Best Albums of 2012
Frank Ocean—Channel Orange For years, Frank Ocean has only been known to mainstream audiences for his featured performances on various ...
Arts & Culture
“This Is Our Youth” Preview
Set in an uptown New York City apartment, this play presents a collection of directionless, college-age slackers who are obsessed ...
A “Collection” Of Grizzly Things Surprises, Shocks
Due to my hatred of seeing movies alone, I tried in vain to get people to come see “The Collection.” ...
Nick Orvis ’13 Takes on “The Tempest”
While many students love Shakespeare enough to take a class on his plays, for others, such scholarly dedication isn’t enough. ...
Das Racist: A Retrospective
After two genre-redefining mixtapes, a great album, and a year of solo releases, Wesalum rap outfit Das Racist is over. ...
Top 5 Films of 2012
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” You could call it bias, but “Beasts” is my number 1. Behn Zeitlin ’04 crafts ...
Brad Pitt Stars in Preachy “Killing Them Softly”
Some people in Hollywood are less than happy with the last four years of American politics. Something to do with ...
“Red Dawn”: A Waste of Time
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned jingoism, the days when it was okay to vilify someone just because they were different? ...
“The Walking Dead” Finds Life in Mid-season Finale
SPOILER ALERT: If you aren’t caught up through Episode 8 of Season 3 there are major spoilers ahead. You have ...
Fletcher C. Johnson Wows WestCo Café
It’s been a big year for jangly pop-rock troubadour Fletcher C. Johnson. After releasing the excellent White Iris single “Messin’ ...