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Review: Bastille's "Bad Blood"

Review: Bastille’s “Bad Blood”

Natali Gonzalez, Staff Reporter Nov 27, 2013

Bastille is an upcoming pop rock band from the United Kingdom, composed of lead singer Dan Smith, bassist Will Farquarson, keyboard player Kyle Simmons, and drummer Chris “Woody” Wood. The band’s debut album Bad Blood includes popular chart toppers...

Review: American Horror Story - Coven

Review: American Horror Story – Coven

Paola Flores-Rivera, Reporter Nov 26, 2013

Normally when watching a TV-series people are used to three or more seasons of a show that  consists of the same beloved characters experiencing either hardships or comic situations depending on the show’s genre. The F/X Network show American Horror...

Review: "Catching Fire"

Review: “Catching Fire”

Lilly Lane, Staff Reporter Nov 26, 2013

On Nov. 21st, I joined the masses sitting outside the theater hours before the scheduled showing time of Catching Fire, the newest “Hunger Games” movie. As we all lined up to wait to get into the theater, everyone was talking about how they hoped...

Cast members of Avenue Q School Edition - Photo by Laura Marshall

Review: Take a Trip to Avenue Q!

Margaret O’Meara, News & Style Editor Nov 12, 2013

Avenue Q School Edition, written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, is currently in production on the stage at West Potomac High School. West Potomac’s Beyond the Page Theatre Company brings Lopez’s and Marx’s edgy, witty, and clever music to life...

Grand Theft Auto Five: Grander than ever before

Grand Theft Auto Five: Grander than ever before

Hugh Moffitt, Reporter Oct 31, 2013

Like the other 18 million people, I bought a copy Grand Theft Auto Five the day it was released. At first it was almost too much for me to take in. Grand Theft Auto Five immediately plunges you into an epic single-player story that took four years and...

Music Rewind: What's Old Is New Again

Music Rewind: What’s Old Is New Again

Margaret O’Meara, News & Style Editor Oct 31, 2013

Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Daft Punk and several other pop music artists are bringing back the retro disco music vibe to the industry. This new music trend is not disrupting these musical artists careers. For Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars, their...