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What More Can You Learn With Lore?

The end of Blackboard?

by Tom Markham on October 3, 2012March 22, 2013

They’re Just A Band

“Dude, I think I just saw Julian Casablancas.”

by Tom Markham on April 11, 2013April 13, 2013

Tame Impala and the Art of Lonerism

This article began as something simple: write a nice review of Tame Impala’s critically acclaimed sophomore album, Lonerism. But then something struck me.

by Tom Markham on November 28, 2012March 22, 2013

In Memory of Philip Seymour Hoffman

It happens more often than perhaps it should: a celebrity, be it rock star, movie icon, or stud athlete, is upheld on a pedestal for many years during his or her career, only to come crashing down at some shocking revelation that leaves fans disappointed and disenchanted. Sunday, February 4th left me with a similar feeling, when it was proclaimed over various social media outlets that Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment with a needle in his arm and significant amounts of heroin in the vicinity.

by Tom Markham on February 15, 2014February 15, 2014

Fear and Loathing on Cable

This summer I have taken it upon myself to tackle John Steinbeck’s American epic East of Eden, a modern retelling of the biblical Cain and Abel story set to the backdrop of post-Gold Rush era Northern California—that is, Steinbeck’s own backyard. Summer is, for students at least, that blessed time of intellectual freedom during which schoolwork means almost nothing to you and you are free to read, write, study, and contemplate whatever you wish.

by Tom Markham on September 28, 2013September 28, 2013

Tyler, the Creator

I got 99 problems, and all of ’em’s being happy,” bursts out Tyler Okonma—better known by his stage name Tyler, the Creator—on “Pigs,” one of the many disturbing looks inside the mind of this 22 year-old rapper on his new album Wolf. The pop-culture riff with a demented personal twist is Tyler’s signature move, and one that somehow keeps the listeners coming back for more.

by Tom Markham on April 18, 2013April 27, 2013

Record Store Day 2012

The ultimate exchange.

by Tom Markham on April 25, 2012March 22, 2013

The Web Generation’s Poet Laureate

The Many Faces of Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner.

by Tom Markham on April 11, 2012March 22, 2013


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