Seyi Osabamiro
- Feb 16, 2018
“Gabby”
Preetham Chippada
- Feb 16, 2018
Cockfight
My brother sucked on his teeth and bit his lip in an attempt to mask the pain as I rubbed sesame oil into his shoulders. His shoulders were lean but woven together with sinewy muscles toned by hours of labor, and his skin had darkened to match the color of the fertile loam that he tilled. His shoulders were usually hidden beneath hand-medowns from our father, a barrel-chested man who wore shirts that were large and unflattering on my pubescent brother. Now, however, my brothe
Kevin Berning
- Feb 16, 2018
Massachusetts Student “Not Even Cold, Dude”
Does this man look cold to you? Sporting nothing but oversized gym shorts and a Bruins jersey, Connor Jackson (MSB ’20) was “not even that cold, dude” at the time of interview. With numerous incidences of snowfall and freezing rain, multiple sources reported the Boston native making the walk from his Village C East dorm room to Leo’s, stepping directly through patches of ice and snow in his Adidas slides. “This is, like, nothing,” said Jackson as snow piled up on his practica
Reagan Graney
- Feb 16, 2018
Black Mirror
Black Mirror encourages viewers to consider possible consequences of technology in society Black Mirror is phenomenal. Period. In fact, among the dozens of other Netflix recommendations that I have received over the years, I can say without a doubt that Black Mirror has been the greatest. This show is not only high-quality entertainment, but its dark, dystopian, techno-horror episodes also feel chillingly and inexplicably real. The magic of Black Mirror lies in its ability to
Brian Damerau
- Feb 16, 2018
An Intimate Evening with Anthony Fantano
Fan art for Fantano’s successful Youtube channel, “The Needle Drop.” On Jan. 25, in the strangest crossover episode since Family Matters x Full House, the Georgetown Lecture Fund filled the Arrupe Multipurpose Room for the Internet’s Busiest Music Nerd, Anthony Fantano (AKA Senthony Paitano AKA Deathony Gripstano AKA Melon). His PowerPoint-led lecture included discussion of the lyrical genius of “All Star” by Smash Mouth, the not-so-subtle toxic masculinity of “Mr. Brightside
Ben Barrett
- Feb 16, 2018
Psychedelic Rock Since 2008
Album art for King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s 2017 release Sketches of Brunswick East. Psychedelic rock, with its soaring, surreal guitar riffs and ambient, cerebral tones, has returned to Earth this decade, and it appears to have designs on staying with us for the foreseeable future. But the genre carries a new significance now, and is no longer one unified genre but rather many manic offshoots and interrelated influences, not unlike the twisting patterns in the notorious
Elianna Schiffrik
- Feb 16, 2018
End of the F***ing World Series Review
“As these troubled characters fall for each other, you fall for them.” The End of the F***ing World is a British mini-series that premiered in 2017 and was added to Netflix in 2018, based on a comic book by Charles S. Forsman of the same title. The darkly humorous drama series follows two teenagers, James and Alyssa, as they go on the run together after deciding to leave their families and stealing James’ father’s car (but not, of course, before James punches his father in th
Austin Stollhaus
- Feb 16, 2018
You Should Be Listening: Wolf 359
Supernova SN1987A In a departure from The Independent’s usual high-caliber analysis of music, film, and literature, we break from tradition this month to bring you our first-ever podcast review, beginning with the recently concluded sci-fi online radio serial, Wolf 359. You are seven-point-eight miles from anything even resembling home, orbiting a red dwarf named Wolf 359 in a claustrophobic spaceship built by the lowest bidder, which alternates between insistently springing
D'Asia Lipsey
- Feb 16, 2018
Devilman Crybaby: A Netflix Original
Devilman: Crybaby Poster Every once in a while, there will appear a show that dares to break the mold of the usual, decently animated, but mostly mundane new anime. Then there’s Devilman: Crybaby. This show not only broke the mold; it mixed the mold into its cereal with nails and battery acid, ate about half of it, then used the rest to sculpt a surprisingly realistic effigy of Lucifer, all to the tune of a expertly curated (if not LSD-influenced) soundtrack. To quote College
Magdalena Bautista
- Feb 16, 2018
Black Panther
One of the most anticipated movies of the year Black Panther, the upcoming superhero movie about a prince that fights bad guys in a black panther suit complete with metal claws, might sound cheesy, considering that the most recent trend in superhero movies is to tone down costumes, but it is actually one of the most anticipated movies of the year, benefiting from a scene-stealing appearance in Captain America: Civil War. The cast includes stellar actors such as Lupita Nyong’o
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