English electro rock duo The Big Pink released their sophomore album “Future This” to the masses Jan. 16. Signing with the 4AD label in 2009 and releasing their first full-length album “A Brief History of Love” that same year, multi-instrumentalists Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell have followed up their first Brit-pop-esque album with more new wave beats and seemingly reprocessed … [Read more...] about The Big Pink
New year, new doomsday prophecies
On December 31, 1999, most people donned glittering “2000” glasses and danced among the streets while many others waited in storm cellars with a year’s worth of canned food and water for the end of the world that never came. Hundreds of followers of Harold Camping left jobs or possessions or poured money into the multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that predicted the end … [Read more...] about New year, new doomsday prophecies
Predicting the year ahead
2011 was quite a year–despite another economic dip, new waves in culture continue to rise to the mainstream, forming the zeitgeist of our time. Here is a look at some Over/Under predictions on various statistical hypotheses for this year Babies named after Colors — 50 OVER. Any culture junkie can predict that Jay-Z and Beyonce’s newborn, Blue Ivy (apart from sounding like an … [Read more...] about Predicting the year ahead
Making observations about daily life
The following takes place between 9:50-10:03 a.m. nearly every day of my life. “Oui, oui!” I scream, as my internal clock wakes me from my 20-minute nap at exactly the end of my French class. Having absorbed as much as a rock would absorb if left in a Tupperware container of maple syrup, I leave the tiny decaying room with a smile and an even more firmly held opinion of the … [Read more...] about Making observations about daily life
Rethinking Resolution
It was January 1, the very first day of 2012. As my family sat around the New Year’s dinner table, we discussed our New Year’s resolutions. I can recall ambitiously saying something along the lines of, “I am only going to drink one Diet Coke a week and only eat frozen yogurt a maximum of two times a week.” But, by January 7, I probably had at least four Diet Cokes and went to … [Read more...] about Rethinking Resolution