February 2012
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Revenge Bombshell: But really, who’s that dead...
(text by: Erin Doolin)
Ever since the pilot, we’ve all been waiting for the engagement party of professional glarer Emily Thorne and gold-digger bait Daniel Grayson. The first few moments of the show reveals that someone gets a bullet straight to the back on the beach of the party, and that death will likely change the course of Emily’s plot to systemically destroy every J.Crew-clad Hamptons rich...
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How To Be the Sober Friend
First, don’t drink. Or at least have an extremely high tolerance that may rival an Irish sailor. That’s key. Some might argue against this, but the most important thing in being the sober friend is to actually be sober. Alcohol can impair your judgment. Or so I’ve heard.
Next, be content while surrounded by a number of drunk people. You’ll most likely end up at a party in which the number of...
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Sweeten up your Superbowl Party
SWEET PRESENTS “THE OWNER’S SWEET” CUPCAKE PACKAGE
To cheer on the New England Patriots as they advance to Super Bowl XLVI, Boston’s favorite cupcake shop, Sweet, introduces The Owner’s Sweet cupcake package, a custom-designed football field of cupcakes ready to “wow” any Super Bowl party.
The Owner’s Sweet includes:
· 73 team player full-size cupcakes hand-dipped in Patriots sprinkles...
January 2012
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Interested in joining EmMag?
Please keep in mind that this year we’re looking for people with a deep interest and passion in their applied area - not necessarily someone with magazine experience. Through these applications we need you to show us that you are an authority on whatever aspect of the magazine that you are apply for. Please keep in mind that em Magazine is an involved organization that requires a solid...
December 2011
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The Tao of Candy
There is a store on Boylston Street in Boston filled with 15,000 different types of sweets. It smells like cotton candy, and the music is always danceable. There are lollipops and Swirly pops. There are gummies of varying flavor, shape, and consistency. There are pixie sticks. Pop Rocks. There is chocolate. A lot of chocolate. There are malt balls. Hard candy. Locally made ice cream. European...
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WatchShot in Boston, MA
For the upcoming F/W 2011 issue of Emerson College’s Em Magazine: Generation Why?
Music by Gardens & Villa Track: “Star Fire Power” (gardensandvilla.bandcamp.com/track/star-fire-power) gardensandvilla.com with Dagny Blomster, Andrew Asper, Gracie Gates, Abbey Volmer, Caroline Rhymer Direction by Benjamin Askinas (benjaminaskinas.tumblr.com) Cinematography...
November 2011
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Life Lessons I Learned From Survivor
I love Survivor. For anybody who hasn’t caught onto this reality phenomenon, Survivor is, essentially, the original reality competition show. From its premiere in 2000, this show has seen 23 seasons, plenty of exotic locations all around the world, and a whole lot of backstabbing. The format is simple: a group of people are divided into tribes, compete for rewards and immunity, and are forced to...
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A Reconstruction of Music with The Civil Wars
The sold-out crowd at the Berklee Performance Center went wild between every simple song delivered by the fresh Southern duo The Civil Wars on October 28th. The stage was simple, no fancy lighting or large band to accompany the talent. Rather, Joy Williams stood in front of a mic and sang her heart out, arms fluttering whimsically around her, while John Paul White stood a few feet away strumming...
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Dieting through the holidaze.
It’s that time of year again. Halloween candy is half-priced and the store shelves are already filling up with pumpkin pie mix and Coolwhip. Boloco is even making a dangerously delicious eggnog shake. It’s a diabetic dream out there.
For most people our age, it’s pretty easy to just eat through the holidays and work it off this spring/summer. Heck, most 20-somethings...
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Kindle-Anon
I was that guy who, like everyone else, never wanted a Kindle. In fact, I swore I would never get one. I liked how books felt, I liked how the pages smelled, and I loved holding a well worn and loved copy of some pretentious book in a quirky coffee shop. A few months later, and I’m hooked. My Kindle is my best and only friend. Sure, there are certain books I’ll want or keep around, but overall I...
October 2011
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Bass Music: Looking Back to Look Forward
Some say it exists because kids with no rhythm need to dance too. Others think it’s the herald for a coming robot apocalypse. Whatever the opinion, bass music (the preferred term for the now limiting and connotative ‘dubstep’) has completed a low-frequency blitzkrieg across North America. The sounds are new and unique, sometimes better described as soundscapes then songs. They...
