Vaquero Playground’s mantra, according to founder John J King, is fun, cheap, and dirty. Their production of From Denmark with Love – an original script by King adapting Shakespeare’s Hamlet as a 12th century James Bond superspy film — achieves exactly that. It was fun. This play combined the cheesiest parts of the James Bond films … Continue reading »
Designer are Rory, Stone, Sam, and Jim. They displaced themselves from New Zealand, Baltimore, Chicago, and Charlotte to Boston for school. They’re making music because what the hell else are they going to do? They’re one of the most exciting live bands in Boston, and are branching out around New England as we speak. They’re … Continue reading »
A playlist of songs based on each character from AMC’s Mad Men. Continue reading »
I spent my late Thursday evening into Friday’s morning glued to a screen. I was a few feet away from my friend who was also enveloped by his laptop, and the two of us spent 14 hours tracking the manhunt in Watertown, Massachusetts. It was all unfolding a short five miles from the apartment we … Continue reading »
We all have that favorite music; something to come back to over and over again, something to show our friends. Whether its a single song or complete discography of a particular artist, its music we’re comfortable with. However, I can safely assume that there is another aspect of all our musical tastes. For however diverse … Continue reading »
The world of film scoring is densely packed with clichés, skewed cultures, and the souls of John Williams’ ghostwriters. For every beautiful, moving moment there is a film with a score that tugs on no heart strings, inspires no real memory, and just sort of gets taken for granted. An effective film is usually regarded … Continue reading »
Art by Kaley This ultimately is not about gender. Gender, as a definition of character, is a complete construct of a bygone society. To assume anything about anyone based on appearance, in a perfect world, would be considered cruel and implausible. Unfortunately, your appearance is the first and last thought anyone has of you. There … Continue reading »
Really, what I mean is nobody should think they couldn’t learn an instrument. The world has never been smaller than it is today because of that endless resource of information and cavernous well of procrastination known as the Internet. It can be used as a powerful tool to get you over the hump of learning … Continue reading »
…that came out this year that maybe you heard or maybe you didn’t, but that doesn’t really mean anything because every one experiences things differently and absorbs information differently or something- click through for links! Shields by Grizzly Bear- There is such a beautiful, concise tone to the entirety of Shields. The craft of their … Continue reading »
I am writing, racing really, against the clock. By clock I mean a hurricane that is currently turning west and about to break landfall and beat most of New England with winds up to seventy-five miles per hour. That kind of clock. Classes here at Berklee college of show-and-tell were cancelled, meaning I don’t have … Continue reading »
