Erin Vanderhoof
Erin Vanderhoof
Recent Stories
EVERY DAY IS ACTUALLY WEEKEND
Even manic Mondays like today. After three semesters, 44(ish) print issues and a lot of blood/sweat/gchats, WEEKEND is lifting off its papered legs and reaching with fledgling wings to new heights: the Internet.
Yale’s roofs: a view from the top
I walked up to a boy in dark clothes sitting on a bench on Cross Campus, right outside of Calhoun. It was 11:03 p.m., and I was a few minutes late for our meeting.
A-Choir-ed taste: It was a strange time in my life
This week, Jens Lekman’s long-awaited new EP, “An Argument with Myself,” was finally released, and it’s been playing constantly in my house ever since. It reminded me that despite my obsession with music blogs and always finding the best new thing, there are always a few artists that will have my heart.
A-Choir-ed Taste: Juggalos’ delight, or, bad taste is good for you
When I was 14 or so, I discovered this band called Umbrellas, probably through the emo rag Alternative Press or some mopecore blog.
Third Eye Blind gets the job done, wants more
At some moment during “Jumper,” I realized just how painfully ironic Third Eye Blind’s appearance at Spring Fling was. “You can put the past away,” the song cries at its climax. And on Tuesday, all of the Yale students in the crowd were screaming along because everyone can put his or her past away. Everyone, that is, except for Third Eye Blind.
A-choired-taste: Collecting the eclectic, etc.
If you can believe it, Paul Simon’s “Graceland” was controversial when it was first released in 1986, 25 years ago. “Graceland” was innovative. “Graceland” was inspired by collaboration with — or, as some claimed, cribbed from — South African musicians. Was it cultural colonialism?
Big is gigantically average
Today is your eighth birthday. You just received the best present ever: one of those see-through GameBoy COLORs with a Sonic the Hedgehog game cartridge. You cannot put the damn thing down; you are obsessed.
A-choir-ed taste: Casting a Blind Eye on Spring Fling
When I got word last weekend that Waka Flocka Flame and Michelle Branch were coming to Spring Fling, I became so happy I almost cried.
Your culture is deceiving you
Culture almost killed someone last Wednesday at Toad's and how does SHAME play into this? and how does REVERENCE play into this? and how does EMPIRE play into this? and how do SECTION ASSHOLES play into this? and how do SUPERFAMOUS MISOGYNIST MALES play into this? and, most importantly, did CHARLIE SHEEN have a hand in this? story by Jay Dockendorf, DAnny Serna and Erin Vanderhoof?