Tag: away from the sprawl
Away From the Sprawl: Last minutes and lost evenings
“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...
Away from the Sprawl: Why context means nothing and everything in...
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...
Away from the Sprawl: My KUCR story
From the first point that I saw the giant antenna on top of the tiny building near the dorms blasting radio waves to the...
Away from the Sprawl: Forming your own opinion in a sea...
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?...
Away From the Sprawl: Best of 2014
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...
Away from the Sprawl: Finals week playlist
It’s that time of the quarter again. You dare not speak its name — your scar will burn too badly. Though we would never...
Away from the Sprawl: Preemptive nostalgia and media memories
Loud, excited chatter, the crackling of embers and flashing lights filled the air. There was a brief moment at the Homecoming bonfire this year...
Away from the Sprawl: Or: How I stopped being a cynic...
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...
Away from the Sprawl: Make me cry in 3 minutes: The...
There are just a handful of songs that really get to me, almost every time I hear them. “You Can’t Hurry Love,” by the...
Away from the Sprawl: BitTorrent, Thom Yorke embrace new age of...
Oh, good old BitTorrent. How many things have you downloaded from there? No judging here. But a good deal of us have done it....