Ashnikko’s DemiDevil was “Good While it Lasted”

Ashnikko’s DemiDevil mixtape is her planting her glass platforms into the pop scene.  The mixtape is another of Ashnikko’s female empowerment gifts to young women, complete with features from prominent female artists like Princess Nokia, Grimes and Kelis. While DemiDevil is a pop album, there are rap, trap and nu-metal influences. One of the lead… Continue reading Ashnikko’s DemiDevil was “Good While it Lasted”

“nObOdY iS LiStEnInG,” Zayn Malik says

After the release of Zayn Malik’s third album, titled ‘Nobody Is Listening,’ if it was debatable before, it is fairly safe to say that now, most of the world is doing just that: listening. Formerly known for his superstar career with One Direction, Malik seems to be at a crossroads, one where he wonders if… Continue reading “nObOdY iS LiStEnInG,” Zayn Malik says

The Three-Body Problem: Review

As a genre, science fiction is well-suited to small, one-off narratives that, nevertheless, have great impact. The Isaac Asimov Robot stories, each a self-contained narrative, nevertheless served to popularize the idea of a humanized android in popular science fiction, and his Foundation novels inspired concepts like the city-planet and the Galactic Empire found in massively… Continue reading The Three-Body Problem: Review

The Name of the Wind: a unique epic fantasy novel

If you’re anything like me, COVID has been turning you into something of a recluse. The one good thing about being a recluse is that, while you have a depressing lack of day-to-day social interaction, you nevertheless have a lot more time on your hands to do other things you wouldn’t normally have time for,… Continue reading The Name of the Wind: a unique epic fantasy novel

UTM theatre acts against Coronavirus with first-ever livestream

The UTM Vanguard Theatre’s production of “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley ran Nov. 5-8, primarily for a livestreamed audience, testing the ability of Visual and Theatre Arts to handle a performance in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. Among the cast of this history-making performance here at UTM was Ethan Tester, a Senior… Continue reading UTM theatre acts against Coronavirus with first-ever livestream

Sci-fi throwback review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

As is often the case with film adaptations of older novels, sometimes the originals get lost to the public consciousness: like tears in the rain. One such example is Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? first published in 1968, although you will no doubt be more familiar with its adaptation Blade Runner… Continue reading Sci-fi throwback review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

UTM art faculty make the most of quarantine

The UTM Fine Arts Gallery is currently hosting the “Made in Quarantine” collection through Nov. 13 displaying the work of seven of UTM’s faculty artists. When I went to the gallery, there were strict limits on the number of people who could go in to view the artwork at one time. I was the only… Continue reading UTM art faculty make the most of quarantine