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Encounters With Concussion Culture
“In my desperate search for a ‘cure’ for my concussion, I experimented with the outermost fringes of the medical world: the truly punk-rock subculture of medical science.”
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The Good Old Days
A couple weeks ago, legendary shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine released their first album in twenty-two years. The press surrounding the release of m b v was as extensive as any I’ve seen for a musical release in quite a long time. Why? What’s the big deal about this band coming back after so long?
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Weezer’s Summery Return
Having traded their 90s-style distortion and macho guitar riffs for piano and sad-boy vulnerability, Weezer is certainly stepping in a new direction.
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Orange Is the New Black
This summer, I went to prison. Well, not actually, but I did watch Netflix’s original series “Orange is the New Black,” and therefore feel as though I am something of an authority on the subject of federal penitentiary. Piper Chapman, the show’s WASPy, neurotic protagonist, has led me on a tour of prison life, providing…
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Of Matt(yboys) & Moon(thels)
Is it Matt or Matthew?” Nearly all my life, I have faced this question. More than a courtesy, it is a challenge, a demand: “Identify yourself.” In my childhood, I was lost and unsure. Who am I? Am I that guy who carelessly shortens his name, soiling the greatest gift, after life, his parents have…
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Cardboard, White Tears, and the Inevitability of the British: The Jungle at St. Ann’s Warehouse
A play that claims to portray the authentic refugee experience . . . for fifty-two dollars.
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Peer Review
Since the beginning of time, editors at The Nassau Weekly have taken their pens to each other’s Common Application Essays. And yes, The Nassau Weekly has been around since the beginning of time.
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The Things We Do for Love
It is not often I get to encounter a fellow Dayton, so when I heard about a new documentary called Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde, I was suitably intrigued. The film was to be screened on Saturday, February 8 at the Princeton Public Library, as part of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival…
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The Children’s Book That Hurt Me Most: Three Experts Discuss
A Nass writer seeks closure for Each Kindness, a children’s book without a resolution.
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Liking Love
The first few episodes feature some pretty conventional plot devices, but the characterization and dialogue have a loose, awkward, and very human quality to them.
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Spoilers Ahead: Riverdale Season 2 is a Soap Opera for a Younger Audience
In this new season, Riverdale’s soapy plot and neon-lit diner is su used with violence and vigilantism.