Fashion on a Budget
By: Mary Kate Patterson February 17th marked the beginning of the London Fashion week for Fall/Winter of 2012. After the few tepid days of sun Sweet Briar had, its hard to even begin to think of fall and the beginning of another winter. With those sunny days in mind I’d like to revisit the lines [...]
Lacuna Coil
By: Elizabeth Hannon The end of January and the first week of February marked many big release dates for rock fans. Out of all of these releases, I chose to pick up Dark Adrenaline, the sixth album from Italian metal band, Lacuna Coil. I was first introduced to Lacuna Coil several years ago, when a [...]
Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2012
By: Mary Kate Patterson ’13 On Febuary 13th Elle held its 15th annual Style Awards in London, and the most prestigious among the awards presented was the International Designer of the Year award, won by designer Sarah Burton, head of the design team behind the Alexander McQueen line. She and her team are most well [...]
The Year of Adele and Other Ridiculous Grammy Moments
By: Wendy Sivik ’14 I wish I could get through this article without making it about the Grammy’s, but as the industry-proclaimed “biggest night in music” how could I? The awards show, presented on CBS on Sunday the twelfth, can only be described as ridiculous. Ridiculous-ness number one: The hype of Adele. The first time [...]
What Side Are You On?
By: Elizabeth Hannon ’12 After a three year break, Ani DiFranco returns to the independent music scene with her latest album Which Side are You On? Critics have hailed the singer/songwriter’s latest work as a welcome return to the singer’s roots, after previous releases during the 2000s were met with mixed reviews that labeled some [...]
The Trend that Keeps on Trending
By: Wendy Sivik ’14 There is one outfit that will never be in style, that everyone will always wear. One and only one, classic, yet hideous and an almost entirely unflattering outfit that nearly everyone in the western world has stocked up in their closet for a rainy day, a snowy day, or in my [...]
Music Column: Ridiculousness Sells
By Wendy Sivik ’14 The amount of people who are drawn to ridiculous, rude, and distasteful talent as a form of entertainment is remarkable. I mean, more often then not, a YouTube video of a terrible singer will have five million views, as will a video that involves some extra-feminine fellow complaining about celebrities. For [...]
Fashion Review: Please Don’t Feed the Models
By Ellie Bryant ’12 Oh hey, it’s been a stressful week. So, I handled it like a champion and gorged on mac n’ cheese and read Vogue and Cosmo and cried. No big deal. You know what is awesome though? Lace cutouts as accents in clothes are awesome. Super sexy, but low profile, like Taylor [...]
Music Feature: Charlottesville’s – The Anatomy of Frank
By Gabriella Muglia ’13 When I arrived at Rivermont Pizza, there was no band playing, so I wandered around from person to person. My friend had texted me earlier that night and told me that a really good Charlottesville band was playing. After about thirty minutes, I found myself in a game of Trivial Pursuit [...]
What’s There To Do Outside Of The Pink Bubble?
By Charlotte Hopkins ’15 In order to truly promote my first event, I must describe the musician first. St. Vincent (Annie Clark’s stage name) emerged in 2007 with her album “Marry Me.” The renaissance (wo)man, Clark applies the guitar, bass, piano, organ, vibes, and Moog “just to name a few” as iTunes puts it. When [...]
Music Column: Emika
By Libby Hannon ’12 The debut self-titled album from Emika has been an overall hit with critics and fans, who call the British ex-sound engineer’s work “creative and visionary.” The Observer (UK) says that Emika is “an intriguing work: dark, seductive and as hard to pin down as its creator.” Inspired by dubstep and trip-hop, [...]
Fashion Review: Please Feed the Models
By Ellie Bryant ’12 I put my pre-planned article on hold after some press I saw from London Fashion Week. This is an article about the body. I know you’ve read the “Cosmo” and “feel good about your body” articles. They’re all horses***. It’s ridiculous to think any large media magazine has your best interest [...]
