Art is Where You Find It

So, my sister recently decided to join her school’s Sing. I still don’t know what the meaning of this “Sing” stands for, however I’ve heard about it for about 5 years now. Finally I’ve decided, “what the heck, why not go watch it?” From what I gathered, two grades verse the other two grades in song and dance filled show. Two hours in high school watching an amateur show, “Oh the joy!” To my surprise, the sophomores and seniors were quite good. The singing wasn’t unpleasant, the dancing wasn’t too simple and boring, and the dialogue wasn’t “corny” or “awkward” as I had expected. I actually found myself laughing. They made a few mistakes here and there, but it was far less amount of mistakes than the freshmen and juniors. Which brings me to the freshmen and junior performers. They were not that terrible. To be fair, they are only in high school. We can’t all expect all the performers to be “Julliard status.” Their performance just wasn’t as entertaining or fun to watch. At one point it pained me to watch the dancing. So many mistakes and awkward movements. If it hadn’t been for the senior and sophomores i would have thought that night was waste of 10 bucks.

My review of Golf: The Musical

Golf

“Joe, have you seen Twilight?”

“Nah, why?”

“You HAVE to see it. It’s Amazing!!!”

“All right, I’ll see.”

So there is one lesson I learned from this conversation, or from life–Never listen to Alyssa, when it comes to movies (Sorry Alyssa). Having watched the preview “Twilight”, it seemed like such an amazing movie with an actor that had an amazing jaw, and with vampires having supernatural abilities. So, because of Alyssa’s recommendation, I decided to go watch this movie with my brother and a friend. After watching the movie, I was speechless. And no, not because this was the best movie ever, but because this was the WORST movie ever. There was a fighting scene which lasted maybe ten minutes tops and the rest was about romance. Sure, maybe it was just me that didn’t like the movie because im not into romance that much, but come on, if you have to spend ten minutes on a scene with the two protagonists slow-dancing, then that is definitely a problem. Fine, maybe I am exaggerating a little bit, but there was much time wasted on scenes unneeded. Getting to the special effects… We might as well go back to the year 2000, or even further back. This movie had worse effects than “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.” If you look carefully at how the vampire climbs the tree, you would just want to leave the movie theater. Also, when the vampire reveals to the girl that he is a vampire and that he isn’t able to go to school when the sun is out, I was expecting for him to turn into some kind of vampire looking person or a monster when the sun had shone on him. However, he glowed. Yes, he glowed. What kind of a vampire glows?! Maybe I am getting a little angry while writing this review, but I guess I’m just trying to show my anger and I just want to let everyone know that he or she is NOT missing out if he or she didn’t watch it. Don’t watch this movie, unless you like to watch two people fall in love wasting time looking at each other or dancing with each other.

Fuerza Bruta review!

It took me 7 tries during the course of a week until my computer finally let me upload it! but yay!

       In the 1960’s, the Beatles infiltrated American airwaves and revolutionized the genre of Rock and Roll. Nearly 50 years later, another band from England has taken America by storm. Although Muse is not currently a household name, there’s no doubt in this writer’s mind that it soon will be. Black Holes and Revelations, the band’s latest album, is its best yet–a superb perpetuation of an innovative style that eludes the mundane, obliterates the perfunctory, and transcends the genre. The album’s first song, ironically entitled “Take a Bow,” embodies the band’s essence—it is a song that personifies the nebulous style that one has come to associate with Muse, a powerful mixture of rock, pop and techno. With Matthew Bellamy on vocals, lead guitar and piano, Chris Wolstenholme on bass, and Dominic Howard on drums, the trio blends flawlessly in nearly every song. In “Invincible,” one of the album’s more somber pieces, the steady military-esque drumbeat dances delicately with Bellamy’s vocals. The album is essentially a roller coaster ride of emotional peaks and troughs. The tranquility of “Soldier’s Poem” is juxtaposed masterfully with the raw, enveloping power of “Map of the Problematique.” Other songs, such as “Starlight” and “Hoodoo” demonstrate the unparalleled power of Bellamy’s vocals. “Knights of Cydonia” places a bow atop this masterpiece of an album. Most rock bands in the modern era have become overly dependent on excessively heavy guitar riffs and mundane drumbeats. “Black Holes and Revelations” shatters the mold. Some might call it Alternative Rock, but it’s difficult to categorize perfection.