Jaimie Nadel: What’s the title of the collage on the cover? Patrick Semple: I haven’t thought about. I guess it’s “Dharma Punxx.” JN: Untitled is a popular title. I wonder who first used that as a title. PS: A genius. What class are you taking next quarter? Untitled. JN: That’s […]
It’s Always Cloudy in Olympia
Netflix Shows and their Comfy Counterparts BY SARA FABIAN As the unofficial college uniform, loungewear is a universal piece of our academic and personal experience. Clothes for comfort are perfect for hanging out in your room, walking around your building, studying, or even sleeping. For good reason, Olympia doesn’t go […]
Brooklyn Quintet Fuses No-Wave and Hip-Hop
BY ISSAC SCOTT Ava Luna hails from the heady Brooklyn music scene that favors the often impossibly intricate and angular experimental rock evidenced by Dirty Projectors, Akron Family, and Battles. Listening to these bands, it is clear they emerge from the epicenter of every musical style from no-wave to hip-hop. […]
Artist Profile: Allyson Yarrow Pierce
Children learn like this: creating, playing, thinking, mimicking, impressions, tactile wondering, repetitive characters, signs, and symbols. Sacred ancient forms of understanding. Physical feeling, wandering emotions. Repetitive situations and patterns; developmental behavior. This is how (good) stories are told. Fables have characters that carry the same steps and leave the same […]
Handwritings: ‘boring, dumb & fine’
BY BLAINE EWIG In Handwritings’ first album, lo-fi indie rock is brought back to its roots with sounds akin to those of Pavement and Dinosaur Jr. With prominent and purposeful feedback, they take what many listeners might perceive as flaws and make them into strengths. In Handwritings’ first album, lo-fi […]
Artist Statement: Anders Rodin
BY ANDERS RODIN I grew up on an island. Always having the ocean in view is kind of like looking at a photograph of the earth from space. It reminds you that there are limits, that we live on a finite amount of space with shorelines and atmospheres that protect […]
Local Punk Band Gag Detests Police, Embraces Sex & Violence
Student Submission BY DAVID JAQUES “Put your gun to your head. Pull your trigger–now you’re dead.” “I’m a punk. I’m a freak. I hate you and you hate me.” “Ha ha ha, blah blah blah; either way you die.” These are the lyrical maxims of GAG, amongst others, expressing nihilistic […]
Clothes–Minded Memories
BY SARA FABIAN Nostalgia is the feeling and emotion we experience when remembering the past and longing to be in a moment again. Something as big as a photograph, or as small as a smell, could trigger our memory and take us back in time. Clothes play an important role […]
Artist Profile ~ Matt Smith
ARTIST PROFILE: MATT SMITH By Josh Wolf I spoke with Evergreen artist, Matt Smith, about dead museums, Futurism, and drinking while painting. His upcoming show at Sage’s Cafe is Friday, January 24 with four other local artists, and performances from three local music groups. Josh Wolf: Hey Matt, what have you […]
From Icon to Iconic
WORDS BY SARA FABIAN / PHOTOS BY BLAINE EWIG Overworn, over-loved, and appreciated by many, band T-shirts are a badge of identity, conveying a sense of community with the band that you love. They are a symbol of rebellious youth. Stuffed in a drawer or in the far reaches of […]
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