Author: RICHARD LAWLESS Beck is 35. In rock star years, that's like 62. He's slowed down a bit, taking three years rather than one in between albums and he may not be as crazy as he used to be, but after all, he's still Beck, and he's one of the most important musical figures of the past decade. He ...
Author: STEPHANIE DOSCH I'm from Seattle, and I must admit that spending a beautiful afternoon watching the Mariners at Safeco Field is one of my favorite summer activities. I don't really "do" sports, but I follow the Ms somewhat - especially when they're good - and always considered myself a fan. ...
Author: Josh Axelrod This weekend's production of Eve Ensler's '75 play "Necessary Targets" begins with two women meeting for the first time in a posh psychiatrist's office. J.S. (Lauren Turner Kiel '07) and Melissa (Laura Harris '07) immediately rub each other the wrong way since J.S. is a naive upper-class ...
Author: Jessica Jorge Were you stressed with exams and papers last week? Did you have to read an entire novel in one night? Or, did you miss New York City and the Bronx? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions then you should have been at the "Boogie Rican Boulevard" one-woman performance by ...
Author: Lauren Smith The Middlebury College Performing Arts Series presented the internationally renowned Takacs Quartet Friday night at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall. The string quartet performed a selection of Beethoven compositions to the crowded concert hall in a performance that came alive ...
Author: Richard Lawless Posthumous albums are always a touchy subject. This is especially true when considering the posthumous release of a rock icon like Joe Strummer. Should the album be handled with kid gloves because of its sentimental value? Surely no rock critic would feel uninhibitedly comfortable ...
Author: Tom McCann A routine a capella practice was rudely interrupted when a flaming ping-pong ball was thrown to the ground in a blind panic. Rolling across the carpet, it set fire to a nearby couch, and once the blaze had been extinguished, the Mamajamas had found the name of their latest CD - Burning ...
Author: Margaret Ray On Sunday evening, an audience of students, faculty and families was treated to the vocal and guitar talents of Bill Simms Jr. as he teamed up with Vermonter Mark LaVoie on harmonica for "An Evening of Blues" in the Center for the Arts. The Blues is an old and extremely influential ...
Author: STEPHANIE DOSCH Fin is a dwarf. No, not the Snow White kind with six buddies and a beautiful princess to hang out with. In fact, Fin has only one friend, and when he dies at the beginning of "The Station Agent," leaving his companion an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey, Fin (Peter ...
Author: Lauren Smith Students in Assistant Professor of Studio Art Hedya Klein's printmaking course, ART 0316, are displaying their intaglio prints in the Johnson Memorial Building's Pit Space. The prints will be on exhibit until April 14. The exhibit, sponsored by the Program in Studio Art, is free ...
Author: Margaret Ray Finally, something else to look at besides all that blank space. Fine, maybe that hasn't been the most pressing issue on everyone's mind recently with the spring workload piling on, but rejoice! We're getting a mural in the new library. The mural, to be called "L'Art d'Ecrire" ("The ...
Author: STEPHANIE DOSCH I know what you're thinking. "Oh great, not another stupid Jane Austen remake." Or perhaps "I hate Jane Austen." Or maybe you're of the "I love Jane Austen!" school of thought. Any way you look at it, there is a little something for everyone in Gurinder Chadha's latest movie, ...
Author: RICHARD It's fun to hold personal vendettas against artists. In late 2003, when I interviewed the Rapture, and was treated like an inconsequential idiot, I made sure to routinely bash their much-acclaimed album "Echoes" in whatever writing outlet I had access to. But before you throw the red ...
Author: Jessica Jorge As the lights dimmed, all that could be seen were 23 dark figures wearing neon green glow sticks around their heads as if crowned with halos. Next, black lights illuminated the stage not to reveal the faces of the performers, but rather 46 hands glowing in white musicians gloves. ...
Author: RICHARD LAWLESS Like any music nerd, I love record shopping in New York. What I don't like are annoying trendy poseur music store clerks in Brooklyn who don't know anything about music. Recently I found myself in a fashionable Brooklyn corner record store, akin to Burlington's Pure Pop Records ...
Author: Lauren Smith The Center for the Arts (CFA) concert hall was filled on Thursday, March 17, with the sounds of the Middlebury College Orchestra under conductor Troy Peters. The performance was entitled a "Student Showcase" and featured the world premiere of compositions by Andrew Lindblad '05, ...
Author: Jodie Zhang and Lauren Smith The Middlebury Campus: How long have you been playing violin?Megan Guiliano: About 17 years. I started playing violin when I was three through the Suzuki program organized in my hometown.The Campus: Tell us about your participation in the orchestra. How many hours ...
Author: SHEILA SELES The rough underside of L.A. portrayed on "The Shield" is about as far from our idyllic college campus as imaginable. Yet, this Emmy-winning police drama was created by Middlebury grad Shawn Ryan '88. Ryan visited Middlebury last spring to talk with students and to accept an award ...
Author: STEPHANIE DOSCH Imagine you're a 17-year-old girl and you spend your days on a rose plantation dethorning flowers. Imagine this job pays almost nothing, and the conditions are terrible. You are surrounded by harsh chemicals, fed almost nothing and barely allowed to use the bathroom. This is ...
Author: Richard Lawless There comes a time in every lo-fi indie rocker's career when they decide it's time to get rid of the tape hiss and actually record an album with normal production standards. Lo-fi originators Pavement gradually cleaned up their sound over the course of their career, eventually ...