Upon entering Stanford I would have thought a chamber orchestra with a trademarked musical process would be a good premise for a South Park episode. Read more…
Archive for Marc Robbins
(‘16, Physics) loves music, movies and trying to feel cultured. He has attempted to watch Gone With the Wind three times.
‘Interstellar’ is visceral but imperfect
Director Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated space-adventure film Interstellar has been generating hype for more than a year, and has succeeded in polarizing audiences with its combination of raw ambition, dazzling successes, and glaring failures. The combination makes for visceral–if imperfect–cinema. Read more…
Bust-Out: Phish at the Billy Graham
During “Birds of a Feather,” my friend pointed out the silhouette of a Moses-looking man dancing in the upper-deck doorway. There was something ritualistic about his groove, like he was a shaman trying to conjure the spirits of the Phishheads below him. No doubt he’s been dancing like this at shows since Lake Lag had water and the Grateful Dead were at Frost. Read more…
Really Don’t Stress Out You’re Gonna Rock All Your Exams: your finals week playlist
Grammy nominations came out this weekend. Nobody asked us for our votes. Hmph.
‘Ender’s Game’ is Rushed and Ridiculous
If only Ender’s Game could have instead been adapted into a trilogy. There is too much morally and psychologically charged material in the original book to be transported into only one film.
Why EDM in the Daytime is Weird On 'Beyond Wonderland'
I’m not an EDM junkie. My last concert in the genre was Major Lazer in 10th grade, but I remember being completely overwhelmed by the music and schizophrenic light show, the scene’s intensity, darkness, and passion.