Archive for April, 2008
My Mind Plays an April Fools’ Joke on Itself
The following is by my friend Danny Djeljosevic.
Since I’ve decided to tackle a record by a band that everybody loves to hate (or vice versa?) for a hip music blog, I feel the need to justify my writing about Panic at the Disco. I wonder how many people got mad that they removed the exclamation point.
Anyway, [...]
I’m On Fire So Stub Me Out
I’m not sure I’ve ever understood “Layla.”
I mean I understand what the song’s about, but I’ve never quite understood why the last half of the Derek and the Dominos song was so important. The end piano part feels tacked on.
Actually, I think I’ve never really understood most songs where the instrumentation is an important part [...]
Delays
Hey all,
Just a heads up, this week’s post will be delayed until the mid week. The end of school has sort of made everything swamped, but check back later in the week for a post regarding Bloc Party’s “This Modern Love”
Insert Your Own Title Here
The following essay was written by my friend Hilary Lehman.
My senior year of high school, my English teacher had us read the Hemingway short story “Hills Like White Elephants.”
Not giving away too much of the story, a young woman makes a decision, and the ending is one of those ambiguous ones that [...]
How to Fight Lost Causes
The silhouette stands in the doorway, hunched. Mike Peters meanders in, turns on the light and checks the phone. No messages on. He doesn’t do it in the movie Swingers, but I bet the character probably does play the ones from yesterday.
This is what I used to think adult life would be like. Walking into [...]
