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-8 posts tagged "Songs"
Evan McKenna | Monday, April 25, 2022
Somewhere down the line, we decided that certain ages are inherently more important than others. You always hear about 16. Legal systems around the world love 18 for some reason. And on one fateful day in 1976, ABBA changed the legacy of 17 forever. But where’s the love for 22? It’s a big year. It’s
Christopher Parker | Thursday, April 16, 2020
I was born in May of 2000 with two older siblings: an 11-year-old brother and a seven-year-old sister. By age five or six, my earliest memories of music involved crouching next to my brother as he used LimeWire to burn a blank CD full of blink-182, Usher and plenty of Kanye West. I got in
Mike Donovan | Friday, March 20, 2020
“It comes apart / the way it does in bad films.” Three years on and more — the hang of things still elusive — approaching a sequence “when the moral kicks in,” bringing four years of triumphs and foibles into fresh perspective. How was I supposed to know the approach would be asymptotic, getting me
Hanna Kennedy | Monday, September 9, 2019
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” writes Oscar Wilde in the play Lady Windermere’s Fan, first performed on the London West End stage in 1892. From this quote, the Snite Museum of Art takes its inspiration for the recently opened exhibition, “‘Looking at the Stars’: Irish
Mike Donovan, Ryan Israel, Dessi Gomez and Jim Moster | Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Springtime is sweeping through South Bend (sort of) but, with summertime on the horizon, the spring will soon be swept away. That’s okay with us. We have our sunglasses, plenty of sunscreen and a few things we’re really excited about for after school lets out. Hip-hop’s stars come out By Ryan Israel, Associate Scene
Maria Leontaras | Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Since you’re here, I think you know this about me. If not, here’s the obvious: my name is Maria. There are many good things that accompany the name. It’s relatively short. It’s easy to pronounce. It has treated me well. But there are a few downsides, including but not limited to being in a room
Nicole Marcinkus | Monday, February 11, 2019
On Thursday, John Mellencamp took the stage in South Bend to promote the release of his 24th studio album, “Other People’s Stuff.” Mellencamp has been writing and performing his own songs for over 40 years, since his first professional album in 1976. Mellencamp took a few years off following disagreements with music executives and a
Colleen Fischer | Tuesday, November 13, 2018
I often turn to TV to get my drama fix, in a feeble attempt to avoid it in my actual life. TV shows use many features to hype up emotional responses. They use dramatic twists, foreshadowing, character foils, color and different styles of editing, but most of all, music to emotionally manipulate the viewer. One