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It's the End of the World ...
November 20th, 2009It was an unsuspecting Friday night when I got the text-message, “Come see 2012! It will be fantastic!” “Questionable,” I thought to myself. Read More
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'Love' in the Time of Economic Depression
November 20th, 2009Already almost two months old and nearing the end of its big-screen stint, Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story calls attention to an ongoing epidemic: the delusion of American government about unrestrained free enterprise. As expected, Moore’s portrait is maddening. Read More
Music Is Where The Heart Is
November 20th, 2009The face of music is changing. Quite literally. It used to look like this: :o$ but now it looks like this: :~) You see? Seriously though, the music industry is not the same as it was when Backstreet Boys were all the rage and the Hansen boys actually seemed attractive. Read More
Student Artist Spotlight: Time Out Club
November 19th, 2009Beneath the white-capped surface of Ithaca’s music scene, a whale has been swimming around our campus, gathering steam as it prepares to unleash a torrent of hip-hop innovation the likes of which will flip the space between your ears. A musical collective that combines minds from all of Ithaca’s corners, Time Out Club is more of a harmonious think tank than a group of musicians. Read More
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Test Spin: Mumford and Sons
November 19th, 2009A listen to Mumford and Sons debut LP, Sigh No More, undeniably recalls the sounds of Arcade Fire, Beirut, Kings of Leon, Noah and the Whale, Fleet Foxes or Damien Rice at one time or another. If you like any of those groups, then there’s a huge chance you’ll love at least one song by these barely 20-something Brits. Read More
Test Spin: Wyclef Jean
November 19th, 2009Wyclef Jean’s newest album, From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion, is Jean’s self-proclaimed return to hip-hop. Over a decade after the breakup of the Fugees, Jean has admittedly become somewhat unknown as an artist, and it is clear that he is anxious to change this. Read More
Test Spin: Dashboard Confessional
November 19th, 2009Dashboard Confessional fans: have no fear. The band’s sixth album is not the deviation in style the title seems to suggest. The songs follow Dashboard’s traditional themes of heartbreak and anguish, relying heavily on vocals and acoustics. As always, Dashboard manages to blend deeply personal and emotional lyrics with an upbeat tempo. Read More
Test Spin: John Mayer
November 19th, 2009“Who says I can’t get stoned?” The opening line of the first single “Who Says,” on John Mayer’s new Battle Studies, is an accurate portrayal of the album: Downbeat tones over scoff-worthy lyrics that you would only expect to be sung by a self-admitted douchebag. Read More
It's A Mad, Mad World: Animal Art, etc.
November 19th, 2009Next week, Cornell is going to break for a hot sec. to honor our country’s Thanksgiving (for the “peace-making” between “whiteys” and “injuns”). As per custom, we’re gonna fete this holiday up big by feasting on some turkey (or, like me five years ago, beasting on Tofurkey — the horribly sad and gastronomically inept soy-isolate protein “turkey”). Read More
What a Joke: The Art of The Whistling Shrimp
November 18th, 2009“Oh my fucking god! It’s the Whistling Shrimp!” When Mark Vignet ’11 pumped up the Shrimp for their performance “Paint By Numbers” Saturday night, he was just as excited as the first time he saw the comedy group during his freshmen orientation. Outside the dimly lit theater, audience members were waiting to take their seats at The Schwartz Center. It was show time. Read More