By The Basement Staff on March 30, 2012
Quick hits from The Basement staff about the happenings of the past week.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Sports | Tagged banned words, bieber fever, boyfriend, department of education, esquire, grace gummer, japan, justin bieber, meryl streep, mike posner, MLB, new york, oakland athletics, seattle mariners, smash, taylor kitsch, tim riggins |
By Jordan Gamble on March 30, 2012
When it comes to new installments of Star Wars or quirky BBC dramedies, sometimes it’s best to give it a rest.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Movies, television | Tagged bbc, being human, fantasy, Movies, scifi, star wars, television |
By Maria Sengenberger on March 30, 2012
The Internet makes its easier to avoid reading — but has also opened up a new reading (and writing) world.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts | Tagged fanfiction, jane eyre, literature, shakespeare |
By Nick Anderson on March 29, 2012
Justin Bieber’s new single “Boyfriend” may have converted another fan. Can it last?
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Music | Tagged bieber fever, biebs, boyfriend, justin bieber, pop music, teenagers |
By Brandi Allen on March 29, 2012
When it comes to choosing Chinese food, the smaller the place, the better.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts | Tagged chinese food, crab rangoon, food, PF Chang's, places to eat, restaurants |
By Matt Brown on March 28, 2012
Find great joy in a good lunch.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts | Tagged cooking, cuban, culture, food, lunch, peanut butter and jelly, sandwich |
By Matthew DeFranks on March 28, 2012
The United States won’t be sending a men’s soccer team to London this summer. Americans have issued a collective shrug and gone on living their lives.
Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged america, london, Olympics, soccer, sports, united states |
By Nicolle Walkling on March 28, 2012
I’ve run out of steam on every TV show I’ve started. But I promise to stick with Mad Men to the end! I just have to catch up on last season first.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, television | Tagged amc, arrested development, mad men, television, tv |
By Laura Myers on March 28, 2012
Today’s elite women’s teams win with numbing regularity. Will the gap between the best and the rest ever shrink?
Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, bracket, brittney griner, march madness, ncaa, ncaa tournament, notre dame, skylar diggins, sports, stanford, uconn, women's basketball |
By Pat Coveney on March 27, 2012
Storylines abound in the Women’s NCAAs.
Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, diggins, griner, ncaa, women |