Lester Bangs

Writer: Jessica Morris Category: Interview Title: Jon Foreman ‘My place in the world is to be honest’ Body: There is not much to say about singer/songwriter Jon Foreman that hasn’t already been said. His fans adore him, lyrists wish they could pen the poetry he writes, and whether it is friend or member of the press, general consensus is that Foreman is a genuinely good guy. So where do you start when interviewing a man who has fronted Grammy award winning band Switchfoot for 18 years? By asking him about his upcoming solo project The Wonderlands, and how on earth came up with a song for every hour of the day. “It is kind of a crazy concept isn’t it?” Shares the San Diego native. “I’ve always had this thing were music was this location for me. It was this place I could go, whether it was other people’s songs or my own songs. In the songs I would find a place, I would find almost like this world that I could...go too and suddenly, going back to my own world, it made a lot more sense,” he shares. It was this experience that prompted him to create the 4 EP collection to be released throughout 2015. “I thought, ‘What if I created a world out of music, lyric and melody?’ And that’s where The Wonderlands was born. I thought, ‘Why not start with light and darkness?’ Just travel throughout the day and get one song for every hour and see where that goes.” With each EP containing 6 songs, some were penned for The Wonderlands, while others have been waiting for a project this…

thrusts its audience into the mass hysteria of 1964 with The Beatles reaching the pinnacle of their much desired fame, little by little isolating them away from their humbling roots in Liverpool. Director, Richard Lester, shoots the opening scene with rapid precision, immediately immersing the audience through the repeated screams and cries of the band’s devoted fans, and the four members themselves at their most desperate, where a potential stumble could leave them swarmed by the seemingly…

Lester Horton Lester Iradell Horton was born January 23, 1906 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Iradell and Pollyanna Horton. As a child he was interested in Native American culture, which is also what sparked his interest in dance. He studied several Native American tribes including, the Iroquois, Red River Indians, Penobscot, and Ojibway. Horton also studied ballet for two years, and took classes at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis while working for the Indianapolis Little Theatre.…

Pinegrove is proof that music can seem like total rubbish on first listen, and after repeated listens, it can become a surprise gem. When “Old Friends" kicks in, the roughly recorded country / pop punk sound and the unflattering (at first) southern drawl lead singer Evan puts on is enough to make you dismiss Pinegrove as nothing more than a overhyped gimmick. The band is from Montclair, New Jersey, but it sounds as though they are trying to mimic country music, while adding an emo sort of…

together to share in the common interests of listening to jazz. Many of the early most prominent jazz musicians, like Lester Young, were able to bring their own unique styles and improvisations to the development of jazz, to help mold it into what we hear today. Lester Young was an American jazz saxophonist who has made his mark in jazz culture by expressing his distinctive improvisations, compositions, and originality in every musical note he played which helped change the art form of jazz.…

Whether you're an enduring Top Gun fan, a Batman aficionado, or one of the lucky ones who discovered Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, if you live in Boston you should know about Val Kilmer's upcoming "Writer/Performer/Producer Talk" next month. Actor and filmmaker Val Kilmer will discuss his current film project, bringing the lives of Mary Baker Eddy and Mark Twain to the screen, at The Mary Baker Eddy Library on February 11, at 7 p.m. He will be joined by Mike Davis, library researcher, and Chet…

Rhimes was a pioneer using diversity with her cast, whether this diversity was based purely on gender or race. She has stated that she believes "everyone should get to see their lives reflected on television[…] I love all my gay and lesbian friends […] I think same-sex marriage is the civil rights fight of our era" (Rhimes, 2014). The inter-racial exchanges are front-and-center and incomparable to any other current show (e.g. who can forget the steamy scenes between Olivia Pope and President…

a peaceful operation, it still involves killing people, and a fully equipped team of men and women to do so. The founding father of all of this is Lester Bowles Pearson, also known as a Canadian scholar, soldier, Nobel Peace Prize holder, the father of universal health care, student loans, the pension plan, the Order of Canada, the Canadian flag, the United Nations, and Prime Minister (1963-1968). Lester B Pearson was born in Toronto, Ontario on April 23, 1897 to a conservative father who…

was booming in terms of economy and high living standard. In cold war, when Canada represented United Nation and Lester B. Pearson was the minister of external affairs who was also represented United Nation on behalf of Canada. Despite he faced many difficulties from the leaders of other countries like England and United States but his passion did not get lower from any of the obstacle came in his way. The principle of his success was peace which he applied in all of his action. In cold war he…

knowledge of both sides of an argument. This relates to Berry’s essay because being well informed leads to a better understanding of another person’s point of view. Ultimately, as more citizens become educated, the fundamentalist nature of politics and religion should slowly cease to exist. Overall, the ability to compromise and make concessions with each other is critical to ensure the world is united behind a common set of values. The fundamentalism of politics starts with the ongoing and…