Review: Big Sean’s “Dark Sky Paradise”
After his second sub par studio album Hall Of Fame, it appeared that we had seen exactly what Big Sean was destined to be: another young artist who feasts off of radio singles and gimicky hooks…it couldn’t be so. Kanye West obviously saw something in his new apprentice. And, after listening to the deluxe version […]
Interview with Jeremy Scott of CinemaSins
If you’re like a lot of people in the world, you like movies. And if you like movies, you’ll probably agree that even the best movies have some sort of issue with them. That’s the rationale behind CinemaSins, a YouTube channel dedicated to pointing out “sins” in movies, be they cliches, plot holes, moments of […]
Ian Sayres Revisits his Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2014
2014 seemed like a quiet year in Hip-Hop. A lack of releases by big name artists like Drake, Kanye West, and Kendrick Lamar left the charts open for the lesser known underground artists to make a name for themselves. Promising young emcees walked into the game with numerous major label debuts alongside a few seasoned […]
Darian Bolin’s Top 10 of 2014: Albums
2014 was an interesting year for music. Weezer and Weird Al made grand comebacks, Taylor Swift became the only platinum-selling album of the year, classic albums like Funeral by Arcade Fire and Weezer’s Blue Album turned ten years old and twenty years old, respectively, and The Wrens announced that they finally finished their 12-years-in-the-making 4th […]
Review: The Decemberists’ “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World”
It’s good to have you back, Decemberists. Their last album, 2011’s The King Is Dead, was in many ways very un-Decemberists, but it had its moments. Now, with What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, The Decemberists have found a way to mesh the folksy narrative elements of their older material while retaining the […]
The Revival of Dystopian Novels
It seems not too long ago that televisions and bookstores nationwide were plagued with the then-latest trend: vampires. From Twilight to Vampire Diaries, teens everywhere were drawn into the blood-sucking craze. Lately, a new contender has swept the vampire craze under the rug, leading the way to a new era of movies, television and book […]
History of Setting Stone
What is Setting Stone? This student run group advised by Matt Aerni and Clare Squance, both English teachers at Talwanda High School, offers a creative outlet for students to have works such as poetry, writing, and photography published for others to see. Both advisors help in ways such as organizing and printing the magazine, setting […]
