Tag: jake rich
Away from the Sprawl: Why context means nothing and everything in...
Have you ever heard of “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll”? It’s a semi-famous Bob Dylan song from 1964, released on the album, “The...
Away from the Sprawl: My KUCR story
From the first point that I saw the giant antenna on top of the tiny building near the dorms blasting radio waves to the...
Highlander Newsroom 04/15/15
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we discuss the ASUCR elections, talk about ways students can save water after California Governor Jerry Brown's drought...
Mountain Goats examine life’s highs and lows from the ropes on...
I know almost nothing about professional wrestling.
When I was on my junior high’s annual eighth-grade graduation trip to Washington, D.C., I had to beg...
“Life Itself” poignantly reflects Ebert at the center of the “empathy...
“I’ll see you at the movies.”
This was the last line of the last blog post written by Roger Ebert the day before he died....
Stevens beautifully explores conflicted feelings of grief on “Carrie & Lowell”
“I should have known better / Nothing can be changed / The past is still the past / The bridge to nowhere.”
We are all...
Away from the Sun: Rage Against the Solar Conspiracy
The Sun is not my friend.
I have seen Its face, and it is not a kind face. Did you know that “Teletubbies” was actually...
Annual RAIN concert cancelled due to excessive brightness; campus descends into...
The giant yellow orb in the sky had spoken. Some confusedly walked around campus in a heat-induced fervor. Other attendees screamed as they ran...
Away from the Sprawl: Forming your own opinion in a sea...
I am a review obsessive.
New album coming out? What’s the Pitchfork score? New TV episode just aired? What does AV Club say? New movie?...
HEAT 2015 lights up UCR in a blaze of music
We may thank the rain gods and their mercy, for last year’s downpour has been replaced with Heat. Bodies smashed, booties shook and music...