getting all the holiday preparations done in time. Studies have shown that […]

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The merry best films to see this holiday

Everybody has their own ways of getting into the holiday spirit. Some choose to listen to Christmas songs while setting up the tree or maybe by baking some old fashioned sugar cookies. And then there are those who choose to spend their free time frantically mall-hopping for the “perfect gift”. […]

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Top 10 TV shows of the decade

When one thinks of top 10s of the decade, shows don’t pop up first. Looking over the past 10 years, there have been tons of successful shows and just as many failing shows. Shows that have made the nation follow and shows that were taken off in a week. This […]

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New fangs for old vultures

Few debuts in recent memory have been more heavily anticipated than that of Los Angeles based super group Them Crooked Vultures. The band, consisting of Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl on drums, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme on vocals and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones on bass, announced their […]

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Livin’ the Canadian dream

A mockumentary defined by Dictionary.com as “A film or television program that is shot like a documentary but is fictitious and usually satirical.” There is no need to bust out the “Canadian tux” for this television series. The popular series entitled, ‘Trailer Park Boys’ premiered on Canada’s Showcase television network […]

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Gettin’ down to Underground Sound

Plymouth State University, home to a few noteworthy, chart-topping party references in some acclaimed magazines has yet to learn putting an event on a thirsty Thursday will be enough to draw a crowd. On Nov. 19 The Underground Sound could hardly pick up enough souls, which was quite the downer […]

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Metric has lots of love…Stadium Love!

Friday November 20, 2009 Canadian sync-rock band Metric played in Boston, Mass. The four-person, 35 year old band came to the spacious House of Blues and rocked socks off. The band started off slow with the song, “Twilight Galaxy” off their newly released “Fantasies” album. As the intro began an […]

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Ionesco’s Rhinoceros comes to life at PSU

Rhinoceros is not a word that is often uttered in common conversation. Usually Rhinoceros would be used while sitting around with your friends to describe your hefty workload or even used as a term to describe someone you are not very fond of. The play Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco was […]