Olivia Ciacci
Olivia Ciacci
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Sondre warms the soul
Lerche's sophomore album shines with introspection, modesty and prettiness
The phrase "Ba-ba-ba baa-ba..." is the essence of pop. From The Troggs' "With A Girl Like You" to the Pepsi song (awful, yes, but unforgettable), the main competitor to the Ba is the Na, a relationship that could engage a senior essay, or maybe a VH1...
How to survive the stars this April
Aries "Some say love, it is a river --" but if you haven't even stepped in a puddle or two, it's your own damn fault. Spring is the time to find some and find it fast. Dig your personality up from wherever you left it last time it was over 30 degrees...
Ritter rocks this hole hard
Music
A friend told me to listen to Josh Ritter. Not the son of the late John, but a young folk singer from Idaho. Folk-rock, alternative-country, it all boils down to poetic misery and a guitar, and I love it. So how come I'd never heard of him? This...
Horoscopes for the New Year
Aries The stars offer mixed advice for you in the New Year: now is the time for you to get busy -- as in first thing this morning -- but not too busy. Moving forward too soon is the same as moving backward. Don't disappoint any celestial bodies this...
Horoscopes
Online horoscopes quoted from: http://horoscopes.astrology.com/dailyscorpio.html Aries You may have been stuck in a rut lately. In which case it's time to try something new, because it's so easy to break out of one sphere at Yale and enmesh...
Go, er, get down with Snafoo
Yale graduates take time off to record album and tour East Coast
I have no idea what Snafoo means but I'm assuming it is some type of derivation stemming from the old SNAFU saying (If you do not know what that means then Google it or something). The album starts out with a funky little number called "Open...
Rufus needs polishing
Concert Review
There was no "Instant Pleasure" at the Rufus Wainwright show Wednesday night, in more ways than one. First of all, Rufus didn't come onstage until 10:15. No, he sent Teddy Thompson (listed as tour "support") onstage. Teddy Thompson is like every young...
Nov.: Even your lucky stars can't take you far
The stars consulted astroabby.com for some of this month's horoscopes. Aries Physical activity is good for Fire Signs, supposedly facilitating awareness and understanding. So watch the baseball game from the treadmill in the gym, because you need to...
Towber is Yale's own Lilith Fair
Music
You've got till May 2005 to get to one of Michal Towber's on-campus performances. And based on her new album "Coma," she's not going to be doing free shows for long. A junior in Calhoun, Michal Towber is innocuously making her way into eclectic outlets...
Eels light a cozy rock 'n' roll fire
Concert Review
I showed up at the Eel's concert Wednesday night and I wasn't the only person there all alone (temporarily! honest) in a leather jacket and jeans. A rare Ray Charles song was playing. Strangely, nobody was smoking, and there was a range of ages and...