There’s something inherently special about a guy singing his heart out over the strumming of an acoustic guitar. It took me several years before I arrived at this realization, but there is no denying its powerful ability to convey emotion. Over the last decade, few have been more successful with this...
A listless college grad finds his flaws -- and forgiveness -- on the open road
October 4, 2007
There’s a part of me that wants to be like Chris McCandless. “Into the Wild,” the recent film adaptation of the nonfiction book of the same name, follows an unstoppable college graduate, hungry to live life on his own terms. Sean Penn, through his direction of the film, both celebrates and offers...
The hit NBC show premiered its fourth season with an hour-long special episode filled with its signature humor. The event was so highly anticipated that Biola students attended and planned numerous Office parties.
So I am standing there talking to a group of people when I look over and see little hairs peeking out of one of the boy’s V-neck T-shirts. What is that?! As if that weren't bad enough the shirt was so tight it didn’t leave much to the imagination. I could see almost every rib God had put in his little...
Fresh off their opening stint for Fall Out Boy during this summer’s Honda Civic Tour, The Academy Is… is now in the midst of the first headlining tour in support of their second album, Santi. Boasting three very good opening bands, all of which were solid live, last Friday night’s stop of the Sleeping...
When you enter the on-campus art gallery, your first move will likely be to simply stand in the center of the room and take it all in. As Biola's Art Department continues to celebrate its 35th anniversary, the second alumni art display currently available for viewing in the gallery is an eclectic sensory...
Motion City Soundtrack Even if it Kills Me By Jon Bautts Word Count: 464
Motion City Soundtrack returns with another dose of their patented style of pop punk. Fueled by the quirky yet deeply personal lyrics from frontman Justin Pierre and a penchant for crafting addicting melodies, the band’s third...
“But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
These famous words come from “The Old Man and the Sea,” a classic examination of humanities’ quest for meaning and achievement written by renowned American author, Ernest Hemingway.
“The Old Man...
There are times in every film genre that things seem to look and feel the same, even in the visually cinematic genre of musicals. A number of good musical films have been released lately, yet with the ever-growing presence of asinine Disney pictures and substandard remakes, quality and originality can...
In a flawed legal system amid an imperfect world, can true justice ever be attained? Can an individual, exacting justice in ways in which the system has failed, fulfill it? Or is no single person capable or even worthy of a responsibility of this magnitude because of the risks of inevitably turning into...
The Foo Fighters have been rocking out and fighting foo for over twelve years now. From pop rock sing-alongs (“Learn to Fly”) to head-banging anthems (“All My Life”) to tear-jerking love songs (“Everlong”) and emotion-driven intricacies (“Aurora”), Foo Fighter frontman David Grohl has...
The lights are down, and the band begins to play. As the band Una, composed of current and former Biola students, plays their first song at popular Anaheim venue, Chain Reaction, the sound mixing is off, the vocals are turned too far down, and the bassist can’t hear himself in the monitors.
However,...
