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The Voice’s takes on all things media and culture.

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"Flamingos."

Years and years of flamingos, there were no other things. And then, suddenly, all at once, for no discernible reason, during mid-afternoon (of all time for God’s sake), they stayed... Read more

By April 1, 2014

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The World’s Weirdest

Writer Paul Levitz’ and artist Diogenes Neves’s World’s Finest: Huntress and Power Girl Annual #1 is a weird comic. Not only is the basic premise hard for even the most... Read more

By April 1, 2014

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The Weekly List(en): Mellow Electro Hip Hop

Welcome to The Weekly List(en), a curation of the latest and greatest tracks to hit the interwebs in the past week. Didn’t get a chance to peruse the blogosphere this... Read more

By March 31, 2014

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The Art of the Sentence

How much weight can a single sentence have? Is there a formula or method for writing powerful sentences? Sentence (n.): A set of words that is complete in itself…conveying a... Read more

By March 30, 2014

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The novel thing about movies

For about as long as there have been movies, people have been making books into movies. The urge makes sense, as many of humanity’s greatest stories had already been written... Read more

By March 29, 2014

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ABCFamily’s Finales leaves fans wanting more

Last Monday ABCFamily shocked and surprised fans with the spring finales of Switched at Birth and The Fosters. Beware the spoilers! First, many Switched at Birth fans finally got what... Read more

By March 28, 2014

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Satbotage will bore you to death

Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the most prominent action movie stars of all time, Sabotage follows the time-honored plot of money being stolen and people being killed. But, with a... Read more

By March 28, 2014

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Critical Voices: Simone Felice, Strangers

Warning–this album is not the one to put on as background noise whilst drowning in caffeine and cramming for tomorrow’s exam. If you do, you will undoubtedly fall asleep. How... Read more

By March 27, 2014

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Critical Voices: The Colourist, The Colourist

It’s romance meets indie pop in The Colourist’s first ever full-length album, The Colourist. Riding on the heels of bands like Grouplove and Two Door Cinema Club, the self-titled debut... Read more

By March 27, 2014

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Sound it out, dear

Originating as an outgrowth of African American folk music in the early 20th century, Jazz became an outlet for anyone with a story to tell. And because there have been... Read more

By March 26, 2014

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Welcome to Halftime

From left to right, Daniel Varghese (Senior Leisure Editor), Chris Castano (Senior Sports Editor), Chris Almeida (Editor-in-Chief) Hey there, thanks for visiting. This wonderful section of the internet is Halftime,... Read more

By March 25, 2014

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Where is the nuance? The new Batman dissapoints

Ever since Christopher Nolan’s trilogy, Batman has experienced an immense rise in popularity.  Not only has the Caped Crusader slowly made his way into almost every DC Comics movie and... Read more

By March 25, 2014

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What It Takes To Be an F1 Driver: A Primer

SPOILER ALERT: The results of the Australian Grand Prix will be discussed (albeit briefly). Please do not read ahead if you have yet to watch it. If you watched this... Read more

By March 25, 2014

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The Weekly List(en): The Tourist, Chance the Rapper

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekly List, a place to discover some of our favorite music of the week. This week on the List, we have a selection... Read more

By March 24, 2014

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Ivan Brunetti’s memoir draws on depression

I’m going to ease myself into this book column with a picture book—a grown-up picture book that hints at all the disillusionment and exhaustion characteristic of actual adult life. (As... Read more

By March 23, 2014

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Divergent is indefinitely bland

Ever since the success of the Harry Potter film franchise, a lot of young adult book series have been adapted for the big screen to cash in on that popularity,... Read more

By March 22, 2014

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Glee hits the big 100

Five seasons, over 1000 songs, a lot of drama, and multiple fights and Glee has finally reached 100 episodes. And they definitely pulled out all the stops for their centenarian.... Read more

By March 21, 2014

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Bad Words is obscenely good

Bad Words is a film that could have easily gone sour. The premise sounds like something that would promise a dull story and empty crass humor. But luckily for us,... Read more

By March 21, 2014

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Critical Voices: Foster the People, Supermodel

Following Foster the People’s unexpected success with the release of Torches in 2011, the trio, led by Mark Foster, faced an entirely new level of expectation. Fans wanted another taste... Read more

By March 20, 2014

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Critical Voices: Enrique Iglesias, SEX AND LOVE

SEX AND LOVE – nope, it’s not that Ethics class you were too nervous to sign up for. It’s just Enrique Iglesias, back at it again. In his latest release,... Read more

By March 20, 2014