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Nail Couture
Square or round? File or cut? Pick a color.
Anyone who has stepped foot in a nail salon is accustomed to hearing these words. Spoiling your hands with a soothing soak, massage, shaping and a fresh coat of polish is routine for many avid salon goers. However, thanks to the makers of popular nail polish such as OPI and Essie and constantly changing trends in the fashion world, picking a...
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SUBGENRE SUNDAYS PRESENTS: HORRORCORE
This is not about Odd Future. In fact, before I begin, Tyler would like you to know: “We don’t make fucking horrorcore, fuckin’ idiots – listen to the music before you put it in a box.” Okay. Fair enough. Just because you rap about rape, pillaging, suicide, and murder every once in a while, doesn’t mean you’re a horrorcore musician. So what does? What...
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The Castle Hassle
When you first applied to Emerson, the overzealous tour guide ranted and raved about the Castle. Or maybe you ogled at the pictures on the school’s website. You bragged to all your high school friends, “My school has a castle. With a moat!” It was the coolest thing since your Senior Prom.
If you’re lucky, you came to Emerson and among other things, fell madly in love. You and Prince Charming did...
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Dating an Emerson Student: A How-To Guide (by...
All Emerson students could be described with adjectives like artsy, hipster, indie, preppy, etc. But students within each major have their own assortment of unique characteristics which should be taken into account when considering a relationship with an Emersonian. They define priorities, interests, and expectations for each. Think of it this way: while the entire student body has a mutual love...
September 2011
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Are you following us on Twitter yet? →
In other news, 2006 is looking like it will be an awesome year!
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Looking For Something to Do This Weekend?
Why not see 50/50 and then talk to Seth Rogan and Will Reiser about their inspiration for it? Just kidding. You can only do one of the things. But we did the other one for you! em Magazine Features Writer, Ben Kling, sat in with Seth and Will:
50/50 is an upcoming film, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogan, about a young and otherwise healthy guy who’s diagnosed with life-threatening...
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Alexa Chung meets Madewell
Rain did not deter the mass of teenage girls eagerly waiting to meet style-icon and now designer, Alexa Chung, outside Madewell on Newbury Street on Friday night. The British “it” girl premiered her second collaboration with J. Crew’s younger label, Madewell – making an in-store appearance, including a meet-and-greet with the designer herself. The collection has been so popular that at its online...
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Life Lessons From How I Met Your Mother
I’ve been a How I Met Your Mother addict for years. And when I say “addict”, I don’t mean that I’ve just seen every episode. I’ve seen every episode at least twenty times. I drive my friends crazy every time I say “Oh, there’s a How I Met Your Mother episode about that…” Marshall, Ted, Lily, Robin and Barney have been my close friends for almost seven years, and even though it’s a cheesy...
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Currently Keen On:
Christopher Bollen’s new book Lightning People is officially on our reading list. Yes, because it’s receiving such wonderful reviews and it’s so difficult to write a “good 9/11 book,” but also because Bollen seems incredibly badass. He says things like “I wanted…to reflect New York as it is, not some fantasy glossy version filled with endless shopping...
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Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta’s 2004 novel, Little Children, has one of my favorite first lines: “The young mothers were telling each other how tired they were.” Immediately, Perrotta, a Jersey-born, Massachusetts-based writer, establishes his book’s world and its townspeople, their low-shouldered lameness. The banality of the sentence’s content, and the flatness of its form, prepares the reader for a story about...
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em Magazine Application Information
Read through the below positions thoroughly before applying. These applications are due no later than 7pm on Monday, September 12th. We will be scheduling interviews for this upcoming week, in addition to the application materials asked for below, please include your class schedules. Send all material to emmagonline@gmail.com. We will send out our response on Monday night. For all applied...
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Styling Tips: Colored Denim
It seems like everywhere I go nowadays, I hear people talking about the red pants Justin Bieber wore to the Video Music Awards (no I don’t). Since I always follow whatever trend The Biebs is rocking (I don’t), I decided to run out and buy a pair myself (I already owned them and have for about a year).
Colored denim is one of those trends that seem like it should be super easy, but come actual...
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Boston's Best Kept FREE Secrets
If you have ever helped plan or coordinate an event on campus, you have probably heard someone suggest, “there should be free food, that way we know people will come.” It’s a well-known fact that on a student budget you are bound to do a double-take when you see “FREE” in big bold letters. Luckily, there are plenty of adventures you can go on in Boston without ever taking out your...
