Archive for category: Arts and Culture

Precocious Producers: A Media Company Gains Momentum

Precocious Producers: A Media Company Gains Momentum

“We would shoot anything,” said Todd Wiseman, co-founder and executive producer at Hayden 5 Media in New York City, “except

The Fantastic Mind Behind The Muppets

The Fantastic Mind Behind The Muppets

Everyone looks back on his childhood and fondly remembers their favorite television shows. As a child you may have watched “Sesame Street” or “Fraggle Rock,” and unless you’ve been living under “Fraggle Rock,” odds are you know who The Muppets are.

The Devil Has Family in Bristol and They Go By the Name Turbowolf

The Devil Has Family in Bristol and They Go By the Name Turbowolf

Rock n’ Roll is dying. Rock music isn’t. It’s as simple as that. And people can’t comprehend that they are two separate entities. Rock n’ Roll brings the hell and spitfire that people run to the hills for and don’t look back. It’s a certain class of attitude only characterized by a rapid transformation when surrounded by sweat, hair, second-hand t-shirts and the like. “Rock” music falls to the feet of Rock n’ Roll and kisses a ring on every finger. Anyone can “rock,” but not everyone can rock and “roll” at the same time.

MCNY Wishes a Happy 200th to the Streets of NYC

MCNY Wishes a Happy 200th to the Streets of NYC

It’s hard to believe that at one point, 60th and Columbus, the location of Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC), was once the site of hills, rock formations and open grassy areas that can only be found in Central Park today. From now until April 15, Museum of the City of New York is displaying the exhibit “The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011.”

The End of an Era: ICP Memorializes the Contact Sheet

The End of an Era: ICP Memorializes the Contact Sheet

The contact sheet, similar to the horse-drawn carriage or music stored on a disc, is enigmatic in today’s world. Technology has advanced; we have new, more efficient ways of doing things. Yet these objects are still around us, not because we need them, but because we refuse to let them go. As a culture, we still admire what these artifacts stand for.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance or Spirit of Comedy?

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance or Spirit of Comedy?

“The Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” which premieres on Feb. 17, is a film about Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage), a stunt motorcyclist who made a deal with the devil, known as Mephisto, to save his father.

Model and Interns Partake in the Frenzy of Fall Fashion Week 2012

Model and Interns Partake in the Frenzy of Fall Fashion Week 2012

Another New York Fashion Week (NYFW) has come and gone and over 350 designers showed their fall collections throughout the city.

Behind the Scenes of Marvel: Anatomy of a Comic Book

Behind the Scenes of Marvel: Anatomy of a Comic Book

Comics allow readers to hold an imaginary world in the palm of their hands.

February Album Release Grab Bag

February Album Release Grab Bag

In the summer of 2010, the Denver-based lo-fi husband and wife duo of singer Alaina Moore and guitarist Patrick Riley aka Tennis, allowed listeners to travel along with them as first mates via headphones, with the pair sailing up and down the Atlantic seaboard.

Act on a Subtext: Arctic Art at Fordham’s Center Gallery

Act on a Subtext: Arctic Art at Fordham’s Center Gallery

In 2007, documentary photographer Subhankar Banerjee photographed a slaughtered caribou, capturing an eerie moment in time; a period of time that might as well be as frozen as the sub-zero environment around him.