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Annie Brown | Thursday, February 9, 2023
Deep in the labyrinthine corridors of Cushing Hall, among engineering labs and dusty lockers, one can find the office of professor Clive R. Neal. Instead of the typical plain, weathered oak of the nearby doors, Neal’s is covered in “Doctor Who” posters and crayon-drawn pictures torn from coloring books. Given the chance to look, visitors
Annie Brown | Thursday, November 3, 2022
“We wanted to see how far we could take a single idea.” The words that introduced King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s 23rd studio album are some of frontman Stu Mackenzie’s most profound and, arguably, self-exposing. The concept of distance surrounds so much of the band’s work; their prolificacy is only one facet of it.
Rose Androwich, Gracie Eppler, Maggie Eastland, Abigail Keaney, Andy Ottone, Gabriel Zarazua and Annie Brown | Friday, October 28, 2022
Halloween is just around the corner, and Scene has chosen its favorite songs, films and haunting reflections to celebrate! “Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge” Rose Androwich, Scene Writer The sequel to “Halloweentown” is better than the original. The first film relies too heavily on sheer shock factor. “Halloweentown II” broaches the idea of good versus evil.
Annie Brown | Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Propelled seemingly by some mechanism inside its rubber body, a tennis ball rolls, turns and erratically bounces down the stairs, eventually coming to rest near the couch. The ball is a little tattered, as if it has been rolled down these stairs many times before and the viewer is simply looking in on a daily