NBC is back in the swing of things again, as their long running hit sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live hit its 47th season, bringing back old faces, and introducing some new ones.This season started on Oct. 2, with Owen Wilson as the host and Kacey Musgraves as the musical guest, with the cast line […]
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Squid Game: Inside Netflix’s New Top Show
Do you like games? Do you like to win money? Would you play a game if it meant you would win money? What if the cost of losing was your life? These are the questions being asked by a wide variety of fans as they binge watch Netflix’s newest hit Squid Game, a South Korean […]
IMPEACHMENT: American Crime Story Starts With A Bang
It was a scandal that unfolded shortly before most of us attending Monmouth University were currently born. Two parties: one, one of the most powerful men in the world, the other, an intern, just twenty-two years old. We are talking about the affair of then-President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This scandal […]
“He’s So Cool!” Chris Pratt, Other A-Listers Announced For Mario Movie
Nintendo fans received an announcement seemingly completely out of left field on Thursday; an announcement involving several huge actors and the company’s most famous intellectual property. On Sept. 28, video game giant Nintendo held a short “Nintendo Direct” presentation wherein they revealed the production of a Super Mario Bros. animated film. Expecting news about Bayonetta […]
Video Game Therapy: Chill Games for Chill Times
Video games are quintessential to the American youth lifestyle. It’s a hobby that most likely recalls afternoons following a long day of elementary school. The reward for a hard day’s work could include some gaming, maybe an after-school treat and letting the day’s stress wash away. Gaming as an adult conjures much different imagery, somewhere […]
Kanye West’s Donda: The Long and Winding Road
Image: Kevin Mazur / Getty In October 2019, super-celebrity and contemporarily born-again Christian Kanye West dropped his ninth solo album, the strictly gospel Jesus Is King. Coming off a fully public spiritual awakening, West had enlisted the help of his Sunday Service Choir to produce his interpretation of the gospel. While fans weren’t entirely surprised […]
TAKE ME TO CHVRCHES: Screen Violence Is Dark, Bold Synthpop
Scottish group Chvrches have been at the forefront of synthpop since their formation in Glasgow in the early 2010s, with each release since 2013’s The Bones of What You Believe sonically encapsulating diverse eras, themes, and subgenres in electronic music. Now, in 2021, just as I’ve grown more mature since that time, I realize that […]
Blue Hawk Records Busts out with ‘Eighteen’
Eighteen is a consequential age; it marks the border between youth and adulthood, between adolescent angst and alleged independence. Blue Hawk Records, the student-run record label at Monmouth University, wanted to capture that transitory stage and spirit in the mood and music of its 18th compilation EP, aptly titled Eighteen.
Sound of Metal: An Auditory Experience Like No Other
At certain unexpected times in our lives, some of us experience life-changing personal catastrophes; the kind of catastrophes that cause us to fundamentally reinvent ourselves, learning to live as a person affected by such traumas.