By Mike Luchia
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: "The crime of the masses," Mar. 25, 2004, Being a music lover, and a frequent Kazaa user, I was stunned to see Myke Atkinson’s warped views on Internet music sharing in his opinion column last week. In the start of his column, Atkinson got a few things right; namely the importance… Continue reading Making music for money
By I. Piedmont
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: "Election overturned," Mar. 25, 2004, Sadly, it appears even universities are not above the legal games so prevalent in elections these days. Rather than accept the will of the electorate, it seems much easier for the losers to simply throw their efforts into judicial appeals. Now Phil Barski will join Sheila… Continue reading Students will fund the appeal
ichard Clarke was a bureaucrat in the White House, heading counter-terrorism efforts under both the Clinton and current Bush administrations and had been a public servant since the Nixon regime. Richard Clarke is now one of the most influential men in American domestic politics. Clarke’s meteoric rise to political stardom started Sun., Mar. 21 with… Continue reading Bush shows true colours
Imagine building a soul inside of you. Slowly creating fingers and toes, a life that will last decades. While you sit reading the paper or stand in line at the grocery store, you are making a person, a little being that will grow and smile and laugh and hate and cry and be in the… Continue reading Motherhood’s no cakewalk
By Joshua Smith
Checked out the Fitness and Lifestyle Center (a.k.a. "the gym") lately? Been there, done that? Well, this reporter headed out into the vast world of "alternative" health and wellness and came back with some activities to improve not just the body but the mind as well.Taoist Tai Chi: fists of softThose smiling guys in the… Continue reading Fitness Alternatives
The first thing I can say about this album is it’s different. If you’re looking for something that tears away from Incubus you know, you’ll find it here. The latest addition to their discography, A Crow Left Of The Murder is a socially conscious album with clean guitar riffs and many interesting sound effects, including… Continue reading Incubus
Pretty much everyone agreed that the 2002 debut from Sondre Lerche, Faces Down, contained far more potential than your average teenage coffeehouse songwriter. Bacharach-esque pop tunes are difficult enough for seasoned songwriters, but here was a 19-year-old playing songs he’d written years before and even the worst tunes couldn’t be described as anything less than… Continue reading Sondre Lerche
Every time I listen to this album I am forced to ask myself an important question: how on Earth has Alpha managed to elude me for so long? They’ve been around since 1996 but Stargazing is the first I’ve heard from them. I feel like I should be making fun of myself. It’s plain disturbing… Continue reading Alpha
My first reaction when I began to listen to this album was noting their similarity to Godsmack. As I listened more, however, I began to notice definite differences. Unlike Godsmack, Chuck seems rawer and relies more on their instruments. While Slightly Different is a decent release by this Canadian trio, there seems to be one… Continue reading Chunk
Swedish import Karin Strom has a lot more on her plate than just music. In addition to writing all the songs on her self-titled debut, the 26-year-old has written two novels, a collection of poetry and completed a degree in neuroscience. This unique combination of interests makes for a diverse collection of songs, both instrumentally… Continue reading Karin Strom