USMARTASS. Don't be offended by the logo for the new name of the student group, the Art Student Society (ASS). Look closely and you'll find multiple acronyms present, all relevant to the subject.
It's the first big show of the Theatre Department's season and where have all the theatre majors gone? The American College Theater Festival has seduced them to travel to Keene State in New Hampshire to participate in a weekend of competition. The festival is a contributing factor in the Theatre Department's decision to do a staged reading as opposed to a full production of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge."
This week Pinkie meets Mr. Cruise for a night on the town and maybe a little dancing to "Old Time Rock and Roll" ("Risky Business")
Rob Marshall's "Chicago" is a hot sexy blistering wow of a movie. This musical fuels itself with all that Broadway should be and blasts off directly into the moviegoer's senses. It's great songs, amazing choreography and sharp filmmaking attack the viewer from all angles and never lets up.
In 1993 radio stations filled the airways with Beck's eccentric and catchy tune, "Loser." The cynical and self-loathing lyrics ("I'm a loser baby / So why don't you kill me") had us all singing along and making fun of our own idiosyncrasies. Along with "Loser," songs like "Beercan," "Pay No Mind," and "Soul Sucking Jerk" created a strange but catchy and well-rounded album titled "Mellow Gold."
