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Kelly McGarry, Matt McMahon, Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos and Sam Fentress | Monday, April 25, 2016
Matt McMahon, Erin McAuliffe, Kelly McGarry, Adam Ramos and Sam Fentress cast judgment on albums based on their covers. Albums include: “Mending Wall” by Angst, “Potted Meat Spread” by Spongehead, “Are You Ready for Freddy” by Fat Boys, “Sunburst Finish” by Be-Bop Deluxe and “Crippled Children Suck” by The Meatmen.
Matt McMahon | Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Champaign, Illinois’s News-Gazette film critic Chuck Koplinski introduced his contribution to the Ebertfest 2016 schedule, the Brian Wilson musical biopic “Love & Mercy,” as a film that completely surprised him on his initial viewing. The first-time contributor to the festival echoed familiar Roger Ebert sentiments about humanity and the delight in coming across movies that
Kelly McGarry, Matt McMahon and Adam Ramos | Saturday, April 9, 2016
Matt McMahon, Kelly McGarry, and Adam Ramos talk about Taco Bell, customized ordering, gummy bears and the faint smell of orange.
Kelly McGarry, Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos and Matt McMahon | Monday, April 4, 2016
Matt McMahon, Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos and Kelly McGarry talk about the highs and lows of summer music festivals and respond to The New York Times’ claim that they’re not making plans for festivals this year.
Erin McAuliffe, Matt McMahon and Adam Ramos | Thursday, March 24, 2016
In the midst of March Madness, Matt McMahon, Erin McAuliffe and Adam Ramos take on late-night and “other-time” TV (like Comedy Central’s “Idiotsitter”). In a time of abundant niche TV content and real-time comedic commentary via Reddit and Twitter, will late-night come to adapt its traditional end of the week/night model? This is Scene’s
Matt McMahon | Thursday, March 17, 2016
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, it’s not because the five greatest holidays — 311 Day, Pi Day, the Ides of March, Opening Day of March Madness and My Birthday Day — all happen to fall mere days apart from each other. It’s because you can celebrate each holiday with a different
Kelly McGarry, Wei Lin, Jack Riedy, Matt McMahon, Adam Ramos, John Darr, Erin McAuliffe, Alexandra Lowery, Matthew Macke and Miko Malabute | Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Netflix released “The Characters” on March 11, an eight-episode series that allowed comedians 30 minutes of creative free reign on Netflix’s budget and platform. Netflix has sponsored stand-up specials before, but the sketch-based project sees the platform investing in comedy at an even more involved level. To garner some hype for our favorite comedians, Scene
Matt McMahon | Tuesday, March 15, 2016
I’m graduating in two months, and I want to leave behind some parting advice for anyone who has anywhere from just those two months to three or four whole years left in their time at college. In my almost four years at Notre Dame, I’ve noticed it is very easy to fall into routines. The
Matt McMahon | Monday, February 22, 2016
Over Animal Collective’s most recent 10 years as a band, the one-time Brooklyn darlings have systematically released a short EP or single between each of their major albums to bridge stylistic gaps and hint at the musical direction of their subsequent album. Collaboration with Vashti Bunyan on 2005’s “Prospect Hummer” bridged the acoustic freak folk of
Erin McAuliffe, Matt McMahon, Matthew Munhall, Adam Ramos and Jack Riedy | Saturday, February 13, 2016
The “The Life of Pablo” podcast preempting the “The Life of Pablo” — Scene stuck to our deadline. The Scene staff continues hYpE WEEK in the studio: Erin, Matt, Matt, Adam and Jack give their thoughts on the Yeezy Season 3 MSG event, album predictions and errant musings on Kanye’s multiple personas. Listen and