Mediocrity has never been at its best on the latest Mumford and Sons release, Babel and Carly Rae Jepsen album, Kiss. Mumford and Sons are arguably one of the biggest bands on either side of the pond these days, they hit it big a few years ago with their […]
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‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
Remember that joke from Pineapple Express that went, “You are gonna go to college next year. You’ll get into Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the f-ing Shins, and you’ll blow a bunch of dudes and become a lesbian” and remember how you chuckled whether you were in some altered […]
Halloween Review Pt.2: The Toxic Avenger
The last Halloween review was a look at one of Troma Studios lesser known films but here is the film that put them on the map. This is Troma’s 1984 film The Toxic Avenger which was directed by the owner of Troma studio, Lloyd Kaufman. The film is about Melvin […]
Halloween Review Pt.1: Fanatic
Ah, October. If you’re in college and you didn’t realize its October then open the windows, take a break, and start thinking about getting a calendar. Once you buy your calendar, you’ll realize that this time of year is when Halloween starts. Of course […]
NO LOVE DEEP WEB
Let’s just address the elephant in the room right off the bat. The cover to Death Grips new album depicts a picture of an erect phallus with the album’s title NO LOVE DEEP WEB sloppily written on it with a marker. Those of you who want to see it in […]
The Path Was A Circle: A Look At Looper
#8220;Time travel hasn’t been invented yet. But in thirty years, it will have been.” This is all you need to know about time travel in the movie Looper. In essence, Looper isn’t really about time travel per se, though it does include it, but it never revolves around how time […]
Born Under Punches
Today in a conversation with my friend Nick, I breathlessly described the album Bitte Orca by the Dirty Projectors to him. I called it one of the gutsiest and most reckless albums I had ever heard, an incredibly bizarre album that manages to sound like a what should be […]
Small Talk With Angel Olsen
To listen to Angel Olsen’s debut album Half Way Home is to find a startling voice. Olsen has, in a way, been a well-kept secret for a while now. Her first two releases, Strange Cacti andLady of The Waterpark, were cassette only releases with only hundreds of copies each, though […]
Returning to the City of Guilds: The Rise of the Gathering
There is a new Magic: The Gathering set being released that is causing a lot of commotion within the Magic community. The Return to Ravnica set that is being release on October 5th is one of the most hyped and anticipated blocks (AKA multiple sets of cards) coming from […]
Broken Hearts, Epic Quests, and Hysterical Gang Violence
Whether you went to see the tragic love story, the epic journey of self-discovery, or the comedy about a Russian pianist and his mix up with The Mafia, the Playwright’s Showcase kept audience members entertained for three nights in a row with its lineup of plays written by PSU […]