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I took all the depression, guilt and anger that I had constantly built up within me and took it upon myself to accomplish my father’s unfinished mission. It wasn’t easy to get back on my feet, and I worried that I would fail my father because even though I had a lot of passion and determination, I felt completely lost.
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“You’re not American? But you speak such good English!” I’m in my freshman year dining hall, making new friends over cold pizza and casual racism. Casual because my classmate doesn’t seem to be overtly prejudiced, and they’re definitely not aware of their faux pas. I shrug and inform them that
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On Monday, make a playlist. Pack it full of songs from Billboard’s hit chart, Spotify’s Discover Weekly and your friends’ list of favorites. Set it to play while you walk to pick up the week’s groceries or to Starbucks for your first holiday drink of the season — my choice is a classic peppermint mocha, with whipped cream, of course.
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Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be “successful.” Kindergarten teachers told my parents I was one of the quicker learners in the class, and they in turn enrolled me in “gifted” student programs for math and science. My tennis coach was convinced that if I just put my
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On Wednesday, the American Conservatory Theater presented Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Sweat” at the Geary Theater in San Francisco. The play explored both the intimate experiences and crippling dilemmas of the blue-collar steel mill workers in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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At the Greek Theatre that night, Murphy and his band broke the Berkeley amphitheater away from reality. The audience became entranced by Murphy’s synths.
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Across all genres, 2017 has seen some new breakouts and returning heavyweights tackle the roiling social and political climate this year has brought — or help us escape it.
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LCD Soundsystem left the audience in a state of heart-pounding breathlessness most reminiscent of waking up from an indescribably exhilarating dream.
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Grade: 4.5/5 James Murphy, the frontman of critically acclaimed band LCD Soundsystem, once described his early twenties as a period marked by failure. It wasn’t some epic story of failure — it was just a story about falling into a rut. It was about him dropping out of college to pursue
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The edge of the world does not have to be a post-apocalyptic scene with barren landscapes and half-human savages. For Miles Pawski, the edge can be found in places that are familiar and dear to us.
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