Live up St. Patty's in true Irish fashion
By Alex Nordenson / Heights Senior StaffSaturday is a pretty big day here in the city of Boston. The "green day" is finally upon us and Boston College students are looking for the craziest ways to distinguish this St. Patrick's Day weekend from every other slop-fest throughout the year. But let's not get too self-indulgent.
By Neil Johnson / Heights Senior StaffIt's difficult to compare the Arcade Fire's great new album, Neon Bible, to its first because it is not a band with a clear, consistent sound. Instead, the songs on its first album, Funeral, were united by their emotional content (most reviews included the word "cathartic" somewhere, though some preferred to call it something like a sense of urgency).
By Michael J. Clarke / Heights ContributorIt was a feel-good night last Wednesday at Boston's Avalon Ballroom, where Florida natives Sister Hazel rocked the 2,500-person crowd in attendance. After a relaxed opening set by the fellow Pat McGee Band, Sister Hazel took the stage opening with its hit song "Change Your Mind.
By Joseph Neese / Arts & Review EditorIf it is possible, Josh Groban's rich baritone voice sounds even better in person than it does on a disc. His Awake tour, which made a stop at the TD Banknorth Garden March 1, is a delectable treat.
Groban, who got his start as a musical theater actor, attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
'Awkward Silence' may be a more apt title for the newest foray into 'horror,' from the horrifying makers of 'Saw'
By Ryan Keefe / ReporterThe horror genre is a funny thing, and no, I don't mean that literally. It's just that there's no other film milieu, except maybe romances, that so precariously dances between ridiculousness and legitimacy. Directors want to go with what works, but also desperately try to avoid the awful clichés that can define the genre.
By Joseph Neese / Arts & Review Editor You could hear the hearts of single men and even some married ones breaking when Salma Hayek announced she was not only pregnant but also engaged. This came as a big shock to most people who did not even know she had a boyfriend, myself included. On Friday, Hayek's representatives released a statement explaining "François-Henri Pinault, and his fiancée, Salma Hayek, are happy to announce they are expecting the arrival of their first child.
By Meghan Thomson / Reporter You could hear the hearts of single men and even some married ones breaking when Salma Hayek announced she was not only pregnant but also engaged. This came as a big shock to most people who did not even know she had a boyfriend, myself included. On Friday, Hayek's representatives released a statement explaining "François-Henri Pinault, and his fiancée, Salma Hayek, are happy to announce they are expecting the arrival of their first child.
By Michael O'Brien / Marketplace EditorOver the past several years, Canada has pushed out a slew of exciting, innovative bands. In the late '90s, Godspeed You Black Emperor! impressed listeners with its symphonic and theatrical experiments with post-rock. Similarly, Broken Social Scene's lush, quirky albums have constantly been well-crafted.
By Laura Ting
Summer: a collegiate conundrum. Not quite pure relaxation, not quite constant work, all identity crisis. Every summer, there are a few concerts or music festivals that generate inordinate amounts of excitement and planning, and Bonnaroo has consistently topped this group.
By Stuart Pike / Heights Senior StaffGLASGOW-BORN GERARD BUTLER made something very clear to The Heights a couple of weeks ago in an interview: his muscles in 300 are real, the result of months worth of intensive training. But his muscles aren't the only impressive thing about his performance in 300 - hell, pretty much everyone else in the film is just as ripped.
Irish Car Bomb
By Claudia Huapaya
This Saturday is debatably the most popular holiday in Boston. As the saying goes, "everyone's Irish on St. Patty's Day," and in this spirit, I give you the Irish Car Bomb.
I promise ordering it or making it with friends will be a good time for all. Not only is it fun to drink, it's also a treat for onlookers, cheering you on.
Jillian's
By Sean Goldthwaite
For lack of a punch line, if you've never been to Jillian's, you should … go. Seriously. Right now. Stop reading, get a couple friends together, catch the D line and go.
It's a monstrosity of a bar, appropriately located right near the Green Monster. It consists of 70,000 square feet, and has 52 pool tables and 250 video games.
By Ryan Malone
Batman, Gladiator feud over beer, music
When that whole Rosie vs. The Donald tête-à-tête broke out a while back, we saw something truly magical: two shrill, obnoxious hypocrites calling each other out on their shrill, obnoxious hypocrisy. To a lesser extent, that is what the ongoing feud between Russell Crowe and George Clooney is like, as well, only with much more talent and slightly less cocaine-fueled-beauty-pageant-related debauchery.
By Heather McIlvaine
1. St. Patrick's Day Parade
So it's technically not on St. Patrick's Day, but that's all the more reason to go. You can have your cake and eat it too, i.e., celebrate on campus on the 17th and enjoy the traditional Irish revelry in Southie on the 18th. The parade starts at 1 p.
Spring Break
