The DOs and DON’Ts of Airline Advertising
Categories: Travel Week
It’s pretty clear that we like to travel. We want to see the world beyond our apartments and dorm rooms. That’s why it is so important that airlines appeal to us – cheap flights, friendly service and great amenities are key. But, while some airlines are capable of providing what we need and making sure we know it, others just aren’t as successful.
The newest wave is Chillwave, but it’s not a genre
Categories: Create
Believe it or not, the music listeners of the world stand on the precipice of using the word “Chillwave” in a sentence about a type of music. This begs the questions, “What the hell is Chillwave? And why do I care?”
Resurrecting the DIY music venue
Categories: Create
While the concept of the DIY venue may have been born with the Boomers, Millennials’ resurrection of the scene is happening all over the country, especially in cities that have expensive nightlife. When you’re an out-of-work member of Gen Y and can’t afford to pay money to see a band, just have the band come to you.
Gone to Bonnaroo
Categories: Live
Having never been to a large camping-style music festival, I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into when the email came in saying I’d been chosen to go to Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, all expenses paid. All I knew at the time was that it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. I would do almost anything to get there.
The more we hear, the less we listen
Categories: Connect
I hear a lot of music. I don’t listen to nearly as much. There’s an important distinction to be made in how we consume audio that, I presume, has existed as long as there has been recorded music to listen to. I have a hard time buying into the theory that before there were mp3s, [...]
NSFW
Categories: Connect
R&B singer Erykah Badu was charged last week with disorderly conduct, stemming from a public nudity stunt the singer pulled at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Chances are she’ll be found guilty. She did, after all, video tape the event and release it as the video for her song “Window Seat.” That video echoed a [...]
Does Pornography Always Objectify?
Categories: Sex Week
It’s easy to blame the images on the billboard for everything that’s wrong with society, but perhaps it’s how we see them that’s the problem. Are the airbrushed covers of Cosmopolitan or Sports Illustrated really that different from the Pin-Up girls of Gil Elvgren 50 years ago? This article takes a look at the issue of sexual images in the media today.
Connected to Music
Categories: Live
“Listen to Tommy with a candle burning, and you’ll see your future,” says Anita Miller in 2000’s semi-autobiographical Almost Famous. (Before we get started, seriously, watch that trailer. It gives me chills.) Anyhow – For “ELEVEN?!?!”-year-old William Miller, the on-screen version of real-life journalist-cum-director Cameron Crowe, those words begin teenage years full of sex, drugs [...]
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Categories: Connect
By Simone Tetteh: “I’m a marketing major at Emerson College. If I could describe myself in three(ish) words: sassy, fun-loving, vixen.” His name is Greg Gillis, most know him as the mash-up master, Girl Talk. With only a PC and a few dozen rolls of toilet paper, the man is able to transform himself from [...]
Music: Gen Y’s Most Outlandish Ladies
Categories: Live
Rihanna and Lady Gaga produce hyper-provocative music. So, naturally, I purchased both albums when they dropped on the same day. (Mind you, I don’t even remember the last time I purchased an album, let alone a song. I usually just stream from Last.fm or YouTube.) There is just something about Rihanna and Gaga that mesmerizes [...]
