2008 Woodie Awards
Finally spring has sprung! A time for sunny weather, green leaves, and starts of long-awaited sport seasons. Messiah has an amazing campus, perfect for this beautiful time of year. One day, take a little time away from all that course reading and get lost in one of these three books recommended for some sunny reading! Nestle yourself underneath one of Messiah's newly blooming trees on the grass and take a brain break as we near the end of the semester, and more importantly-the year! A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren Who knew that small-business owner Frank Warren would start what once was a community art project-the PostSecret series. (0) comments
When the weather finally proves itself warm enough to get me in the car and go to the seashore, I will bring The Odd Couple by Gnarls Barkley along for the ride. Dangermouse and Cee-Lo (i.e. Gnarls) have created a vintage-pop-electronic-jazz-blues with a touch of Motown compilation. (0) comments
"Hi, we're the Mountain Goats," said John Darnielle, stepping onstage with an acoustic guitar slung over his shoulder. At a concert venue like Philadelphia's First Unitarian Church, where Darnielle made his pronouncement, this would seem like a typical introduction to the band-if Darnielle weren't the only person standing onstage. (0) comments
As you all know, this year our Spring and Easter breaks were combined to form one mega-break, which resulted in extensive time on beaches and/or doing homework on your family room couch. The downside of this is that we have about five more weeks of classes. (0) comments
1. Eddie Murphy's current selection of movies, an exercise in cruel and unusual punishment The only plausible explanation is that he is punishing the movie-going public for something. Maybe he's taking that Oscar loss hard…I'd be upset too if I lost out to Alan Arkin, who died halfway through Little Miss Sunshine. (0) comments
A Place to Bury Strangers is frequently referred to as "the loudest band in New York City." Earplugs are handed out at their shows, and when eardrums aren't being blown, the power likely is. An 8.4/ 10 Pitchfork Media review praises the band for their ability to "pull beauty out of eardrum- puncturing bleakness. (0) comments
This Thursday the Messiah Theater Department will unveil its final student productions of the year, Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge and Cathleen ni Houlihan by W. B. Yeats. I was invited to attend a rehearsal for these two one-act Irish plays and was pleasantly surprised by what I saw. (0) comments