October 2nd, 2007
Music is one of the most compelling forms of expression. In its production, and experience, and recall, the power of music to move people is tremendous. Music can imprint memories to be recalled at later point when faint strains of song are heard. Music can sooth, excite, lull and hype. The same medium can be used to put one to sleep, or provoke one to “go hyphy.” One of the greatest abilities is that of music to be therapeutic.
Joshua Omar Cox has had his fair share of trials and tribulations, as have the rest of us. The following classical original composition was produced in high school while on temporary leave. Here is a glimpse of the power music has to capture a slice of life.
September 27th, 2007
By: Ryan Salinas
The importance of fashion is hotly debated. However, those who argue for its unimportance are wrong. The evidence is empirically obvious. If fashion does not matter, then why are consumers more willing to spend sixty dollars on a shirt with a horse than a twenty dollar shirt without one? Given two pieces of clothing of equal quality, for what other reason does emblazoning NIKE clearly generate greater value than writing NKIE? Some may say that this is an issue of “branding”, but there is clearly a mystical force at work here, and that force is fashion.
From a socio-psychological standpoint, some may argue that fashion exists only to attract potential partners. It is argued that people use fashion only to perpetuate their gene pool for another generation. In the age of cavemen, it was always the best dressed men who got the women, because they killed the most animals for fur. In this view, the only reason today that women wear high heels and men gel their hair …
September 21st, 2007
By: Sydney Lapeyrolerie
I challenge someone to tell me that fashion does not reflect the times. New York’s Spring 2008 Fashion Week demonstrated that the fashion world is undergoing an evolution. The new woman, or dare I say the old woman with a new twist, is not the sex-crazed vixen from a few seasons ago; she is mysterious, refined, and mature. In other words, she is a little more Christiana Aguilera of Back to Basics than Xtina of Dirrty. She reflects both the luxury of the Jazz age and the 1990s stock market boom, as well as the propriety of the Post World War II time or rather the Bush era of neo-conservatism. She is a mixture of naïveté and wisdom. She is a newly redefined classic.
If Britney Spears’ recent MTV Video Music Award performance has taught us anything, it is that those days of D&G leopard-print bikinis and over-the-top sexuality are over. Take for example the collection of my new favorite designer, Rachel Roy. Mrs. Damon Dash is able to …
September 7th, 2007
Photography by: Sonali Bloom
A year ago Sonali Bloom, Yale ‘09, took a trip to Jakarta, Indonesia. Welcome to Jakarta as seen through her eyes.
Crash Course - Bahasa - Indonesia
August 9th, 2007
Do you beg to differ with TFE’s take? Have a moral quandary of your own? Post your comments in the roll and tell a friend to tell a friend.
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Dear Facebook Ethicist,
My girlfriend and I just went on a break. She says that she needs some time to think. While we’re on this indefinite break, I want to take our “in a relationship” status off and just leave it blank. When I brought that up with her, she got pissed. It’s not like I’m trying to put “Single” up there. And besides, facebook is becoming way to intrusive anyways. What do you suggest?
Dear Twisted,
While I can appreciate your girl’s desire to keep her options open just in case Reggie Bush or somebody decides to make himself available, I would say that you need do the following with regard to her copping an attitude: shrug your shoulders, and when they’ve dropped back their natural position, say, “Hey.” It’s true; putting ’single’ would be poor form, she needs to remember that you can …
July 10th, 2007
“What is sexy?” This seems to have been the question lingering over Spoon’s members’ heads while creating their newest album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, which drips enough subtle sexuality to turn on Lil’ Kim. For the most part, it seems that age is what has given Ga Ga its knack for seduction: Spoon flirts with the various pop rock sounds that defined each decade since the 50s, mixing and updating them to create a lush and reminiscent, yet modern, sound. When it is at its best, Ga Ga sounds like a contemporary approach to the Beatles’ brand of mainstream rock.
Confidence is sexy and, accordingly, Ga Ga’s biggest strength lies in the air of effortless swagger that lives in the space between the bars of Spoon’s best tracks. The album’s opening song, “Don’t Make Me a Target,” perfectly sets the mood for what is to follow. “Target” pushes to the forefront the band’s ability to at once manufacture a catchy melody and a satisfying, engrossing rhythm while maintaining a …
June 28th, 2007
By now you’ve probably memorized all the features of the Jesus, er, iPhone (seriously, people are calling it that). But before you volunteer yourself to get mauled by overzealous disciples, here’s a list of features you won’t find on that $600 I Am. And don’t fret if you end up without it; judging by the picture even He doesn’t have one.
The iPhone will not…
1. Save you any money.
2. Keep Pacman Jones from causing strip club mélées.
3. Make you look like less of a douchebag when you use it in public so people can see you using it.
4. Make Uggs any less terrible.
5. Escape the ironic warpath of hipsters.
6. Turn water into wine.
7. Improve Bush’s vocabulary.
8. Survive if it goes hunting with Dick Cheney.
9. Explain why Paris Hilton matters.
10. Bring back The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
11. Be awesome when you’re without a phone because you had to send it back to Apple to get a new battery.
Did we forget any? Post a comment on the board to let us …
May 3rd, 2007
So, let’s get something abundantly clear. With the exception of Chuck Taylor’s and Adidas Superstars, there is no sneaker more classic than Nike Air Force Ones (heretofore known as ‘Uptowns’). In what some (white) people would term “urban” areas, they are the gold standard. Sure, it’s never bad to have a pair of Jordans, but they’re a mere suggestion. White on white Uptowns (and their black on black doppelgangers) are a requirement. There’s no getting around this.
Block etiquette mandates that you re-up(town) one or more times yearly. Other colorways are acceptable as well, but they’re merely tangential ripples to the white on white tidal wave that has been crashing in urbs and burbs for 20 straight seasons.
Alas, the mighty Uptown still has some fatal flaws. First of all, there is a certain degree of Uptown fascism that’s depressing. The white on white and the black on black are more than ubiquitous; they are a requirement. Other colorways are certainly appreciated, but they are only acceptable in the context of already …
