Miranda Macfarlane
Album Reviews: Mariana’s Trench, Eli et Papillon, EL VY, and Bleachers cover album
November 16, 2015By: Rebekah Chotem, Gemma Lee, Miranda Macfarlane, and Courtney Miller Marianas Trench - Astoria Astoria is Marianas Trench’s fourth album and a further showcase of their maturation — all of their albums seem to build and improve on the previous one. Though not done in the continuous song style that Ever After was, the band includes some cinematic style orchestral pieces to move between songs such as “Hospital Bells” and “Never Say Die.” For the past couple of albums, Marianas Trench has been a fan of long, “Masterpiece Theatre I”-type opener songs on their albums, and the title track is…
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A slacker’s guide to being lazy
October 19, 2015Lazy people of the world, my dear comrades: we all know the struggle of getting by while suffering from severe laziness. Indeed, lazy people are quite possibly the demographic that experiences the most prejudice and flak in their day-to-day lives.…
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What I’ve been missing all my life: a kitty
August 4, 2015It was the summer of 1997. I visited my grandparents’ house in the quaint port town of Dover, England. On this particular evening, my sister and I had just come back from a long day of frolicking around the village…
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Why Saudi Arabia is the right choice to head UN Human Rights Council
June 8, 2015Last month Saudi Arabia announced their bid to behead head the United Nations Human Rights Council, following the end of its current leader Germany’s term. Though some choose to label the move as outrageous due to the alleged “non-humanist conduct”…
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This week in comics
June 1, 2015The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (Jacey Gibb) Sadie the Sadistic Snail (Miranda Mcfarlane) Peers (Leslie Lu) Seagull Square (Jill Mandrake)
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