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Columbia Records, 2011 By Quinton Saxby  Adele is a powerhouse and a prodigy, and her new album 21 showcases her purely natural talent. Finding real talent is always a noteworthy and rare experience, because it’s very hard for an artist to be already so well-developed and aware of her aesthetic bent. This is why Adele’s [...]

4AD, 2011 By Quinton Saxby First, a plea to any truly loyal, protective Iron and Wine fans—do not panic, Sam Beam has not sold out. We might be a little surprised at first at his breaching Fleetwood Mac territory, but I think we would have all lost something if Sam Beam were forced into covering [...]

By Quinton Saxby David Fincher has a knack for defining generations. He defines yet another with his new movie about Facebook, and he does it with style and gravity.  Only Fincher could have pulled off a movie about social networks without falling into the traps of overstatement or cliché. His film The Social Network is [...]

By Quinton Saxby Mark Ronson has had some pretty remarkable talent gravitate toward his studio in the past few years. Real musical talent knows how to find him. Before this latest album Record Collection was released in September, he had already produced Amy Winehouse with her retro-soul image and style and given Lily Allen many [...]

Why not all stereotypes about NASCAR fans are true By Quinton Saxby Don’t let Ithaca’s cosmopolitan allure fool you. This territory belongs to NASCAR fans. Professor Stephen Mosher, Ithaca College professor of sport management and media, explains, “Ithaca is in the middle of NASCAR country.” NASCAR is well-established as a part of the culture of [...]

By Quinton Saxby Arcade Fire’s catapult to stardom after their formation in 2003 has been surprising but well deserved. With an EP and three albums, including The Suburbs, this once-indie band hailing from Montreal can hardly be called indie as of their new release. Their music is too accessible, and their popularity is too exponential, [...]

Why people should think twice before judging students who use drugs By Quinton Saxby It is quite an experience to walk around campus on a Sunday morning to find empty cans of Keystone and Bud Light strewn about like shrapnel. Though students who come to college work hard to receive an education, they still find [...]