The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
November 9, 2011 • Amelia Thomas, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Books, Entertainment
Darting between trees, Katniss flees from the four other teenagers hunting her. Although she’s a skilled shooter, her bow and arrow can’t help her now since she doesn’t have time to take aim. Finally, she feels she’s lost her pursuers. She crouches behind a rock to catch her breath, but this... Read more »
You’re so Right by The Strokes
October 19, 2011 • Claire DePree, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Entertainment, Music
“Tell me what happened/ Tell me what happened/ Tell me what happened/ If you like.” This song starts off with a repetitiveness that stays consistent through the entire song. The guitar and bass drive the words into your head even more. The introductory rhythm builds into an explosion of harmony and... Read more »
Home by LCD Soundsystem
October 19, 2011 • Evan Hynes, Guest writer
Filed under Entertainment, Music
The final track on their final album, “Home” is LCD Soundsystem leaving the party. The multi-instrumental beat sets the tone, building to the saddened echoes of frontman James Murphy as he bids everyone good night. Driving drums and undulating synth work send the song careening into the pre-dawn... Read more »
StubHub disappoints Swift fans
October 19, 2011 • Lucy Phipps-Kaye, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Entertainment, Featured A&E
On August 24th, I bought two tickets to Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” Concert for October 2nd from StubHub. I was more than excited. My friend and I each paid one hundred and fifty dollars for floor seats of Philips Arena. The confirmation e-mail arrived a day later: Section four, seats seven and... Read more »
French DJ comes to America
March 14, 2011 • Gabriel, Dec crew
Filed under Entertainment, Music
In America, Gawen Head-Allain lived in the suburbs, went to a public school, and loved McDonalds. That all changed four years ago when he moved with his mother to Versailles, France. There he learned French and embarked on a journey to become a DJ. He was known to clubbers as DJ G-NiUs. After establishing... Read more »
Decatur band scores big gig
March 14, 2011 • Hall Speed, Dec crew
Filed under Entertainment, Music
On Dec. 28, one of Decatur’s student bands had the opportunity to open for punk bands Deerhunter and The Black Lips. They took it. Seniors Jacob Armando, Graham Tavel, and Lloyd Wingard, and sophomore Dani Lyman created a band called Lucy Dreams at the end of the summer of 2010. They combined their... Read more »
Corn Flakes With John Lennon
August 22, 2010 • Evan Hynes
Filed under Books
As the title of this book so aptly states, Corn Flakes With John Lennon is Robert Hilburn’s close encounters of the Rock ‘n’ Roll kind. Hilburn started working as a freelance music writer, and eventually became the go-to guy for musicians from the likes of Ice Cube and Jack White to... Read more »
The Help
August 22, 2010 • Jessica Norton
Filed under Books, Uncategorized
It is not often that a historical fiction novel earns its place on the “favorite books” shelf next to my bed. I mean, really. How could an artist’s rendering of the Civil Rights era compete with the likes of Enders Game and The Elegance of the Hedgehog? The Help does. At once nail-bitingly... Read more »
Precious Metal
August 22, 2010 • Will Breen
Filed under Books
Though not a traditional book so much as a collection of interviews culled from the pages of Decibel Magazine, Precious Metal is one of the best guides to the often impenetrable world of extreme metal one could hope for. Giving coverage to every relevant subgenre, from traditional metal (Black Sabbath,... Read more »
Kafka on the Shore
August 19, 2010 • Kelsea Bond
Filed under Books
Kafka, an estranged and philosophical teenager who is frequently consulted by his conceptual alter-ego named Crow, is told that he will one day kill his father. Nakata, a complacent old man who enjoys eel and conversing with stray cats, finds himself lured inside the house of a man called Johnnie... Read more »