YouTube offers music-philes aural nirvana
Imagine being a music lover ten years ago. Seeking out recorded live performances by your favorite artists must have been nerve-wracking. Searching vainly for out-of-print videotapes and trolling the bootlegs in record stores would only… Read More...‘Funnyhouse’ built on unstable foundation
Let there be no doubt about it: “Funnyhouse of a Negro” is the most spectacular production I have ever seen on the Brandeis campus. The acting was very strong. The actors seemed to burst from… Read More...Who dat rocking at the Super Bowl?
The Who has always been a band with a particular place in my heart. I was still in middle school when my aunt bought me a copy of “Tommy” from a New Haven record store,… Read More...ICE at ’Deis: Graduate compositions impress
“This time in your career, you don’t get a chance to write for a group like that.” It’s Wednesday, and Christian Gentry (GRAD) has just finished teaching a course in country music and society. I’m… Read More...Things that go BMOP in the night
If you attended a performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra last fall, chances are pretty good that you heard one or more of Beethoven’s symphonies. The BSO, widely recognized as one of the world’s most… Read More...Musical Evolutions
You never really appreciate what you have until it’s taken away from you. This may be something of a cliche, but it still rings true for me, and it describes my relationship with the Brandeis… Read More...Culture X forum for intercultural artistic expressions
Let’s be honest. The past month hasn’t been good for intercultural relations at Brandeis. The challenge to the Racial Minority Union Senate position went to the Union Judiciary, and it’s put the questions, “What consitutes… Read More...Cello recital showcases many styles of Alterman
“Student recital” is a term that carries an air of sloppiness and unprofessionalism. My immediate mental image of the word “recital” is a bunch of elementary school children dressed in matching outfits, leaping and falling… Read More...Chili Peppers’ guitarist shreds into new territory
John Frusciante has always seemed badly out-of-place in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. As the band’s guitarist and backup vocalist, he is responsible for a string of increasingly generic and commericalized albums, yet he has… Read More...12
