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25th St Productions set to release compilation CD

25th Street Productions, the record label housed at Malone, is getting ready to release a compilation album which will include music by students. The record is planned to be released at the album release show Dec. 7 at 8:00 pm in the Johnson Center’s Memorial Chapel. “This is the first official CD that 25th Street [...]

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Randy Gernovich serves with musical passion

Senior music education major, Randy Gernovich, knew he wanted to become a musician at the age of 14 after watching other people play for his church’s worship band. Gernovich has taken his love for music and put it to use by being involved in Celebration for the last three years. He has been the worship [...]

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Student Akash Negi shares passion for music

Passion: It is that one thing that seems to have a certain power over us—an escape from the annoyances of life. WATCH:  Freshman Akash Negi’s passion: music. Freshman Akash Negi plays his guitar. Produced and Edited by Michael Garwood Negi is a nursing major, hoping to pursue a minor in Bible and theology. He was [...]

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Star Wars films to be rereleased in 3-D

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace will be released in theaters again in 2012.  However, this time it will be in 3-D, and every year following it another Star Wars film will be released in 3-D until all six of the Star Wars films have been rereleased. Many people are upset about this due [...]

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Mind-blowing “Inception” blurs line between dreams and reality

Mind-blowing “Inception” blurs line between dreams and reality Sure to leave you amazed and/or scratching your head, Inception is more than worth the price of admission—especially at the dollar theater. Rating: 4 stars out of 4 Now Showing: Movies 10 Not many movies live up to the hype. I can’t tell you how many times [...]

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“A Beautiful Mind” demonstrates the truth about mental disorders

“Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse: had never been. What kind of hell would that be?” This is the life of Dr. John Nash’s is described in the film A Beautiful Mind. Malone students were invited to a [...]

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Eco-friendly Christianity: “Green Witness” examines the theological implications

Imagine tomorrow’s headline on the front page of the New York Times: “Scientists Vow No Hope for Earth.” Perhaps scientists will run their tests only to find that nothing more can be done in the face of the environmental crisis. They put out a report declaring that the earth is to be a barren wasteland [...]

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Lovedrug headlines at Musica while Halloween antics abound

When I walked into Musica, the costumes were the first thing I noticed. There were guys dressed up in wigs, sideburns, fake moustaches and aviator sunglasses—a real 70s blast from the past. There was a giant bunny rabbit, complete with floppy ears, and even someone in a full-body zebra suit. If this sounds like a [...]

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Tricky fleshes out electronica roots

A superbly written and executed album, Tricky’s Mixed Race displays yet another of trip-hop’s founding artists refusing to go quietly. Following efforts by two other tremendous trip-hop/electronic artists, Portishead’s Third and Massive Attack’s Heligoland, Mixed Race bastardizes the genre he helped pioneer with bluesy guitar lines and world music. Tricky, born Adrian Thaws, released Maxinquaye [...]

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Norma Jean crafts chaotic masterpiece with Meridional

It’s rare I hear a heavier album that impresses me nowadays. After a while, it all starts to sound the same: incoherent screaming and chug-chug-chug and lots of “brutal breakdowns, dude!” Perhaps I’ve just heard too much and become bitter and jaded in my old age of 21. Whatever the case, it’s been a long [...]

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