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What comes after certainty
By Will Atkinson | September 5, 2019On Karl Ove Knausgaard, Bill Callahan and the art of daily living.
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Tea Time: How to combat a caffeine addiction and cope with senior year panic
By Alice Dai | September 4, 2019Are you looking for a job? Picking your major? Thinking about the future? Confused about it all? Spill the tea.
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CULTURE TV
The awkward perfection of Netflix’s ‘Derry Girls’
By Kerry Rork | August 30, 2019When “Derry Girls” first came out in 2018, I immediately binged the first season, enthralled by awkward and absurd lead actors finding themselves in the most ridiculous situations. To me, each half-hour episode captured a unique part of the teenage experience, particularly one wrought with the background violence of war and division.
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CULTURE MOVIES
An alternative guide to the summer blockbuster season
By Sydny Long | August 29, 2019This summer’s Disney domination appears to only be the beginning of a perilous drop into media homogeneity precipitated by the massive company’s preoccupation with keeping its products family-friendly and inoffensive.
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LOCAL
Hopscotch Music Festival to celebrate its 10th year with diverse lineup
By Jack Rubenstein | August 28, 2019Raleigh's eclectic Hopscotch Music Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary Sept. 5–7 with headliners like James Blake, Sleater-Kinney, Chvrches, Phantogram, Little Brother, Raphael Saadiq and Jenny Lewis.
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CULTURE MUSIC
Bon Iver’s “i,i” concludes Justin Vernon’s journey of self-discovery
By Aaron Paskin | August 23, 2019The cycles of nature and ego are one and the same in the world of Bon Iver. So when the trailer for “i,i” likens the record to the arrival of autumn, we can just as well interpret the album as the completion of a long personal journey.
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Patrick Cowley: The man behind the machine
By Will Atkinson | August 17, 2019For a record producer, underappreciation comes with the territory. Yet even by these standards, the recognition of Patrick Cowley, the producer who pioneered disco through the early 1980s, has been long overdue.
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'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' reimagines Hollywood at the close of the '60s
By Nina Wilder and Kerry Rork | August 7, 2019“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the latest film from writer and director Quentin Tarantino, premiered in July. The movie follows Rick Dalton (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) as he navigates the ups and downs of a Hollywood career in 1969, as well as the looming presence of the Manson Family cult in Los Angeles. Editor Nina Wilder and Campus Arts Editor Kerry Rork chatted about their thoughts on Tarantino’s new film and the events that inspired it. Warning: spoilers below.
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Paul McCartney transforms Dodger Stadium for last performance of Freshen Up Tour
By Kerry Rork | August 4, 2019On July 13, Paul McCartney took the stage once again, wearing his classic white button down and black jacket (later removed as McCartney joked, “This is the one costume change of the night”), for the last performance of the 2019 Freshen Up Tour.
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Submit a question to Recess' new advice column, Tea Time
By Nina Wilder and Alice Dai | July 31, 2019For our first column, we're taking questions related to the transition between summer and school, like your lingering doubts about an office affair or the anxieties driven by your return to Durham. Sounds like a problem you could use help with? Use the submission form below, and ask Alice.
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Thom Yorke takes a rare look into his past on new album ‘Anima’
By Aaron Paskin | July 9, 2019What’s most shocking about “Anima,” Thom Yorke’s third solo album, is that it really doesn’t try anything new.
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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Western Stars’ is a triumph of songwriting and arrangement
By Aaron Slutkin | June 24, 2019Bruce Springsteen has always been a journeyman, but these last five years have been different.
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Bastille’s ‘Doom Days’ reveals a band stuck on autopilot
By Aaron Paskin | June 22, 2019The problem with “Doom Days” is that Bastille seems to have forgotten that playing to your strengths and taking risks are not mutually exclusive, and the result is a collection of almost entirely uninteresting songs.
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A walk through The Met's ‘Camp: Notes on Fashion’
By Sarah Derris | June 6, 2019Each spring, the Metropolitan Museum’s annual Met Gala showcases some of the most noteworthy and daring looks in fashion, and the theme typically aligns with the Costume Institute’s annual exhibition. Accordingly, this year’s theme was camp.
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How ‘Psycho’ transformed both the film industry and the horror genre
By Kerry Rork | June 5, 2019Imagine the date is June 16, 1960 — the premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s newest film, “Psycho.”
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Marvel closes out an iconic era of filmmaking with ‘Avengers: Endgame’
By Eva Hong | June 4, 2019Yep, I went to see “Avengers: Endgame,” despite my feigned disdain whenever my friends — some of them film-school movie buffs, like me — express their love for Marvel movies.
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The National shines on new album 'I Am Easy To Find'
By Jack Rubenstein | June 3, 2019Orchestral arrangements, addictive riffs, needed guest performances and thunderous performances by Berninger make the band’s eighth album, “I Am Easy To Find,” its most daring record to date, proving The National can make interesting music that appeals to a wider audience.
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'Booksmart' is a heartfelt teen comedy for a generation of dreamers
By Alizeh Sheikh | June 2, 2019“Booksmart” sounds like any other teen movie, but its Damien Chazelle-esque visual ambition (including one fantasy musical scene) and its all-encompassing commitment to character are what strip it from tradition.
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Story+ program uses archival research to rethink storytelling
By Selena Qian | June 1, 2019On May 16, Duke students in the Story+ program began their two-day bootcamp to train in various humanities research methods.
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Staying in Durham for the summer? Here are 7 things to do in the Bull City
By Abby Kingsley | June 1, 2019Staying at Duke for the summer? Spend some time exploring the city we call home — I promise, Durham does extend beyond 9th Street.
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