49. A holiday? Yes, please!
I’ll come right out and say it: I love chick flicks and I’m not afraid to admit it. Well this weekend I saw The Holiday starring Jack Black, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Kate Winslet and I loved it. It was not your typical chick flick where a girl ...
50. What’s for Lunch? Tangerine
Dutch accent, a pleasant smile, and a great food bar called Tangerine on Solano Avenue. He has been there for five years now, and still loves his little place. The inspiration for the name Tangerine comes from the small seasonal fruit that Van Dongen described as “unique and tasty,” ...
51. OSM: More like Awesome
“One Square Mile” is Albany High’s visual media lifeline. Students capture news relevant to kids here at Albany. Students view “OSM” during one advisory each month, although rumor has it that some teachers don’t even bother to let their kids watch the show. To convince these rogue attendance takers to ...
52. Ashkenaz
If you missed it, you missed out. Rhythm Bound and Jazz Band rocked Ashkenaz last Friday and have already been asked to do it again. It was Jazz Band’s first performance of the year, and they came out strong in their big debut.
But Rhythm Bound just blew the minds of everyone ...
53. Hecka Happy Feet
Happy Feet premiered Novemburrr 17th and got great reviews. So why weren’t many high school students inclined to see it? Great, another movie about penguins, those adorable but boring creatures of the cold. Morgan Freeman brought attention to them in the 2005 release March of the Penguins when he narrated their lives as skillfully as ...
54. Upcoming Jazz Band and Rhythm Bound Show
This Friday, December 1st, at the Ashkenaz, Albany High’s award-winning Jazz Band will be performing alongside Rhythm Bound, the boogilicious funk band. This will be the first Jazz Band performance of the year; Rhythm Bound opened their year with a stunning performance at the Solano Stroll. This Friday night ...
55. National Novel Writing Month
If you’re reading this now, than it’s already too late for you to participate—this year. However, if you like writing, like making things up on the spur of the moment, and like bragging to people, than here’s an explanation:
People tend to be “one day” writers. ...
56. Come See Pretend-O-Cide!
An innocent playground game turns into a wacky and disturbing adventure filled with backstabbing, battles, and very naughty words. Albany High School Theater Ensemble presents Pretend-O-Cide, a world premiere adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s 1892 Ubu the King.
The story that follows a nasty little man named Ubu with a domineering wife who ...
57. Go, Sports Movies, Go!
Have you ever watched a sports movie and been pissed off because the best thing about it was a snot-nosed kid throwing popcorn at your head? Well, the two of us have and we have definitely seen our fair share of crappy movies. ...
58. Snakes on a School Newspaper
Throughout history there have been influential figures that end up shaping a huge following. Gautama Buddha. Martin Luther. L. Ron Hubbard.
And now, in the year 2006, a new man has stepped forward to show us the light…
Samuel L. Jackson.
He is a man of many names and talents, but there is ...
59. New Year, New Music
With each school year we hopefully grow as people, so why not expand our music tastes as well? I have heard enough Green Day and Ciara on the radio to last me a lifetime. Therefore, I scour the internet for underground artists offering a fresh musical perspective. An underground artist, often called an indie artist, is generally defined as one ...
60. Face Off: Amoeba and Rasputin
I’m sitting next to a bum at the corner of Creepy and What’s-That-Smell? I’m sure you’ve all been there. It’s that wrought-iron fence that surrounds the empty lot/trash can across the street from Amoeba Records on Telegraph Ave. That’s where I found myself once upon a Saturday.
My original intent was to ...