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Peter Jacoby04.01.06
Meds, Cereal, and Horror Movie Icons: a new story by Peter Jacoby. The title photo "Chain of Doors" is by Adam Lampton. The illustrations of Freddy and Jason are by James Braithwaite.
The Final Four Finally: The Phenom of George Mason
Dallas Hudgens03.30.06
There are those schools that nobody ever hears about because, well, even if they have a sports team, they have never made it to any of the big dances. George Mason Alumnus Dallas Hudgens writes about the wild ride it has been for The Patriots this season, making it to the Final Four of the NCAA Championship, a feat that has put this rather unkown school on the map.
M.S.G.: Stop Calling it The Basketball Mecca
Adam Underhill03.29.06
With the Nicks screwing around for yet another season as NCAA championship history is being made throughout March Madness with cinderella upsetters like George Mason knocking off one big name seed after another, Adam Underhill asks why do we still hold Madison Square Garden in such high basketball esteem?
The Chopstick Diet
Simona Schneider03.28.06
Try eating a pint of Chunky Monkey with a couple of wooden sticks. Think about it.
High School Musical: a review
Kevin Killian03.28.06
So you think the movie musical is dead? What about the made-for-TV musical? Kevin Killian takes on Disney’s High School Musical.
Devotional Materialisms: on Thomas Hirschhorn’s Superficial Engagement…
Thom Donovan03.28.06
We hardly ever see what really is going on in war, especially filtered intelligently through art. At a recent show at Barbara Gladstone’s Gallery in New York, Thomas Hirschhorn came as close to any artist in recent memory to bringing home the horrors happening in the middle east currently. If you missed it, read Thom Donovan’s insightful take.
The New Big In Japan: Interview with Keith Rocka
Zoey Mondt03.28.06
Zoey Mondt talks to DJ Keith Rocka of Sea Otter about the MySpace music phenomenon, Bjork by proxy and living in L.A..
Hacking Art: Interview with Cory Arcangel
Paddy Johnson03.27.06
Paddy Johnson raps with new media artist Cory Arcangel about hacking video game cartridges, teaching people how to make bad websites, and muses about his constancy in fashion sense.
Adios Buckaroo!
Casey McKinney03.27.06
Back thar in journalism school I wrote a piece about an important musician in my life. No one wanted to publish it, like who cares about Buck Owens right? Well read and hopefully regret if you are of that ilk. I had the fortune of seeing the man two years ago live, probably one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, up there with the first time I saw Fugazi at 16 (I’m now 32). Here’s what I wrote then, now updated after his passing.
MUSIC: Interview with Mikey Heppner of Priestess
Richard Parks03.11.06
Richard Parks (normally a banjo and mandolin kind of man) talks to Mikey Heppner of the Canadian band Priestess about French mistranslations and the supposed cohesiveness of the Montreal scene, and is inspired to accompany his interview with some illustrations of classic hard rock poses. Photos by Parks as well.
