Archive for March, 2010

READING LIST: March 31st

Mar 31, 2010 No Comments by

Day two of the revamped Rhombus Reading List and we’re still here. We’re cooking with gas now. 1) POLITICS: An intriguing (if more than a bit wishful) article speculating on favorite Mormon homeboy Mitt Romney’s uncanny fitness to oversee the implementation of President Obama’s new health care reform laws — you know, if he ever [...]

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SPORTS: Podcast: March Madness, Women's Basketball, MLB and More

Mar 31, 2010 No Comments by

The PB&J Report delves deep into the madness of March, dishing on BYU’s big first-round win and subsequent second-round collapse, all the tournament action, and the impending Final Four. The guys also argue about the relative legacy of the UConn women’s basketball team and the difference between the men’s and women’s games. Listen to the [...]

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FILM: Who is Roman Polanski?

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Roman Polanski has problems. He’s suffered some pretty awful things, and he’s done some pretty awful things. The man should be neither vilified nor justified, and those who do either are looking for an easy way out of a very complicated human being. You may not know who I’m talking about, and that’s alright. But [...]

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READING LIST: March 30th

Mar 30, 2010 No Comments

With the return of Rhombus and the new site design, I’ve decided to try and delve back into the Rhombus Reading List. Longtime readers will remember that I tried to do this as a daily feature a couple months back as an aggregator of cool stuff I read/saw on the Web, but it fell apart [...]

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Welcome to the New Rhombus: A Message from the Editor

Mar 30, 2010 No Comments

So, it’s been awhile. Many of you (okay, not that many) have probably wondered why Rhombus, which had previously been a picture of near-daily publishing consistency up until a month or so ago, suddenly went M.I.A. for a couple weeks there. Sure, we posted an article or a podcast here and there, but nothing too [...]

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POLITICS: The Saga of Jim Matheson

Mar 30, 2010 No Comments

Anybody who attended the Utah Democratic Party’s caucuses this week is well aware of the anger that currently exists towards Jim Matheson, Democratic representative for Utah’s 2nd congressional district. He is the only Democrat representing Utah in Washington D.C., which is precisely why he has evoked this anger. The primary reason for the fury is [...]

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SPORTS: The Beginning of the (Insert New QB Here) Era

Mar 30, 2010 No Comments

Now that the basketball team has made its exit from the NCAA tournament, Cougar fans have shifted their focus to what looks to be one of the most intense quarterback competitions in recent BYU history. Simply put, Riley Nelson is the veteran, Jake Heaps is the newcomer and James Lark is the wild card. (Jason [...]

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SPORTS: Podcast: March Madness Special

Mar 18, 2010 No Comments

The men of the PB&J Report get together and break down the brackets for their March Madness special. If you have any interest in college basketball whatsoever and especially in the BYU Cougars, this one’s for you. Also, be sure to join Rhombus’ PB&J Report bracket competition on ESPN.com here! (The group password is billsimmons.) [...]

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FILM: Review: Alice in Wonderland

Mar 15, 2010 No Comments

Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite philosophical texts. The rabbit-hole and looking-glass motifs represent a fantastically rich source for out-of-box thinking in dramatic narrative. Some of the most powerful stories and films borrow from that tradition and by so doing reach a depth of subconscious resonance that is often disturbingly surreal and intensely [...]

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MUSIC: Sounds from the Expanse: Desert Noises Give Away Their EP

Mar 11, 2010 No Comments

What surprises me so much about Desert Noises self-titled EP is just how kinetic it is. Knowing that it was released by local label Northplatte Records, I expected on my first listen to hear a well polished—and emotionally rich—work, with roots in folk music. And I did. But the record also isn’t merely a gentle [...]

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