Paul Kibala Correspondent David Foster Wallace was a revolutionary, influential writer, captivating readers with sincere prose such as the gargantuan ...
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Read More »By Christopher Minitelli Correspondent I have been a big fan of The Killers for quite a while now, so when I heard they were releasing a new album, ...
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Read More »Last Tuesday evening, I paced around my apartment in shock and ranted to my friends about how I couldn’t believe what just happened. Why? The summer ...
Read More »Some people reflexively dislike politicians. Whether it’s an aura of self interest, incompetence or dishonesty, they get turned off from the people ...
Read More »By Heather Koenig WTSR Assistant Music Director The Shins are back for the first time in five years with “Port of Morrow.” Rather than lagging ...
Read More »“The Hunger Games” is the most thrilling set of books to hit the pop fiction market of our generation. If the millions of readers and moviegoers haven’t ...
Read More »A musical’s mission is to transport the audience into another world. Or at least this is the belief of the Man In Chair, the main character in “The ...
Read More »By Nick Elliot Book Critic “So Much Pretty” It’s not often that a book leaves me with such mixed feelings as Cara Hoffman’s debut, “So Much ...
Read More »By Shannon Junior WTSR Assistant Music Director The 21-year-old Pittsburgh native, Chris Laufman, is the heart and soul of Wise Blood. His goal for this ...
Read More »By Nick Elliot Signal Book Critic “The Map of Time” Already an international bestseller, Felix J. Palma’s time traveling novel, “The Map of ...
Read More »There isn’t much to say about Rihanna that hasn’t already been said: She sings some raunchy songs, sex appeal is her main selling point, and, oh yeah, ...
Read More »By Shannon Junior WTSR Assistant Music Director For its past two albums, Pterodactyl has proven to be mischievously experimental and unpredictable with ...
Read More »By Shannon Junior WTSR Assistant Music Director It seems like an unlikely duo, but together the Dirty Projectors and Björk really do bring music composition ...
Read More »Warning: These reviews may contain spoilers. By Chris Delaney Signal Book Critic “Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume I” I think there are quite ...
Read More »It’s only fair to start off by saying that I have very little appreciation for art. When I look at a painting or sculpture, the extent of my analysis ...
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