By BILLY FAIRES – A 13-year-old boy attempts the daring feat of solving three Rubik’s Cubes in under three minutes, as music blares in the background. A packed house of parents, teachers and students — lots of students — follow his adventure, first with bemused skepticism and then…
By ANDREW BARBER (12th Grade) – It didn’t quite go as planned. There were no screaming and adoring fans; there were no intelligent lights bouncing around the walls and ceiling of the room; there was no grand introduction with a fifteen foot inferno of red hot flames around the back entrance of the stage. Instead, the eight French-fry lights, each burning at a temperature of around 800 degrees Fahrenheit…
Live music exists for the moment that superglues itself into your memory. R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe’s introduction to “World Leader Pretend” on the Green Tour in 1989. Him, with his funky mascara, alone with a snare drum. It’s as clear as a Polaroid in my mind, some 21 years later. I’ve got dozens, maybe [...]
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