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The Wonder in Underland
March 12th, 2010It has been nearly a century and a half since Lewis Carroll gave us our first glimpse of Wonderland — where we learned to let our imaginations run wild, to dream impossible dreams and to believe in six impossible things all before breakfast. In this year’s adaptation of Carroll’s nonsensical sensation, director Tim Burton takes the story and flips it on its head. Read More
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Simple Success: Disgrace at Cornell Cinema
March 12th, 2010“Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking”. This Moorish proverb could be the tagline for the 2008 movie Disgrace, in which a man discovers just this. Unwilling to repent for his sins in public, the man withdraws into the South African countryside where in his silent musings he tries to redeem himself and discovers his “disgrace.” Read More
Good Old-Fashioned New Music
March 12th, 2010This week I thought I would return to the roots of 76 Trombones — talking about music. I mean, I always talk about music, but we’re talking 76 Trombones 101 here (or 1101, under our ridiculous new four-number system): indie albums you should be listening to. Got it? Read More
From the Street to the Stage
March 11th, 2010They hustled to “The Hustle.” They pushed it to “Push It.” They did what ever it is that people do to “Bad Romance.” In a flash mob dance yesterday afternoon in front of the Schwartz Center, the cast of Dance, Drama and the Disco of Desire promoted their show for passerbys in Collegetown. As one woman walking by summed up into her cell phone, “there are people dancing and they’re awesome!” Read More
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Living in an Infomercial World
March 11th, 2010As a young lass many moons ago, hygiene and hand washing were not huge priorities for me. Add to it that there was this one girl (who shall remain nameless), who contracted and spread Strep Throat every single year of Elementary School — she was like the class pet Petri dish. But anyway, I suffered innumerable sick days during my youth.
Read MoreTest Spin: Shout Out Louds
March 11th, 2010It has been a long, three-year wait for the newest album from the Swedish indie rock band, Shout Out Louds. The five Stockholm natives, who have been playing together for nine years, recently released Work, a collaboration with producer Phil Ek, who established the careers of Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, the Shins and Fleet Foxes.
Read MoreTest Spin: Jason Derülo
March 11th, 2010Since the downfall of Chris Brown as the hottest singer in R&B, new artists have rushed to fill the void. With two hits under his belt, Jason Derülo has established himself as a worthy successor. However, his self-titled debut album fails to live up to the hype. Derülo ventures more into pop than R&B, often bordering on sappiness. Read More
Test Spin: Gorillaz
March 11th, 2010Gorillaz newest album, the melodically imaginative tour de force Plastic Beach, is a brilliantly crafted album that contains a mixture of beats and sounds from many cultural and tropical influences. Prior to recording Plastic Beach, Damon Albarn, the mastermind behind Gorillaz, visited a Mali landfill that gave him the inspiration for the fused plastic environment concept. Read More
Studen Artist Spotlight: Maurice Chammah and Oikos
March 10th, 2010This past Sunday, Maurice Chammah ’10 and his band, Oikos, performed three songs with the Cornell Orchestra. Oikos mixes classical music with indie sensibilities, creating an enchanting sound. Read More
Life Is Beautiful: Notes From Paris
March 10th, 2010I got up last Wednesday already preparing myself for what has become one of only three school days a week. Read More