Professional YouTube blogger, singer-songwriter, and actor, Troye Sivan, just released his third EP, TRXYE. Being one of Time Magazine's 25 most influential teens and his album, he's been getting more attention than usual. TRXYE, release August 15, 2014, was rated #1 in 58 countries. Sivan, 19, had 5 songs on his EP, including the popular Happy Little Pill. In this album, his songs talk about social and emotional issues like depression, bad relationships, love, and war. He also has also released a song based on the best-selling book, The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green.
In this round of newspaper club, we are focusing on multimedia projects and using digital objects in our stories. Here is an example of a video which was captured at a school event recently. CPS puts heavy restrictions on students' ability to access video sites like YouTube and Vimeo so we need to figure out workarounds.
Mr. Clemente Nicado, publisher of Negocios Now, a business-focused Hispanic language publication, came to visit our IAMS newspaper club last week to talk about his career as a journalist and took questions from our students about his publication.
Our culture and entertainment writer Lucia M. is an accomplished creative writer as well. Her latest online fiction piece, Life on Another Planet, is here for you to enjoy.
This time instead of doing a album review I'm going to tell you about some music videos.
I discovered OK go because of their awesome videos. They are from Chicago. The band is made of 4 people.
OK go’s newest video, I Won't Let You Down just came out Oct 27, 2014. It was filmed in Japan and features the band riding Hondas new 1 wheeled vehicle UNI-CUB with Japanese school girls twirling umbrellas. In the entire video they use several hundred of these transportation devices. The band starts in an open inside area and moves outside were the school girls join the band with umbrellas. They end the video with a shot from high up in the sky and scroll the credits by opening certain umbrellas and closing umbrellas. If you would like to see this video here it is:
I also discovered Ty Segall this past year. He plays guitar, sings vocal, and also plays drums. He is from San Francisco.
Ty Segall has just released a new video, Manipulator. In the video you are able to modify/manipulate what things are. For instance, if the video starts with a painting on a wall, then you can click it and change it into something else like maybe a waffle. When you watch the actual video though, you are not able to change it but it is still really cool. At some point, the video changes scenes from a bedroom to the dessert but still continues to have Segall playing guitar and singing in the center of the screen. If you would like to see this video here it is:
I have a third video but the video is so inappropriate that I can't even say the name of the video or the band name. Check out this awesome video of some masked man playing guitar instead.
As many of you know, technology is advancing at a very fast rate. But gaming technology is going two or three times as fast, with games and tech coming out super frequently. Gaming is kind of like the edge of technology, with games like COD: advanced warfare and legend of zelda: hyrule warriors. We will give some information and opinions before cracking your piggy bank to buy one. Were giving you some reviews.
By: Lucas G-V.
Legend of Zelda: hyrule warriors. This one is much different from a classical zelda game. First, it isn’t based on questing and adventure, it’s a hack-and-slash variant. It keeps some of the core components of zelda; but adds more to the game. For one, the graphics have improved a lot. Also, it adds mechanics from a hack and slash. Such as keeps and outposts and main goals. The boss system is also different, boasting a more challenging variant of the classical characters. If you’re a fan of the Zelda franchise, I would definitely say go ahead and buy it.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (COD) is a realistic future war game with advanced technology.I saw the trailer of COD,and it looks so realistic.If I were playing, it would be amazing seeing the graphics. This game, like the others in the franchise, keeps the fast paced action-y feel. It contains a lot of new mechanics; the grapple hook, the new killstreaks, and rocket boots.
Super Smash Bros. Ah, super smash bros. This one has a lot of new characters like rosalina, pac-man, and I believe mega man. Has the same basic style of pitting characters from different games in one-on-one combat. Better graphics and is for the 3DS and wii u.
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XBOX ONE / WII U OR PS 4 ? XBOX 360 / WII OR PS 3 ?
The Orwells is a Chicago rock band from Elmhurst. The Orwells started in the year 2010 when they were in 9th grade. They started as a school band. The band is made of 5 people, Mario Cuomo (vocals), Dominic Corso (guitar), Matt O'Keefe (guitar), Grant Brinner (bass), and Henry Brinner (drums). They were influenced by many including Jack White, Black Lips, and The Strokes. Before The Orwells were helped out by the band Twin Peaks, they played small shows in Mario’s garage. They played on The David Letterman Show where Mario got on his back and slid across the floor. After the song, Letterman asked for an encore but guitar player Dominic Corso had ripped his strings off his guitar. Here is a link:
The Orwells newest album, Disgraceland, is their second full length album and the first not recorded in their basement. A few things have changed for The Orwells. Their first album, Remember When, most songs were recorded in 1 or 2 takes, leaving some songs with mistakes. Listening to Disgraceland, you realize that they have put more time into recording it. Something that has not changed is the we don't care what you think... whatever attitude. That’s what makes this album so great. The song “Dirty Sheets” is the perfect example, “from the east coast to the west, we ain't the worst, we ain’t the best”. I give this album 5 out of 5 stars.
Other stuff I’m listening to right now, Jake Bugg, Jack White, AC/DC, and OK Go. Check them out. Goodnight Cleveland!
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