Arts & Culture
DIY – TV
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Gone are the days when your favorite TV show would have to be viewed at a certain time and day of the week. You no longer have to get your ass off your comfy...
CD Review : Air, “Love 2”
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The French duo, Air, has been celebrated for their unique melding of futuristic synth-pop beats and nostalgic seventies references. In 1998, their debut LP, Moon Safari, made many year-end top-10 lists and solidified their...
CD Review : September, “September”
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Swedish export September can best be described as a pale imitation of Lady Gaga, without the quirkiness and with a lot of repetitive electronic accompaniment. Most of the 14 tracks on her self-titled CD...
Essentially a Playlist : Fighting the good fight
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At the 11th hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we’re asked to remember — lest we forget — the sacrifice of those who fought and died fighting for ‘freedom and democracy.’...
Musical Memory : Punk rock boyscout
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I was fifteen years old and quickly being molded by my overweight, slightly slow friend, Colin, to truly appreciate punk rock. Now, suburban Barrie, Ontario, was not the most fertile landscape for hardcore punk,...
Yore Lore: Romancing the spices
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As we become increasingly health-conscious and as healthy life choices like exercising regularly, cutting down on sugar and salt are advocated, we turn to alternate taste sensations which will appease our taste buds. Exotic...
The springs of Springfield: Janey
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Janey is Lisa’s black friend often seen with Lisa at slumber parties or on the playground and she seems like a normal child. She likes to tease other children, only to befriend them minutes...
