Culture Front Feature
The 70s Factor
The Arts Blog explores movies from the last year that would be enhanced by some fly 70s tunes.
Proenza's Flat Cadenza
A critique of the increasingly influential designers suggests that youthful vivacity can trump sleek sophistication.
Nickel-Old-Eon: Examining the Deeper Messages in Our Childhood Cartoons
Arts Blog examines the lasting values and influence of iconic cartoon episodes and attempts to contextualize them “in a modern lens.” This week, we examine the classic “Rock A Bye Bi-Valve”
Playlist: Sci-Fi Suites
Yardfest headliner Janelle Monae’s forays into futuristic soul on her albums “The ArchAndroid” and “The Electric Lady” aren’t the first time a popular musician has crafted albums around heady concepts of dystopia and (occasionally) utopia. This week, the Arts Blog explores a few of our other favorite sci-fi-themed albums.
Artistic Appraisals: A Housing Day Video Critique
The further away the critics and film historians of Arts Blog get from Housing Day, the more significance the videos seem to garner in our eyes. The residents of Lowell, Eliot, and Cabot all receive rave reviews for their evocations of master auteurs in the second installment of this Housing Video retrospective. Look out for Parts 3 and 4 over the weekend.
Artistic Appraisals: A Housing Day Video Critique
Arts Blog presents a pretentious analytical examination of the Housing Day videos, complete with stylistic comparisons to famed directors.
Forecast: Yardfest 2013
As news pours in from around the country about other colleges' spring shows, Harvard awaits the announcement of Yardfest 2013's lineup with bated breath. Will it be Panic! at the Disco (because so many of us apparently want to believe that)? Macklemore, because he, like many of us, only has $20.00 in his pocket? In the meantime, a list of our most likely candidates:
