Best of Netflix: loners, magical girls, robots

Netflix has a great selection of live-action shows and movies, but they have an extensive anime section as well. This is just a cross-section of the best that Netflix has to offer in terms of anime. “Welcome To The NHK”…

Weekly EP Revue: Ivy & Gold’s magic act

When vocalist Rachel Wilkinson and producer Jamie Barnes collaborated to release their debut EP “Awake” in 2013, they decided to name their newfound duo after the well-known Bombay Bicycle Club song, “Ivy & Gold.” Drawing influences from a wide variety…

Oswego State professors cut loose at Faculty Concert

[slideshow_deploy id=’17999′] This past Sunday, a large crowd in Sheldon Hall Ballroom saw the first concert of the music department of the year. Professor Jon Shallit, violin, and Howard Spindler, piano, of the Eastman School of Music performed a series…

Jhene Aiko’s soulful, hypnotizing melodies on “Souled Out”

“Souled Out” is the debut full-length album by Jhené Aiko that was released on Sept. 9, 2014. When she was younger, Aiko was promoted through the popular R&B group, B2K. She was introduced as “Lil Fizz’s cousin.” In 2003, Aiko…

The Black Keys explore new voices, sounds on ‘Turn Blue’

Over the last four years, there is no question that the fastest rising band in the alternative rock scene has been the blues-rock duo from Ohio, The Black Keys. The guitar/drummer combo has found the recipe for success, based on…

Sir Sly’s electric, infectious indie rock vibes on ‘You Haunt Me’

Periodically, the music industry picks up trends that dominate the charts. Whatever this trend may be, it seems that many different artists appear and attempt to gain traction. Recently, the rise of the synth-pop and darkwave pop artists have become…

One more secret mission for Brosnan in ‘The November Man’

“The November Man” returns Pierce Brosnan (“A Long Way Down”) to the world of high-stakes espionage, killing and thrilling his way through a number of refined European settings as CIA agent Devereaux. However, he is playing a very different man…

Highly anticipated, hotly debated album ‘X’ finally sees release

The long awaited fifth album from Chris Brown, titled “X,” was released on Sept. 16, 2014, after a series of delays due to management issues as well as Brown’s criminal activity. Dating back all the way to November 2012 is…

Creative Writing

paper mache strands stack haphazardly teeter, totter.   A mound to be found in Whoville. Who would whisper, woo-hoo, whizzle. What?   The slabs look unmovable. Do you dare your hands to reach out, test its tenable strength.   Your…

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