The Sylvia Platters are a power pop trio from Vancouver, British Columbia. Self-described as a “a power pop band inspired by the brevity of Guided by Voices, the loud-quiet dynamics of Mikal Cronin, and the punk playfulness of The Replacements,” […]
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This past November, Acadia students Robin Lawson and Raymond Wieser developed an entirely new event on the Acadia campus and in Nova Scotia: the Acadia Environmental Film Festival. The festival was a project towards completion of a fourth-year Environmental and […]
It’s been a couple of years since the New York based rap collective Das Racist disbanded. The pain still lingers – every time I’m scrolling through my iTunes library and the name pops up, an iota of my being dies. […]
Dressing sexy no longer means bearing it all. The fashion industry of 2015 will show you that celebs and models are layering up, stepping out on the catwalk with little makeup and we still find ourselves praising them as stunning […]
Why are certain instruments associated with certain genders? Why do women tend to play instruments that are higher in range, softer in dynamic, and more elegant to hold? Why are most rock drummers male? The intersection of music and sexuality […]
“Crazy” can mean many things to many people: cracked, flawed, erratic, unusual, extreme, obsessive, and insane. The Acadia Theatre Company’s upcoming production of The House of Blue Leaves certainly paints pictures of each and every one of the ways you […]
“I walked to meal hall with him today.” “I met her at the dance yesterday.” “Jerry? I saw them in first class.” Now, there’s a chance that the first two sentences look proper to you, but the third one doesn’t […]
VATICAN CITY – After years of decrying Rock and Roll music as “satanic,” “Pagan trash,” and “not that good since Hendrix died,” the Catholic Church seems to have taken a softer stance towards the burgeoning Rock and Roll industry. In […]
There is a sense of thrill that comes from hearing a song for the very first time. The unexpectedness of the melody to follow can spark feelings such as joy and spontaneity. Combine this with live instruments played by passionate […]
The summer came and passed, akin to a crop burning. Did you pay too much attention to Drake and Meek Mill? Probably. Catch up with this list of music that is good. Moving forward, listen to Hotline Bling and the […]
Harley Alexander is a man’s best friend. He is toilet trained, he fetches and reads the paper, he gives off a pleasant odour and sometimes he cracks out a melody without wearing his shoes. A stressful drunk is a productive […]
Halloween is a fun time of year for many people. It is often a chilly season that leads to lots of weather changes and exciting social events. According to The History Channel, Halloween is thought to have originated from the […]
We all remember our first encounter with the University hill. The soreness that those first initial walks presented was obvious. This fatigue inducing exercise is one that the majority of the Acadia student body experiences, and especially in the first […]
Consider this: Tracey Barlow murdering her boyfriend with a blunt object, the scandalous affair between a married Deidre and local shop owner Dev, Kirsty abusing her husband Tyrone, the mysterious death of factory owner Frank, the kidnapping of Gail Platt’s […]
Imagine you’re as free as you possibly could be – feeling as much rapturous emotion as you could ever feel – while simultaneously making others feel that way too… September 9th marked what would’ve been Otis Redding’s 74th birthday. He […]