Culture
Not Vanilla
Not Vanilla: Why we watch people do things
It’s much easier to watch someone else do things and live vicariously through them. Read More
Media Matrix
Media Matrix: On vaporwave
From the golden era of vaporwave, the residue shines in a goldenrod afterglow on one YouTube channel: [PATRYK FILMS]. Read More
A Capella
Vocal Point creates magic with ‘A Very Potter Show’
From beginning to end, the show brought smiles to faces and incredible music to ears. Read More
Television
‘Stranger Things 2’ is half of what it could be
The first half of season two is intense, but not as much as last year’s. It feels as if the creators are just dragging the show at parts, and even the characters seem like they have no clue why they are part of the storyline. Read More
Music
Maroon 5 exhibits pop centrism on ‘Red Pill Blues’
With this record, Maroon 5 has put its musicianship out of its misery. Read More
A Capella
Ramblers triumph on new EP
The latest Midnight Ramblers EP, “This Side Up,” is sure to shake listeners with its incredible arrangements of songs everyone knows and loves. Read More
Movies
Not Vanilla: Bigger the universe, bigger the buck
Since the “Iron Man” back in 2008, the concept of an expanded movie universe has become a household idea, even if most people don’t know the technical word for it. Read More
Media Matrix
Media Matrix: Nightcore.
In 2017 everything died. SoundCloud is basically the worst. I mostly skip to the :45-second mark of a song and if I’m not stimulated before I hear it I go to the next song. Read More
Books
Orhan Pamuk discusses work at Interfaith Chapel lecture
Pamuk’s talk — a discussion with Sevinç Türkkan, a religion and classic professor — revolved around “The Red-Haired Woman” and how it functions as a conversation between his own memory and existing mythology. Read More
Not Vanilla
Not Vanilla: A new kind of entertainment
Nowadays, the sheer number of ways you can distract yourself means not everyone sticks to watching the same thing. Read More