Archive for September, 2009

FILM: A Message From The Director of "White On Rice" (And A FREE Ticket Giveaway!)

Sep 30, 2009 No Comments by

It’s not often that great independent film makes its way to Provo’s theatres. That isn’t the case this weekend, as Dave Boyle’s excellent White on Rice begins its second weekend at Provo Towne Centre. (Rhombus film critic Jordan Petersen recently raved about the film here.) In hopes of boosting support for the film, we have [...]

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MUSIC: A Pop Culture Confession

Sep 30, 2009 No Comments by

Boy bands are like zombies – if you cut off their heads, they’ll simply grow another one and reform in 10 years, hellbent on world domination. It seems that as soon as one group of musically competent lads resigns their spot atop the global music charts, another has already been carefully groomed and prepared to [...]

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SPORTS: Brief Thoughts About Coach Rose

Sep 30, 2009 No Comments by

This isn’t usually what I write about, but stories like these are inspiring and have a tendency to put things into perspective for readers. Andy Katz, senior writer for ESPN.com, has written a fantastic article about BYU men’s basketball head coach Dave Rose. Months ago, Rose was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and his most recent [...]

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MUSIC: Concert Review: Adding Machines

Sep 29, 2009 No Comments

Do you remember the summer your childhood innocence wilted away like so many leaves autumning into fall? So often, it seems, such moments are difficult, if not impossible, to understand as they happen and it is only in retrospect that we can look back with pining nostalgia. Among all art forms, music is perhaps best [...]

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SONG OF THE DAY: September 29th

Sep 29, 2009 No Comments

Monsters of Folk, “Whole Lotta Losin’” We’re back! After a week of hibernation, the Song of the Day feature returns to Rhombus on this very late Monday evening, but better late than never. I’ve recently been struggling internally with whether or not this is a worthwhile feature to continue here on Rhombus (after all, it [...]

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FILM: Review: White On Rice

Sep 28, 2009 No Comments

As a film student, I watch more movies than your average human. That said, seeing a truly independent film is always a treat, even if it turns out to not be very good. Thankfully, White on Rice was good. Double treat. Dave Boyle (NOT to be confused with Danny Boyle) wrote and directed this little [...]

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EVENT: Review: Kik the Block, The Loft

Sep 28, 2009 No Comments

Hi! I’m new here at Rhombus and it’s my job to scout out the hot parties going down in the Provo scene. I’ll let you know what events to look forward to and critique the events I attended so you can know if it’ll be worthy of your future attendance. Friday night was the premiere [...]

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SPORTS: BYU Football Weekly Roundup (Week 4)

Sep 25, 2009 No Comments

Week 4: BYU vs. Colorado State Let’s be honest with ourselves, Cougar fans — we knew that top ten ranking and those national championship hopes were too good to be true. After the euphoria of the Oklahoma game, we all wanted to believe our boys were capable of anything. And even now I can honestly [...]

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FILM: Why I’m (Mostly) Cool With The Robot Revolution

Sep 24, 2009 No Comments

Though I haven’t seen it yet, the trailer for this week’s new film Surrogates leaves little doubt: robots are evil, and they will destroy the world. The film apparently depicts a futuristic world in which people live vicariously through attractive robot versions of themselves. If the trailer can be trusted, the movie begins with an [...]

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TECH: Review: The Beatles: Rock Band

Sep 24, 2009 No Comments

In my opinion, the recent development of popular music-oriented games, such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band, is due to the social aspects of said games. The first time I tried playing Guitar Hero was in the basement of my house by myself. I didn’t get it: a color came on the screen and I [...]

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