We may thank the rain gods and their mercy, for last year’s downpour has been replaced with Heat. Bodies smashed, booties shook and music exploded all around the campus center. The music variety ranged from middle school nostalgia-inducing Panic! at the Disco to the dance-inducing indie band Smallpools to the entrancing beats of EDM artists 3lau and Giraffage. As...
What is Vince Vaughn still doing in movies? I mean, all that stuff he did in the early 2000s as part of the “frat pack” was over 10 years ago (“Starsky and Hutch,” “Dodgeball”). You would think the novelty of his wooden acting and monotone droll would have worn off by now. Regardless, Vaughn certainly can’t hold down a...
Cannibal Ox is a hip-hop duo from Harlem, N.Y., composed of emcees Vordul Mega and Vast Aire. This is the group’s second album and first album release in 14 years, but the group switched producer El P for Bill Cosmiq for this album, with one guest production spot by Black Milk. Their first album is a lot to live...
In my screenwriting classes, we often talk about how plot should flow naturally from the characters’ personalities. Think about a situation and how your characters would react to it, and that’s the basis for your episode’s plot. Now, most shows over the course of their run stray from that advice. It’s one of the hazards of having to turn...
I’m sure that all of you reading this have come across the infamous “dress” picture that has been plastered all across social media since last Thursday. While I’m sure that it will have been forgotten by the time my words ooze off the page and into your eyes, with my cynicism filling your brain and replacing fond memories of...
Ghostface Killah and Toronto jazz band BadBadNotGood’s (BBNG) collaborative album, “Sour Soul,” is a tour de force of gritty hip-hop and smooth jazz. This LP is Ghostface’s third album rapping over live instruments, following “36 Seasons,” and “12 Reasons to Die.” Unfortunately, the album gets bogged down at times by Ghostface Killah’s lyrics, which come off as dated and...
Arriving straight from the gates of hell, “The Lazarus Effect” wreaks havoc on God-fearing fans of well-crafted horror films. In Blumhouse Productions’ new film, a team of ambitious medical professionals find a way to bring the dead back to life via a serum code-named Lazarus. When lead researcher Zoe (Olivia Wilde) dies in a lab accident, the team uses...
The new album "The Order of Things" is the radical seventh studio album by All That Remains. It was revealed by the band that it would be largely melodic and harmonious. This is a major progressive step in a different direction coming from their previous album “A War You Cannot Win.” “The Order of Things” is reminiscent of “A...
“Disorder” is a game about depression. As strange as that may seem, and given that games usually aren’t realistic about depicting real-world issues (which is why we’ll never see “God of War: Kratos visits his therapist for anger management”), “Disorder” does a fantastic job at doing just that. While the game is almost too short to purchase at full...
The Barn hosted ASPB’s Battle of the Bands event Tuesday night in hopes of crowning one lucky band the winner of a $250 cash prize and a performance during a spring quarter nooner. As I entered the Barn, I saw a mixture of students and, judging from the little boys actively exploring the venue, family and friends. Several people...