Classic: One Crazy Summer ("1986")John Cusack. 1986. You know the deal.Current: Wet Hot American Summer ("2001")The makers of "The State" and "Reno 911" pull off an original and irreverent parody of cheesy '80s teen movies in this campy summer camp spoof.
The Buffalo Central Terminal again became a junction of sorts when 35 student artists converged to demonstrate their highly variegated senior theses this Sunday.The exhibition, titled
So this is what the music industry has come to.A few months ago, I hopped into my younger brother's car for a ride."What are we listening to?" I asked."Just some commercial rap from two weeks ago," he replied.My brother wasn't knocking rap in general, but rather what passes for "rap" today.
The Hotel Misterioso is a place where slackers, near-non-failures, and has-beens come together to recuperate from the rest of the world.Michael Bugbee's novel, "Notes From Hotel Misterioso," is the story, framed as a memoir or a journal, of retired photojournalist Miles Hyde.
Epic. Intense. Impressionistic. Powerful. Never has a band been more aptly named than Explosions in the Sky.This is why they were perfect for the score of the action-packed football drama "Friday Night Lights."The Austin-based instrumental rock quartet has been almost inextricably linked with the early 00's post-rock insurgence, which has garnered them frequent comparisons to Godspeed You!
If you've ever lived in close quarters with roommates, as most of us have, then you've probably longed for a little down time at some point or another.An all-encompassing social setting can distract a student from more important things (like studying, right?). And we all know how obnoxious a group of rowdy college kids can get, especially when alcohol is involved.Inundated within a boisterous mass of drunken dudes, each with a raucous story better and louder than the one before, you begin to wonder when everyone will leave, or at least pass out.So here is a quick and handy guide on how to utilize the power of music to disperse an unwanted mob.First, know your crowd.
Current: "Jackass" (2002) A bunch of dudes doing dumb things on camera, suffering severe injury and humiliation along the way.
Here's a dilemma that has lain dormant for a decade or two: Where do I drop the needle?Unless you're a heroin aficionado, this phrase probably doesn't make much sense.
It is not uncommon for artists to qualitatively appraise the world in neat bits of quantitative imagery, often proving along the way that numbers are probably best left for the squares.01.
It's always unfortunate when a band plays the right thing at the wrong point in time.Portland, Oregon's alterna-rock trio, Stars of Track and Field, fashion a stylistic endeavor with their third outing, "Centuries before Love and War," but get washed out in a veritable sea of indie attempters.
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