Music Feature: A Call to Rediscovery
By Wendy Sivik ’14 Once upon a time, I was five years old and sitting on my living room floor with a pile of tapes and a multicolored walk-man playing a Phil Collins mixtape on repeat. The fire place was roaring, and my favorite orange cat was sitting on my stomach, jamming with me. It [...]
What’s There to Do?
By Charlotte Hopkins ’15 Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, The Metropolitan Opera in Charlottesville is transmitting live stream performances to select theaters across the country and around the globe. The Paramount’s “The Met: Live” opens its 2011-2012 season with Gaetano Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena.” The opera tells the story of the doomed queen Anna [...]
Music and Politics: Mute or Mashup?
By Gabriella Muglia ’13 What makes a song appealing? For many people, the answer is simple:120 BPMs, a Gibson Firebird IV and crybaby wah pedal, maybe some vocoders, a catchy hook, having Lil’ Wayne on the track. But for others, finding noteworthy music is about more than just how hard the bass hits in the [...]
Fashion Review: Fashion in a Chokehold
By Ellie Bryant ’12 This weekend, I did something I thought I would never do. I went to a sample sale. Not just any sample sale mind you; I went to the J. Crew sample sale. The morning began with my roommate Hilary Bowie ’12 rousing me from my death-like slumber. After she informed me [...]
Led Zeppelin, the Daddy of Dubstep?
By Wendy Sivik ’14 I don’t care who you are or where you’re from, there is no denying that music is, in every aspect, one of the sauciest forms of expression in existence. Since the beginning, countless genres have been getting it on with your friendly-neighborhood musician with hopes of creating new baby sub-genres. The [...]
There’s Nothing to Do!
By Charlotte Hopkins ’15 Ladies, let’s be realistic – we love a man in uniform. Well, it’s your lucky day. On Friday, September 30, Virginia Military Institute will be having a Full Dress Cadet Parade. “Come watch as the full Corps of Cadets marches in formation on the parade ground as part of this VMI [...]
Music Review: Beautiful Imperfection- Asa
By Libby Hannon ’12 I’ll preface this review by saying that I tried to branch out and review a thrash metal album by Anthrax. All I recall before the blackout was listening to the third track before waking to find myself wearing a sequined 80’s prom dress in the middle of an empty field, bleeding [...]
Fashion Review: The Fashion of My Mind
By Ellie Bryant ’12 This article comes to you from my super affordable couch in Green Village while watching Snakes on a Plane with Greer Gordon’s brother as he makes drinking Jenga (Yes, I’m 21), snakes on crack, y’all. As you all probably know, New York Fashion Week was last week. Oh the moments of [...]
Whats There To Do in the Bubble?
By Charlotte Hopkins ’15 It’s opening night at Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton and there are many plays being performed. William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” begins the fall season, opening on September 16. While the play depicts the story of the “hero-king,” it has been called an “exploration of the nature of greatness and its connection to [...]
Music Feature: Lynchburg Local: Hill City Roots Festival
By Gabriella Muglia ’13 Attention fans of music, supporters of community, and advocates for creativity: there is promising news this September. On the 17th and 18th of this month, on Ellis Farm in Concord (a mere 23 miles from campus) the first ever Hill City Roots Festival will take place. This two day, camp-out event [...]
Fashion Review: Fashion, You’re My Hero
By Ellie Bryant ’12 False. If you agreed with the article title, you should study more. Also, brace yourselves; I’m back from Alaska and ready to preach to you about fashion after living in an abandoned bus all summer a la Chris McCandless. Obviously, I’m on top of my game. The most fashionable I got [...]
Music Column: Adult Alternative Deserves Love Too
By Wendy Sivik ’14 I had my heart set on the perfect option for this column. A band that no one really cared about but random people had fallen in love with. However, I am going to ignore my better judgment and pay some much deserved credit to a Pennsylvanian band that is so close [...]
