By Chris Pruitt on April 6, 2012
A year-and-a-half retrospective in five parts.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Music | Tagged indie music, mark foster, pumped up kicks |
By Nick Anderson on April 6, 2012
One man’s quest to avoid eating meat for 50 days.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Food | Tagged Burger King, meat, vegetarianism |
By The Basement Staff on April 6, 2012
Quick hits from The Basement staff on the happenings of the past week.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Sports |
By Jordan Gamble on April 6, 2012
Spoiler alert: This movie’s plot twist isn’t a big one, but it does set off a backyard brawl that involves Ryan Gosling.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Movies | Tagged crazy stupid love, emma stone, julianne moore, kevin bacon, ryan gosling, steve carell |
By The Basement Staff on April 5, 2012
This week’s case takes up the question of Gandalf Greyhame of Lord of the Rings fame. Is he wise beyond his years, or is that phrase simply not appropriate to describe one who is, for all intents and purposes, ageless?
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Literature, Movies | Tagged afterlife, balrog, gandalf, lord of the rings, middle earth, olorin, silmarillion, wisdom |
By Mary Claire O'Donnell on April 5, 2012
It’s Michelle Tanner all over again. An analysis of what goes wrong when toddlers start to talk on TV.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, television | Tagged annoying, baby, modern family, talking, toddler, tv |
By Maria Sengenberger on April 5, 2012
Food and wine pairing is an art. Maria tries her hand at finding literary counterparts to some classic and not so classic dishes.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, Food | Tagged food, literature, novels |
By Maija Gustin on April 4, 2012
Though Americans are clamoring for legal ways to watch British TV, outdated distribution models hold hit shows hostage across the pond for months.
Posted in Culture, Excerpts, television | Tagged doctor who, downton abbey, mofftiss, pbs, sherlock, sky atlantic, tardis |
By Eric Prister on April 3, 2012
If players could still go straight to the NBA from high school, we wouldn’t have the opportunity to watch them play in college at all. That would be a shame.
Posted in Excerpts, Sports | Tagged basketball, bemoaning, college, Kansas, Kentucky, lebron james, ncaa |
