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Playlist: Popular movie tunes
By JOE KONZE JR | Feb. 25, 2014With the Academy Awards coming this weekend, it's time to run down a list of the best songs off of movie soundtracks.
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"Spank! Harder comes to Buffalo for its ""second cumming"""
By MEGAN WEAL | Feb. 23, 2014"Turn those cellphones to vibrate" the announcer calls over the loudspeakers. Even before the audience is finished fiddling with their phones, the stage lights up.
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An outlet for creativity
By MEGAN WEAL AND JORDAN OSCAR | Feb. 23, 2014When your adjunct English professor from freshman year asks you to hand him a beer, you know you're a long way from UB's lecture halls. Most students wouldn't expect to see their professors on stage reciting risqu?
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Putting UB in the light
By ERIC CULVER | Feb. 23, 2014Growing up in Buffalo as the youngest of five boys, Seth Williams spent his childhood surrounded by food - growing in the garden, cooking on the stove and canned into mason jars. "[My siblings] would always fight over the last grab of the potato salad," said Williams, a chef manager at UB.
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Replaying the '60s: Sun Structures album review
By PHILL SPUNT | Feb. 20, 2014Album: Sun Structures Artist: Temples Label: Havenly Release Date: Feb. 10 Grade: C+ Two years ago, Temples burst onto the music scene and seemed to have the potential to provide a new wave of psychedelic rock.
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Aziz Ansari to perform as part of 2014 Comedy Series
By MEGAN WEAL | Feb. 20, 2014On Wednesday, the Student Association announced that Aziz Ansari will perform in Alumni Arena April 28 as part of the 2014 Comedy Series.
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Aziz Ansari to perform at Alumni Arena
Feb. 19, 2014Aziz Ansari will be performing at Alumni Arena on April 28, according to a Student Association Facebook post. The comedian will be part of the 2014 Comedy Series.
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Never let go: The Last of Us: Left Behind review
By JORDAN OSCAR | Feb. 18, 2014Platform: Playstation 3 Developer: Naughty Dog
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"Poetry Collection receives $150,600 grant "
By JOE KONZE JR | Feb. 18, 2014The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has donated $150,600 to UB's Poetry Collection.
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Beats to break the mundane routine
By ARTS STAFF | Feb. 18, 2014It's the middle of the week. Your energy levels are lagging and the weekend is teasing you, brushing the tips of your fingers. Not to mention that it's been cold for long enough now - it's time for the sun to come back. But though the near future still holds bitter mornings and chilly nights, we in the office have been brightening up our days with songs that make us think of the long nights that Spring Break has in store for us. Ed Sheeran - "Gold Rush" The staccato guitar riffs that British one-man-band Ed Sheeran plays in this chirpy song induce foot taps and weird public grins.
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"716 to get a taste of Hopsin's eccentric, educated 'madness' Tuesday"
By AARON MANSFIELD | Feb. 17, 2014Hopsin, the deep-thinking, name-calling hip-hop artist best known for his haunting white eye contacts and "Ill Mind of
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Will Hollywood ever be truly accepting?
By MEGAN WEAL | Feb. 16, 2014The crowd before her rose to their feet, an eruption of applause broke out and the Twittersphere exploded in response. The speaker choked up with emotion, but smiled as she accepted the support being sent to her from around the room. Former Oscar nominee Ellen Page announced her true sexual identity during the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's (HRCF) Time to Thrive speech in Las Vegas on Feb.
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"Spiritual, musical connections unite UB's Gospel Choir"
By TORI ROSEMAN | Feb. 16, 2014Dominique Hickson, a sophomore computer engineering major, gave a brief sermon about forgiveness before Thursday's rehearsal. "You need to be able to forgive, because at the end of the day, you and that person are going to the same place," Hickson said.
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The Lego Movie review: Brick-tacular
By JORDAN OSCAR | Feb. 13, 2014Film: The Lego Movie Release Date: Feb. 7 Studio: Village Roadshow Pictures Grade: A
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Free Art Friday
By MEGAN WEAL | Feb. 13, 2014The words "street art" can provoke uninformed sounds of disdain and unjustified headshakes. The label induces images of uninspired scribbles of graffiti against brick walls and vandalizing youths who are spoiling communities. But the idea of street art is being liberated through an intriguing movement. Free Art Friday has made its way to Buffalo and is a global movement that spreads free art across a community.
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Scintillating sexual songs to get down to
By JOE KONZE JR | Feb. 11, 2014You're on a date and everything is going just as planned. You wore the right cologne and the right dress shirt, and you even chose the right restaurant for your big night. But how are you going to keep the streak alive?
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A series of unfortunate first dates
By MEGAN WEAL | Feb. 11, 2014There's little that can compare to the first-date-feeling: the hurricane of butterflies in the stomach, the tight throat, the sweaty palms.
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Don't try this at home
By MEGAN WEAL | Feb. 11, 2014Sex can be awkward, but sex in movies can be even more awkward. Sex scenes normally fall into two categories: the so-unrealistic-it's-not-physically-possible and the so-painfully-awkward-it's-hysterical. Falling into the first camp is pretty near impossible, so all that's left is the second - and no one wants to be laughed at during sex. While it's foolish to even attempt to learn your bedroom tricks from Ryan Gosling or Mila Kunis, it seems that movies can at least give a good insight into what not to do. Atonement (2007) The sex scene in Atonement is pretty raunchy.
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Tiny Desk Concert Series -- Scott Herman
By ARTS STAFF | Feb. 9, 2014Scott Herman played some covers and a couple original songs with the help of his friend Laura Wastell for The Spectrum's second Tiny Desk Concert.
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Tiny Desk Concert Series -- Zoe Bandes
By ARTS STAFF | Feb. 9, 2014Zoe Bandes played a solo show for The Spectrum's first Tiny Desk Concert of the year last week. NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts sparked the idea for our own series featuring student musicians.
