Mighty Like a Root: Elvis Costello Teams up with Questlove and the Roots
The funky, soulful hip-hop sound of The Roots has blended seamlessly with the alternative, new-wave pub-rock sound of Elvis Costello ...
Arts & Culture
The Pandora’s Box of Poetry Has Been Unleashed: WestCo Hosts First Preliminary Slam
A tried and true staple of the Wesleyan art and performance world reemerged this weekend with the first preliminary slam, ...
“Prisoners” Takes Lazy Approach to Mystery Movies
“Prisoners,” a new crime drama starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, is the worst kind of B movie. It presents ...
Drake Keeps Nothing The Same As The Rest of The Rap Game
After the pretentious disaster of inaccuracy that is “Started From the Bottom,” I was feeling highly pessimistic about Drake’s new ...
Hanging Out in The Troll Cave
Twelve trolls walked into a theater. No, but really. Miranda Haymon ’16 and her team have created a theaterical experience ...
In Defense Of: Sum 41
What is it about this pop-punk band hailing from Ontario, Canada that makes each of its songs a timeless classic? ...
“Little Homies, Grand Cousin”: Student Band Goes Viral
On Sept. 2, student band Grand Cousin, consisting of Robby Caplan ’14 on bass, Evan Low ’14 on drums, and ...
Idiot Box: Avatar: The Last Airbender
“‘Avatar?’ That’s the thing with the blue people, right?” This question is all too familiar to enthusiasts of the Nickelodeon ...
Palindromes Dominate the ’92 Stage In “Yawn a More Roman Way”
There’s a play written exclusively in palindromes: are you curious yet? As it promised, “Yawn A More Roman Way” delivered ...
A Popsicle And An Imperial Officer: Center for East Asian Studies Features “Faces of China, 1981”
A man smiling behind a melting popsicle; a grandmother braiding the hair of her studious granddaughter; another man selling scraps ...