By Caitlin DomkeAs we prepare to leave beloved Boston College - some for the summer, others forever (like me) - I hope you try a new restaurant before departing in tasteless haste. Which raises the eternal question: Where is the perfect place to go? As a connoisseur of cuisine, I believe answering this question shouldn't be based merely on what you wish to eat, but equally on whom you'll dine with.
By Jeff Wallace
Dave Matthews and long-time collaborator and guitar maestro Tim Reynolds graced the Wang Theater with their presence this past Friday night. The theater itself was both aesthetically and acoustically delightful, a rare treat for the crowd as Dave Matthews Band has long performed shows in the confines of highly impersonal sheds and arenas.
By Frank Gatto
If the sky were falling, its score would be composed by Circa Survive. Sunday night, the Philadelphia natives protested the spring weather by pounding the Avalon with a torrential downpour of sonic chaos, dense guitars, soaring vocals, and a proclivity for the uncertain.
'Drive' worth pulling over for
By Blair Thill
Legend has it there is an illegal, cross-country road race that takes place in the United States - and the winner earns a cool million dollar paycheck. Is this a common legend? Is it something that people sit around campfires for, telling stories of mysterious deaths, and mysterious millionaires? Personally, I had never heard of this race until Fox decided to air a drama about it, called Drive.
By Joseph Neese / Arts & Review EditorFollowing Monday's Tim Russert-moderated event, I was reminded of the horrible ways in which people conduct themselves at public performances. In my grandparents' time - even in my parents' time, for that matter - going to the theater or any performance (excluding non-classical music concerts) was, at minimum, a coat-and-tie event, and I would like to think that our generation can keep its dignity and follow suit.
By Meghan Thomson / ReporterUh-oh, we've got a liar-liar-pants-on-fire situation. This Christmas, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and American Idol star Carrie Underwood were spotted looking quite cozy on the sidelines of his football game. But in February, they both denied being an item.
By Michael O'Brien / Marketplace EditorWhen I first heard Bright Eyes in 2003 or 2004, I wasn't impressed. At the time, I would have bashed anything that could be described as "emo." (It was already enough that I admittedly liked Brand New and the Get Up Kids.) I preferred experimental, eccentric indie-pop like Of Montreal, the Decemberists, the New Pornographers, Belle & Sebastian, and Badly Drawn Boy.
By Alex Nordenson / Heights Senior StaffWhen the news broke last week that Third Eye Blind would be coming to Chestnut Hill, a volume of my musical history was taken from the shelf and dusted off. Let's take a step back to 10th grade, when I thought that I was extra cool. I thought I was so cool, in fact, that a few friends and I convinced ourselves that we could pool together our large pubescent egos and lack of abilities to form a band.
By Ryan Keefe / ReporterSpring has thankfully arrived, and not a minute too soon. Baseball is underway, birds are out doing their thing, and the awful spring movie season has started churning out mediocre gems. With the exception of Spider-Man 3, this time of year is so deplorable for films that Kickin' It Old Skool will probably take the no.
Che Chi
By Claudia Huapaya
1 1/2 ounces vodka
4 ounces pineapple juice
1 ounce cream of coconut
1 slice pineapple
1 cherry
Who is Che Chi? What man can make such delicious Italian sausages? I tried to get an interview, but he prefers to maintain his mysterious persona. You may have heard of the Chi Chi, but this drink is better.
The Modern
By Sean Goldthwaite
If you ever finish watching a Sox game downtown and suddenly have the dire urge to "drop it like it's hot," The Modern is the place to go to quench your thirst for techno-soaked bump and grind.
Beers cost $5 a pop, although most of the clientele prefer martinis or the club's weekly drink special (this week it's Alizé with vodka and cranberry for $4).
By Chris Dewey
Thought he was just some flash-in-the pan teen heartthrob? Think again. Ryan Gosling, star of such hits as Remember the Titans and Murder by Numbers, has proved that he is more than just a pretty face. Oh yeah, he may have also been in some movie called The Notebook as well.
By Neil Johnson / Heights Senior StaffAir Guitar Nation, May 30
The concept of this feature length movie gets old halfway through this two minute trailer. "Air Guitar's a lot like jumping off a cliff," says some anonymous Brit in this preview. And this trailer's a lot like watching grass grow! D
Live Free or Die Hard, June 29
Halfway through this trailer, a car launches off a tollbooth into a helicopter presumably carrying a terrorist.
By Pat Irish / Outreach Coordinator1. Modest Mouse
Just look at what the cat dragged in! But then again, you can't really blame him. Fresh off its latest release, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, Modest Mouse is indeed a good catch. Over the years, the band has consistently demonstrated catchy lyrics and innovative, hard-hitting guitar licks with such hits as "3rd Planet" and "Float On.
By Ryan Malone
Insert Alec Baldwin & Ireland joke here:
Alec Baldwin named his child Ireland. Seriously. He may have done so 11 years ago (or 12 depending on whom you ask), when one presumes she was born, but we either never knew or quickly forgot. Suddenly, Ireland is back in the national spotlight for reasons other than a mid-March American boondoggle into a dark, drunken, hopeless abyss.
Spring Break
