I am a review obsessive.
New album coming out? What’s the Pitchfork score? New TV episode just aired? What does AV Club say? New movie? What percentage did it get on Rotten Tomatoes?
Some may call this not having your own opinion — I generally call it research, but the idea that sometimes opinions of critics seep into my own writing...
“And if only for a little while, we could insist on the impossible.”
Could I begin my final column for this newspaper in a more melodramatic fashion? The idea of the “college experience” is something I’ve thought about way too often; as a commuter for my first three years on campus, I often thought about the random excursions and bonding...
It’s something that inevitably happens to someone who listens to a ton of music, watches a ton of movies, or consumes a large amount of any type of art. Suddenly, you’re watching a band or movie that’s really hyped, or the latest single from an artist you like a lot and there’s just … nothing. No, we know there...
This is the year things got personal.
Maybe it’s my perception, (that’s what a column is supposed to be anyway, right? Right.) but more than any year in my recent memory, the best of music in 2014 was the most honest and personal. With all the world has gone through this year, it’s easy to understand the idea of artists...
From the first point that I saw the giant antenna on top of the tiny building near the dorms blasting radio waves to the masses, I knew what I wanted to do.
As a student journalist in high school, I came to UCR knowing that I wanted join the newspaper, but the radio was something new to pique my interest....
Have you ever heard of “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll”? It’s a semi-famous Bob Dylan song from 1964, released on the album, “The Times They Are a-Changin’” — you know, the same album with the song you probably know: “The Times They Are a-Changin’.” “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” has since become an all-time classic, while “The Lonesome...
Well, I was planning on talking about the New Wave-y sounding Max and the Moon, who played a nooner show here at UCR in 2012. I still am, but here’s the thing: they’ve only released a four song EP, which doesn’t exactly leave a lot of material to discuss. And so, you all get a bonus topic this week:...
It was the year we were all thankful to be alive. 2013 happened as a direct result of the world not ending on Dec. 21, 2012. Even after surviving the apocalypse, paranoia crept even higher. Whether it was the still-uncertain economy, or serious online privacy concerns raised by Edward Snowden’s NSA leak, 2013 marked a year in which the...
Fresh off their set from Spring Splash, Walk the Moon sat down with me at the HUB to discuss, among other things, late-night food, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and how they feel at home playing colleges. Members Nicholas Petricca, Kevin Ray, Sean Waugaman and Eli Maiman have been on a frantic touring schedule ever since their debut major label...
As Valentine’s Day approaches, many of us think of what to get for our significant others: candy, flowers, cards, possibly a nice dinner. One thing that is highly undervalued, however, is music. Whether it be sung to you by your significant other, or played on record at an opportune time, the art of wooing is most certainly helped along...