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Television Shows To Fill Your Week: "Comedy"...
Using the term lightly. Just as 90s-style programming seems like a big influence in the drama department, it seems like not being funny was the big influence on this year’s comedy field.
MONDAY:
2 Broke Girls, 8.30-9, CBS (Sept 19)
One poor girl and one rich girl who’s losing money wait tables and live together while hoping to make bank and get into crazy antics. Sounds relatable...
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Footloose: Less Talky-Talk, More Dance-y Dance.
Our Entertainment Editor, Erin Doolin, attended a screening of Footloose. Check out her review to see if it is something worth dancing for (Get it? They dance in the movie. A lot. They aren’t suppose to, though.):
Who doesn’t love a good dance flick? Zero substance, all hips, few pieces of clothing, a classic ‘seasoned pro & rebellious rookie’ love story in which everyone learns the...
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Television Shows To Fill Your Week: Drama Edition
MONDAY:
Terra Nova, 8-9, FOX (Sept 26):
The big gamble. Fox’s high-budgeted thriller about people (and families with children?) getting sent back to prehistoric ages to save the future could be the biggest network game-changer since LOST…or it may go the way of its poorly CGI-ed dinos and wind up extinct after 13 episodes. Should you watch? Absolutely. Tune in for the pilot and the...
August 2011
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The Perfect Playlist for Autumn
1. Otouto - Autumn: One of my favorite bands as of late happens to be a newly formed art pop outfit from Melbourne. Ironically enough, “Autumn” was one of those songs I played religiously all summer. Now that the fall season is really here, it seems much more appropriate to chime along with singer Hazel Brown as she confesses over atonal guitars and steady, brooding drums, “I know summer’s...
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em magazine applications →
We’ll begin accepting applications on September 9 (the day of the Org Fair). Until then, check out our application and feel free to send any questions over to emmagonline@gmail.com
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, They'll Want More...
This summer, Nickelodeon brought back the television shows that raised (kinda literally) the kids of the ’90s. This was generally thought of as a wonderful decision, but now, in classic ’90s kid fashion, I want more. Here are the other shows from the ghost of television past that should be brought back, so I can watch them and almost immediately be let down by how they aren’t as...
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Haunted House: Marilynne Robinson's Home & Rick...
Any piece of scientific or religious writing is also a work of mystery. Marilynne Robinson’s 2009 novel Home is no exception. Home isn’t a ghost story like Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw,” but her characters, the pious, Presbyterian Boughtons, are haunted by their immutable pasts. Home, like Robinson’s other works, which include a nonfiction book about...
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Mark Your Calendars: What's Happening in September
Film:
Drive (September 16): Other movies are coming out in September. Probably. But this is the only one that you need to pay $12 for. The plot (“A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong”) doesn’t necessarily sound like anything to write home about, but the cast of Ryan Gosling (who, if you...
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Put On Your Dancin' Shoes (Or Your Standing Around...
Most of the time, I simply cannot justify buying concert tickets. First, there’s the outrageous online fees, then there’s the 4 hours of standing, $10 drinks, and obnoxious 14-year-olds with their moms. I’ve just always chosen a brand new pair of shoes over that ordeal. But this semester, I’m making a concentrated effort to put all of my qualms aside and go out and see some awesome acts. Here are...
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Five Questions For a "Summer Fling"
As September rolls in, signaling the end of the summer holiday, it might be time to take a step back and assess the situation for your summer fling. The term ‘summer fling’ might sound a bit absurd, forcing an eye roll or scowl due to the connotation of meaninglessness that it attaches to summer relationships. However, no one blames you when the frigid tundra of Boston suddenly becomes the...
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Five Canceled Television Shows You Need to Watch
Arrested Development: If you haven’t already watched this show, then you’re probably really sick of hearing about it. Arrested Development aired on the Fox “Killer of Quality Shows” Network in the early 2000s. This show centers on the dysfunctional Bluth family, and their struggle to get through bankruptcy, a patriarch in jail, living together in a model home, getting your hand bitten off by a...
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Welcome to the new em Magazine online!
People talk about the Internet like it’s changing everything. People talk about the Internet because they just read that article from the Internet and it was so crazy. So crazy! Or maybe they saw that video that was so funny. People talk about the Internet because one of the biggest stars in entertainment was found on YouTube, which you would think could never happen, but never say never....