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-Miko Malabute | Friday, May 13, 2016
I’m obviously not exactly a stud athlete, but I have a bit of a confession to make — when I play pick-up basketball, I’m not exactly the most confident player on the court. Even when I’m playing well, I don’t always start off with oozing amounts of swagger and belief that I’m going to make
Miko Malabute | Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Let’s establish something right now: At the risk of truly sounding “too millennial,” social media is a way of life. Early last week, the sports world went up in flames as people expressed their frustrations and confusions: not because of the height of March Madness, not because of the absolutely outrageous material coming out of the
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
Miko Malabute | Monday, February 29, 2016
I find music and movie reviews are so absolutely pointless. There, I said it. And no, before you start drawing conclusions, I am not referring to any particular writer or any particular entity. Furthermore, I fully understand there is a place for these types of articles in our society. But keep all of those reviews
Miko Malabute | Monday, February 22, 2016
Maybe it’s the senioritis (although if any of my professors read this, I promise I’m immune to senioritis — if I’m absent from class, I really am terribly ill); maybe it’s the allure of spring break quickly approaching, and the prospect of sunshine and stress-free days not too far ahead; maybe it’s simply the fantasy of
Miko Malabute | Thursday, February 18, 2016
No pun intended — it’s an absolute crime the “American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson” television series has not garnered the same amount of popularity and attention as its predecessors in the crime drama genre. The latest season in the “American Crime Story” television series covers what has been widely known as one
Miko Malabute, Adam Ramos, Erin McAuliffe, Jack Riedy and Matt McMahon | Monday, February 8, 2016
The “Waves” tracklist by Kanye West has proved a largely illegible work-in-progress, but when we squinted really hard and tilted our phone screens just right, we were able to make out some of the signatures. Here are our hopes on how the signees will — or, in some cases, prayers that they won’t — contribute
Miko Malabute | Monday, February 8, 2016
This roundtable includes the usual gang — Erin, Matt, Adam, Kelly and Miko. We zig when we zag and quickly discuss sports, then play a quick game of “Rihanna or Sia?”. Listen and subscribe on iTunes here. You can also listen live every Thursday at 6 p.m. on WVFI.
Erin McAuliffe, Jimmy Kemper, John Darr, Adam Ramos and Miko Malabute | Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Erin McAuliffe: Daughter — “Alone / With You” Daughter’s Elena Trona utters the words “I hate” before a worried rush of synths floods on “Alone / With You,” a track off the band’s Jan. 15 release “Not To Disappear.” The bass pulsates — a loudening, panicked heartbeat pacing alongside as Trona carries on in a rant
Miko Malabute | Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Over my last semester break as an undergraduate, I joined what seemed to be the rest of the millennial generation in binge-watching the newest, hottest Netflix series, “Making a Murderer,” a 10-part documentary series chronicling the mysterious, confusing murder case surrounding Steven Avery, his nephew Brendan Dassey and the tragic victim Teresa Halbach. For those