 CONCERT REVIEW Ryanhood Heats Up, Melts Chocolate Bar
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By Michael Lin STAFF WRITER Ryanhood, formed by Arizona natives Ryan Green and Cameron Hood, gave a free concert last week in their second home of Boston to a small but excited crowd of fans and newcomers. Defined primarily by smooth vocals and slick guitar work, the duo performed a mixed repertoire of flashy jams and deep ballads that demonstrated why, in spite of not having a Wikipedia page about them, they continue to gain new fans with every show.”
Ig Nobel Winner Shows Knuckle Cracking Won’t Cause Arthritis
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By Divya Srinivasan “Mother, I know you can hear me. Mother, you were wrong! And now that I have your attention, can I stop eating my broccoli, please?” Donald L. Unger raised his hands in mock rebellion. He had defied his mother’s words for three quarters of his life systematically cracking the knuckles on his left hand and leaving his right knuckles free for 60 years, demonstrating (if only anecdotally) that knuckle cracking does not cause arthritis. For this achievement, he won himself the Ig Nobel Award in Medicine, presented last night at the 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony yesterday evening.”
CONCERT REVIEW Jamal: Master of Musical Space
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By Samuel Markson ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR It’s hard to put a finger on Ahmad Jamal’s music. It speaks slowly, suggestively, and delicately. He’s seen his fair share of music, and his style fits into the spectrum between breezy carelessness and angsty desperation. Perhaps its greatest quality is its use of space. Few other artists out there can tap out of melody with as much natural, composed structure as Jamal can without it sounding inevitable and rigid. Jamal’s playing is unfettered but rational, well-balanced, and smooth. Above all, it feels good.”
CONCERT REVIEW Traffic Jams and Mechanical Claws
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By Biyeun Buczyk STAFF WRITER U2 is about as big as it gets when it comes to rock bands. Since the Zoo TV tour of the early ‘90s, they’ve insisted on including the most prodigious, high-tech, and sometimes outrageous — think mirror ball lemon from PopMart — gadgets on their stage sets.”
RESTAURANT REVIEW Highway-Side Food at Highway-Side Prices
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By Greg Hutko Inman Square in Cambridge is packed with pricey bars and Portuguese/Brazilian cuisine that will give you a classy dining experience provided you give them most of your money. Instead, wander into the small, unassuming Indian restaurant at the center of the Square: Punjabi Dhaba, a little restaurant that Harvard students swear by but MIT students seem to have largely left unexplored.”
CONCERT REVIEW Levine Tackles the Greats
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By Joyce Kwan STAFF WRITER James Levine led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a sold-out show of spiritual awakening last Saturday at Symphony Hall, presenting Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Mozart’s Requiem in D minor .”
MOVIE REVIEW Coco, Coco, Where Is Chanel?
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By Maggie Liu ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR The mere title of Coco Before Chanel may intimidate moviegoers with no interest in fashion. But even the least fashion-aware recognize the name as the face of haute couture. Perhaps these moviegoers will be happier to know that Coco Before Chanel is an almost biographical portrayal of Gabriel Chanel (‘Coco’ was her pet name), played by the adorable French actress Audrey Tautou, before Chanel became the legendary fashion icon and businesswoman.”
MOVIE REVIEW Unplugged in ‘Surrogates’
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By Sun Kim STAFF WRITER Imagine a sci-fi thriller that is original, witty, and well directed. Imagine watching a sci-fi thriller without fear of cheesy dialogue, pointless chases, and imminent apocalyptic doom. Now imagine the opposite, and that sums up Surrogates , a whodunit graphic novel adaptation starring Bruce Willis and directed by Jonathan Mostow ( U-571 , Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ).”
CONCERT REVIEW The Inevitable String Tribute…
by The Tech - MIT's Student NewspaperOct 01, 2009“By S. Balaji Mani ARTS EDITOR There are a lot of ways to change a song. Obsessive fans tend to covet rare gems like acoustic strip-downs, jazz renditions, or the occasional remix. For the real collector, though, there’s always another avenue: the string tribute. Often unadorned, and painfully obvious in its recapitulation of a melody, the string tribute does no more for a song than a fancy carrying case does for an iPod — you may think you’re stepping up in class, but you’re right where you began.”
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