My candle burns at both ends;    It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—    It gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay, “First Fig” *** Dublin, December: overcast skies, deadlines looming ahead. They told me studying abroad would change me. They told me it would be exciting […]

Hayley Williams, fiery red and heavily banged, was the inspiration for my abysmal sixth-grade haircut. A noted social rebel (noted, I say) usually found wearing mismatched Converse sneakers with a middle-grade book about astronomers under my arm, I didn’t just want to look like Hayley Williams—I wanted to be her. Hayley was doing what no […]

Welcome back! Shopping period is in full swing, and a whole new semester with endless (and hopefully all good) possibilities awaits! In the spirit of the new year, and the brand new semester, you might find yourself making a few resolutions—AKA minor tweaks to your otherwise perfect lifestyle choices—which may look something like the following:  […]

A$AP Rocky – Babushka Boi (Official Video) 25,591,976 views Aug. 28, 2019   ***   TiHeich, two days ago “Went from A$AP ROCKY to а₽ар яоску”   The impetus for A$AP Rocky’s latest single “Babushka Boi” has been building since late 2018, ever since the rapper’s tragic Razor scooter accident. To cover up the resultant […]

Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s 1982 stage musical Little Shop of Horrors, a clever and funny—if surface-level—dissection of American consumerism in the decades after World War II, generally works because of the man-eating plant. The 1960 Roger Corman B-movie on which Little Shop is based is a mannered farce; Ashman, lyricist and librettist, expanded it […]