After about twelve years, the famed Muppets return to the big screen in the movie The Muppets. The Muppets tells of a puppet named Walter who always felt different; which is understandable when his brother Greg, played by Jason Segel, and his parents are both human. One day, he […]
Arts & Entertainment
If the World Doesn’t End…
We’re going to hear some pretty cool records next year. Oh man, is it December already? I better start thinking about my end of the year list! OK, so I already have the top 10 in my head for sure, and I’ll be agonizing over the rest of that […]
In the Bosom of Lizzie Borden
#8220;What a struggle life is for the living”. Lizbeth Borden, played by senior Abbie Morin, speaks this line as a foreshadowing comment in the original play, The Watercress, written by Paul Mroczka. Set approximately twelve years after Lizzie Borden’s trial and acquittal, the play centers on the Borden […]
Skyrim:
Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, and now: Skyrim, the newest addition to the Elder Scrolls family. Skyrim is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls role-playing game (RPG) series, developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks., and is quite possibly the best game I have laid my […]
Complain, Complain, Complain
I do a lot of praising here in this column, but I’m not usually quick to say I dislike an album. I don’t know why that is, really. I guess I just feel more moved to write about something if it affects me in a positive way. If I […]
Camp comes just in time for Christmas for Childish Gambino
The confidence of Kanye West, the best of Lil’ Wayne and the Troy half of “Troy and Abed in the Morning” straight from Community. Donald Glover, or his rap alter ego, Childish Gambino, is the real deal. He’s simply the best thing in a genre that offers little in […]
5 Questions with Nate Gangelhoff of Banner Pilot
I’ve been a big Banner Pilot fan since the release of their last album, Collapser. These guys do Midwestern punk rock the right way: lots of melody, lots of great lyrics about good drinks and bad weather. They just released their new album Heart Beats Pacific on NOFX leader […]
5 Questions with Gene Louis
When I was in high school, my brother and I LIVED to go to shows on the weekends. It was always a long haul to Boston or Worcester from Colebrook, New Hampshire (way, way up there by Canada), but one band we always made the trip for, no exceptions, […]
When In Need, Accept No Replacement
I’m having an ugly day today. Yes, guys have them too. Some days you just feel like hell and look like hell and you can’t understand why anyone would ever talk to you. As a result, I find myself listening to the Replacements and drinking coffee, and the Replacements […]
Uncharted 3:
Of all the numerous videogames coming out this packed holiday season, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception probably has it the hardest. There are plenty of sequels coming out this year that have to live up to their hype and great predecessors, Uncharted 3 is a different case entirely though. The […]