Many students at Southern Oregon University are quite young; some are a little older, and few are much older. Youth is often characterized by feelings of immortality and freedom, as well as a certain naÑ—vety. Although we know we will…
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Robert Langdon returns in “The Lost Symbol”
Robert Langdon is back, along with his never-ending knowledge of secret societies, architecture, art history, symbology and dead languages. (Okay, he was actually back last year in Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol,†but as of last month he’s been available…
On the piss: Omar’s
A definitive American bar with a warm local atmosphere, Omar’s is an ideal place to have a drink with your college buddies. Located on 1380 Siskiyou Blvd., the bar is actually on Southern Oregon University’s campus and therefore, as a…
Kings of Leon lighten up on “Come Around Sundown”
Kings of Leon have made a career out of selling enticing images of moonlit, whiskey-soaked nights in the hot South with deserted dirt roads awaiting pretty girls in pickup trucks and skies full of stars that speak of boundless possibilities.…
One Horse Shy’s Americana blend
One Horse Shy are here to stay. Three years and two albums into their career, the band is continually growing its fan base here in Oregon and across the United States at an alarming pace. Formed in 2007, the core…
Robbie DaCosta rocks Alex’s
Robbie Dacosta talks about music with the fiery intensity of a 5-year-old frantically unwrapping his favorite new toy on Christmas morning. Sitting outside a coffeehouse, cigarette in hand and ever-present black fedora perched askew on top of his head, his…
Kites and Crows soars
The music of Kites and Crows soars and sails through alternating bright and dark landscapes while carrying listeners along as if they were indeed the flailing tail of this musical kite. At times elating and at other times moody, the…
Eclectic, complex, noise-filled; Finn Riggins
If there is a cosmic soup containing the likes of Built to Spill, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Pink Floyd and The Beatles, then Finn Riggins is navigating its choppy waters quite well. Originally based in Sun Valley, Idaho, the three members…
Never Let Me Go; A Somber, Haunting, Thoughtful Film
Hailsham is a quintessential English boarding school. Plunked in the middle of the gently rolling hills and woodlands of the English countryside, everything appears normal, even idyllic. Students attend class and learn reading, writing and arithmetic. They go to the…