Reemerging from a short recording hibernation, Guster's latest album, "Easy Wonderful," dropped in the beginning of October. Tufts alumni Ryan Miller, Adam Gardner and Brian Rosenworcel (all LA '95) have remained the three core members of the group since its inception here on the Hill.
The fundamental first step toward understanding director, producer and writer Tyler Perry's film adaptation of Ntozake Shange's 1975 choreopoem stage play, "For Colored Girls," is to dispel a major misconception about the film: It is not directed solely at black females.
The biggest TV news this week came in the form of NBC's midseason schedule announcement. The struggling network, in the midst of a takeover by cable giant Comcast, will try to improve its standing in January by adding several new series to its lineup, bringing back some old favorites and shuffling some current underperformers.
With Thanksgiving coming up, we are reminded that our ancestors were once immigrants to this country. Here is a list of other things that have since washed up on our shores.
In the late ‘70s, Elvis Costello made his mark by being one of the few members of the back−to−basics pub rock scene to both avoid the overwhelming force of punk rock and to reach stardom in the New Wave genre. He is renowned for his vast knowledge of pop culture, colorful lyricism and determination to dabble in almost all forms of popular music.
"I want you to make a circle with your legs like this — so it's like ab−mania," senior Brittany Sloan of the Tufts' dance ensemble Sarabande said. She demonstrated the move to her five proteges lying flat on their backs on the Cohen Auditorium stage. To an audience member of average fitness, the slow and, well, ab−manic move looked excruciating.
Students from the Boston Ballet yesterday performed excerpts from the company's upcoming production, "The Nutcracker," for patients, visitors and employees at Tufts Medical Center's Floating Hospital for Children. After the performance, the dancers visited with patients in their rooms. See blogs.tuftsdaily.com for more photos from the event.
We always use our imaginations when we watch movies. We're accustomed to the time gaps between scenes that spare us the fall of an axe, the consummation of a hot, sweaty kiss or the boring car ride from point A to point B. But Gaspar Noé's "Enter the Void" (2009), now playing at the Kendall Square Cinema, has no mercy on an audience that has been pampered with traditional cinematic cutaways.
Although it's not entirely historically accurate, it is safe to say that Americans envision Thanksgiving as the celebration of the pilgrims' survival after their separation from the motherland. This separation would eventually evolve into the 13 colonies, which would later form the United States. In short, it was the beginning of our independence.
Lots of rappers discuss partying, doing drugs and scoring women, but Kid Cudi never makes it seem like much fun.
Reaching the end of their North American tour, Blitzen Trapper returned to Boston this month to promote their latest album "Destroyer of the Void" at the newly renovated Paradise Rock Club.
"Morning Glory" is a movie viewers have seen before. Those who are even mildly perceptive will notice that Aline Brosh McKenna, the film's screenwriter, simply alters the character names of her successful 2006 movie "The Devil Wears Prada," praying no one will notice.
Are you chummy with the written word? Do you crave recognition for your work? Have you just snatched up this copy of the Daily while on the fly to your first class of the day, slinking into your seat a solid six minutes late?
Conan O'Brien is back on the air with his new TBS talk show, "Conan." Conan's new program is just like his old one, an approach that guarantees laughs but keeps things from feeling fresh. Conan is a very funny, quick guy though, and his goofy and nicely timed deliveries will keep most viewers smiling for the entire hour.
Like the Black Eyed Peas, N.E.R.D is traditionally known for its unique stylistic blend of hip−hop, R&B and rock. Over the years it has managed to stay notable in the music industry, always releasing unexpected material and almost never failing to exceed expectations.
I will admit, "Tosca" has never been one of my favorite operas. Puccini's music is lovely — and at many points in the opera even achingly beautiful — but the melodramatic, even pulpy plot, along with some questionable compositional choices, has led many critics to dismiss Tosca, as contemporary musicologist Joseph Kerman put it, as a "shabby little shocker."
Though this summer's "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" might not have struck it rich in the box office, the film garnered its fair share of critical praise. Happily, high quality and low revenue pair with engrossing, geeky appeal to propel "Scott Pilgrim" down the path of cult classics. The DVD and Blu-Ray of the film arrived in stores yesterday, and director Edgar Wright sat down with the Daily in a roundtable interview on Nov. 1 to discuss his experience with the film.
This article is the first in "Second Chances," a recurring feature looking at TV shows that deserve a second chance from viewers. Their ratings may be low, but the quality is high, so if you tuned out early on, here's our case for why you should give each show another try. First up: "Cougar Town."
When people think of Pink Floyd, warring egos, spectacular light shows and expansive, lush albums usually come to mind. Few people think of the band's early years under Syd Barrett, when Roger Waters and David Gilmour were just backup players and Pink Floyd had a much quirkier sound.
There are only a few things more alien and foreign to me than a Californian. Despite my frequent interactions with these beings, I have yet to decipher some of their odder quirks. They avoid exposing themselves to any temperature below 65 degrees, scorn inauthentic burritos and use the word "bootsy" with only a very loose idea of what it truly means. Even after sharing a room with one and forging friendships with a healthy handful, I still don't know what Californians mean when they go "hyphy"; humans though they might be, they are certainly a breed apart.
