Titus Andronicus’ second LP, “The Monitor,” was released on the 148th anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the legendary Civil War naval battle between ironclad warships. But why derive the album’s name from this battle, release the album on its anniversary and name the epic, 14-minute ...
It often seems that artists’ favorite thing to tell stories about is … artists. The number of narratives centered on creative types is certainly out of proportion with the percent of “artists” in the actual population. But we all must speak, to some degree, from experience, and these stories ...
The other day, as I was eating a heart attack in the Grille, working on a paper, I remembered a gold chain that I used to own. It’s been years since I lost that chain, but it made me think, “When did it stop being cool to wear gold?” As is the case with almost every question I have, I turned to ...
In his first performance at Middlebury since graduation, opera tenor William Burden ’86 will be giving a recital to benefit the Opera Company of Middlebury March 13 at the Town Hall Theater. Emory Fanning, a former music teacher at the College under whom Burden studied, will accompany him. Burden ...
Lewis Carroll’s surreal and absurd “Alice in Wonderland” returns to the cinema, helmed this time by the equally surreal and absurd Tim Burton. The alternatively whimsical and creepy charms of the novel and animated Disney film aren’t matched by Burton’s self-referential interpretation of the ...
“Introducing,” the appropriately titled debut album from the San Francisco all-female trio Brilliant Colors, is unmistakably a product of the 21st century. Like so many other recent indie bands, the group borrows heavily from noisy, lo-fi, and instantly hummable underground acts of the ’80s and ...
Lights out and two screens on either side of the stage flipped on to show Neil (Baron ’10) and Andrew (Powers ’11.5) sitting on couches watching TV, discovering that their show, “Mister Show with Neil and Andrew,” had begun and that the stage was empty. The camera followed them as they rushed ...
DJ Dube AKA Aubrey Dube '12 Home Base: Gaborone, Botswana Preferred Programs: Serato and Virtual Deejay Origins: As a young teen, Dube’s deejay friends inspired him to join their ranks, leaving his former position as “hype man.” This ethic remains in his deejay style, however, as Dube relishes ...
Every Thursday Laura Jesson (Tanya Lehman) takes the train from her small English hamlet to the big city; London awaits. She does the week’s shopping, exchanges her library book and goes to the pictures. Her life isn’t incredibly interesting, by anyone’s standards — including her own — but ...
With warmer weather just around the corner (hopefully!), nobody can escape the urge to do a little spring cleaning. WRMC is no exception to the rule, and the executive board kicked off the new semester by doing a little clean-up work of its own. This semester, the student-run radio station has made ...
It has been two years since Middlebury College student Nick Garza went missing, since the College and the town joined together in search parties, since the surrounding community felt the first pangs of his absence, the uncertainty of his disappearance and eventually the news of his death. Garza’s ...
Local Natives is a new band with a great idea: Borrow successful sounds from current artists and mix them in such a way that gives your band a unique identity. Their debut album, “Gorilla Manor,” released on Feb. 16, is so accessible because the elements of the collective sound are so familiar. Consider, ...
“When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him.” Thus quietly begins Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 novel “The Road.” The subtexts are unclear. We roll the overwhelming questions in our minds. Who is the child and why does ...
On the first weekend in March, the Hepburn Zoo will house a production titled “Mister Show with Neil and Andrew,” starring Neil Baron ’10 and Andrew Powers ’11.5, as well as Ben Orbison ’12.5, Alyssa Limperis ’12 and Wyatt Orme ’12.5. The show will consist of a series of scenes culled ...
On Friday, Feb. 26, four dancers clothed in recycled clothes will command the FlynnSpace, Burlington stage in a performance titled “Disposable Goods.” However, seemingly antithetical to the environmentally-aware themes pervading the show, they will also share the floor with a brand-new toaster oven. ...
2/26 Big APE at FlynnSpace FlynnSpace Burlington 8 p.m. Big Action Performance Ensemble (Big APE) and Artist-in-Residence Tiffany Rhynard present their latest performance, “Disposable Goods.” The show challenges the audience to think about waste — both personal and material. 2/27 Voices McCullough ...
Artist | The Magnetic Fields Album | “Realism” Over the course of their 20-year existence, the Magnetic Fields, led by their notoriously dour songwriter Stephin Merritt, have explored nearly every genre of popular music imaginable. From jazz to punk, synth-pop to shoe-gaze, the Fields’ varied ...
This is the first columnn by The Campus’ new fashion columnist, Philippe Bronchtein ’10. “Flannel Mammal” will run bi-weekly for the rest of the semester. Hello! For better or worse, I am the new fashion columnist. As I sit down to write this, I’m admittedly anxious and questioning of my ...
MOVIE | Shutter Island DIRECTOR| Martin Scorsese STARRING| Leonardo DiCaprio The clouds hang dark like an omen. Two cigarettes sizzle blood-orange in the fog: an apprehensive reply to the island, a hulking shadow which has emerged from the brooding haze. Low musical notes swell to a loud crescendo, ...