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-32 posts tagged "Scene"
Claire Lyons | Friday, April 28, 2023
In a world of 8 billion people, what are the chances of meeting your mortal enemy? Unfortunately for the main characters of “Beef,” Amy Lau (Ali Wong) and Danny Cho (Steven Yeun), they’ve already found out. At first, it seems like Amy and Danny have nothing in common except for their mutual blood-boiling hatred for one
Gabriel Zarazua | Friday, April 28, 2023
I was walking the lakes of Notre Dame back in 2019, exploring the campus the summer before my freshman year. After the walk, I was on my phone when a 90 second trailer dropped for the sequel to “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.” Everyone, myself included, was ecstatic for a sequel to
Frank Paquette | Friday, April 14, 2023
On Saint Patrick’s Day this year, the Irish rock band U2 released their new album, “Songs of Surrender,” on a limited edition Notre Dame-inspired vinyl. While the tracks on the record themselves are an exciting showcase of the band’s range and timeless quality, the “Notre Dame-ness” of the graphics on the product itself leaves something
Gabriel Zarazua | Friday, April 14, 2023
What if I told you that sports are more than what happens on the field? Sorry, I always wanted to make my own “30 For 30” slogan. Anyway, people seem to forget that what happens on the field in sports is only half the story. While we see the scoreboard and the athletes putting their
Rose Androwich | Friday, February 24, 2023
When I first heard about the student run cafe, Off the Ave (OTA), opening in Spes Unica, one of the classroom buildings at Saint Mary’s, I was excited, to say the least. The cafe opened on Monday, much to the excitement of the Saint Mary’s College community. The hard work of the students who founded
Caitlin Brannigan | Friday, February 24, 2023
It has almost been 20 years since the formation of the rock band Paramore. Since then, the band has produced hits spanning across a variety of genres, from pop-punk to new wave. Popular new artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Willow Smith have been influenced by Paramore’s cutting yet dreamlike sound. The band is currently made
Ayden Kowalski | Thursday, January 26, 2023
Few franchises have a better pitch than “Pokémon”: tame and trained magical animals battle each other, save the world with a team of them and ultimately become “the very best, like no one ever was.” Whether each game brings the player into this dream is a different question. The previous main series games, 2019’s “Pokémon Sword” and
The Observer | Tuesday, October 25, 2022
You’ve probably already met Swedish pop provocateur Tove Lo (pronounced “too-veh loo”). Her artistic thesis statement, “Habits (Stay High),” is a classic for a generation, and she secured some other hits in the middle of the last decade, as both an artist with “Talking Body” and a songwriter, working on Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You
Claire McKenna | Friday, October 7, 2022
Dodie is back. Releasing music for the first time since her debut album last year, the singer-songwriter is giving us a look at how the last couple of years have been for her. (Spoiler: a bit all over the place.) Filled with her signature whispering voice, layered vocals and relatable lyrics, we are once again
