Entertainment
Listen Up: WGMU Interview With OneRepublic
Love the band OneRepublic? You're not alone. Learn more about the band in this WGMU interview with the boys behind "Apologize."
See the band perform live at the Patriot Center at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 23. Student tickets are $10 with your Mason ID.
Spill Canvas, Hush Sound, OneRepublic Rock Campus
By Broadside Correspondent Maria Cianfichi
On Thursday, Oct. 23, OneRepublic, the Spill Canvas, and the Hush Sound will be playing at the Patriot Center. Student tickets are only $10, so don't miss out.
The main performance of the night will be OneRepublic, a rock band from Colorado featuring lead singer Ryan Tedder with fellow band members Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle and Eddie Fisher. OneRepublic first appeared on the charts with their hit song, “Apologize” which aired as a remix with Timbaland.
Music Columnist Says 'Go See More Shows'
By Broadside Style Columnist Andy Minor
Last weekend came and went with its sublime three-day-ness, and I wasted just about as much time as anyone else gallivanting around Fairfax County like the proud Northern Virginia kid I am. I went to work, went to a bar, went home and saw my dog for a little bit—just generic weekend stuff. So why am I so angry about this past weekend? Because I forgot, yet again, to go to a show I really wanted to see.
Sing It Loud Creates Carbon Copy Pop Music
By Connect2Mason Director Grace Kendall
When listening to the generic pop songs of Come Around, it is hard not to compare Sing It Loud to the myriad bands they sound like. To be fair, it is hard for new bands to have an entirely original sound these days, but Sing It Loud does not try very hard to carve out an identity. The band chooses instead to flit between the styles of Anberlin and Hawk Nelson and to occasionally borrow members from Motion City Soundtrack and All Time Low to help make up for their lack of appeal.
Lewis Black Talks Politics, Sex To Mason Crowd
Story by Broadside Copy Chief Kerry Sheats. Photos by Student Media Photography Manager Courtney Erland.
Saturday night, Lewis Black released a colossal tirade of criticism and anger on a more than willing audience at the Patriot Center. Performing to a packed house, Black ranted about politics, sex and anything else that struck his fancy. But before the audience could be entertained by the social satirist, John Bowman came on stage to get everything started.
Interview With Local Band Safety Word Orange
By WGMU Promotions Director Sam Riot
Local band Safety Word Orange will be coming to campus on November 19. Check out an interview with the band below, in five easy parts for your listening pleasure.
British Film Makes Viewers Happy-Go-Lucky
By Broadside Writer Jen Driggers.
Looking for a movie to watch with that special someone on your first date? Possibly something not too emotionally deep, brainy, or a gore fest; but something interesting and light? Then the enticing plot, light humor, and cool British accents in the foreign film Happy-Go-Lucky might be perfect.
The film stars British actress Sally Hawkins as Poppy, an endlessly happy and optimistic 30-year-old teacher who tries to make the most of everything and to look at the bright side of every situation.
Max Payne: Amazing Graphics, but Lacking Plot
By Connect2Mason Writer Emily Culley.
What do you get when you mix a gruesome video game from 2001, with actor Mark Wahlburg, director John Moore, and a PG-13 rating? Max Payne, a very violent, drug crazed, spiral into the world of an ex-homicide detective, whose wife and young child were brutally murdered three years prior.
For starters, the movie downplays the gruesome deaths of the wife and child. Rather than having the blood, guts, and gore, the movie opted for a more visually pleasing, clean and peaceful death. In the three years since his wife's brutal murder, Max Payne has spent his nights feebly tracking down her murderer.
Movie Review: W Misses The Mark
By Connect2Mason Writer Emily Culley.
Judging by the previews, it's hard to tell who Oliver Stone's new political drama, W. is made for. Far right wing conservatives are not going to take the beginning of the movie well. Who wants to see the president, whose approval ratings are dropping by the day, consume that much alcohol in a short amount of time? Far left wing liberals are going to be looking for a few more jabs and ploys at the ever fumbling president.
Movies That Make Us Cry
By Connect2Mason Writer Matt Todd
The BEST in tearjerker cinema, here is my list of the films that make me cry both in praise and shame.
SPOILER ALERT! (Endings will be revealed)
Say what you will! Hate me all you want! But perhaps two of the most overrated (and worst movies overall) tearjerker movies of all-time are, hands down, Beaches (Touchstone, PG-13, 1988) and A Walk to Remember (Warner Bros., PG, 2002). We love effective dramas and love stories that make us reach for the tissues. But first-off, Beaches is a predictable chick-flick and best-friend-dying-of-an-incurable-disease piece of schmaltz that is as ineffectual as it is boring. And A Walk to Remember is bloated and poorly written Christian syrup that should’ve gone straight to the Hallmark Hall of Fame or Lifetime.