Our society, despite its general refusal to talk candidly about death, romanticizes the dying artist. To see this trend in action, look no further than earlier this year, when David Bowie released his final album “Blackstar”—and promptly died two days later.
Costumes that won’t get you called basic, maybe For you:
Lady Gaga’s “Joanne” is just as new as her new look, and is less unconventional and futuristic than her earlier work.
Shelter, a music video, animation piece and original song, is a collaboration between American music artists Porter Robinson and French songwriter Madeon and the Japanese animation studio A-1 pictures.
"Video Games" by Lana Del Rey All Lana Del Rey songs are creepy.
In the Juanita Kreps and Lyndhurst Galleries at the Center for Documentary Studies, large black and white photos are suspended from the ceilings.
Using comedy as a mechanism for political commentary is not a new concept by any means. In fact, its history can be traced back to 427 BCE, when an Athenian playwright and comedian named Aristophanes planted the first, fledgling seeds of political satire.
For two nights, Duke allowed its students to let the potent twinge of nostalgia run wild with a ‘90s movie marathon orchestrated by Freewater Presentations, a branch of the Duke University Union.
Junot Díaz often doesn’t enjoy writing. In fact, he avoids writing whenever possible and wishes that he wasn’t born with such a strong talent in fiction.
I rarely laugh out loud and actually mean it. No, it’s not because I think I have a holier-than-thou sense of humor, where I shun anything that’s not up to my comedic standards.
Department Of bills itself as “Duke’s only intentionally comedic publication,” and this claim does not stretch the truth. Unlike its Ivy League peers, Duke has never boasted a consistent humor publication.
Phantogram has been easy to miss. The duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter released their debut LP “Eyelid Movies” in 2009, just when the modern synth-pop movement in alternative music was beginning to take form.
This past week, Hoof ‘n’ Horn began its fall show in Shaefer Theater—kicking off the group’s 80th anniversary season.
Marvel’s “Luke Cage” is another great addition to a collection of Netflix productions that boast complex plots and intense character development.
Seen in a live setting, Whitney looks almost inside-out. At the front of the stage, where rock convention suggests the lead singer should be standing with guitar in hand, Julien Ehrlich sits hunched over a drum set, a coat draped over his shoulders and a microphone dangling from above.
All you need is happy thoughts. Don’t forget the happy thoughts. I have seen Chance the Rapper in concert twice.
A few minutes before 8 p.m. Thursday evening, a small congregation had formed around the door of Small Town Records.
“Have you ever heard of the paper bag test?” That is the way Steven Cozart begins his interviews for “Pass/Fail”, a series of illustrations that was awarded the 2016 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize by the Center for Documentary Studies.
Most of my friends make fun of me, but I don’t care. My Green Day fan bona fides are without equal:
I love Rihanna with every fiber of my being. She’s the only modern pop star who has successfully maintained “coolness” in every facet of her deportment, and her discography contains more jams than a Harry & David gift basket.
