Archive for ‘September, 2011’

INTERROBANG

Yesterday, BU students boycotted the West Campus Dining Hall because their portions were too small. So we here at the ol’ Free Press thought of other things students could boycott. CFA boycotts the arts to be ironic. CGS boycotts Derek Zoolander’s School for Children Who Don’t Read Good. SHA boycotts all classes except wine [...]

STAFF EDIT: First world problems

On Wednesday, Boston University students banded together to boycott the West Campus Dining Hall, rallying around a Facebook event created by two disgruntled students. According to its Facebook event page, titled “BU Boycott of West Dining Hall,” had more than 515 attendees RSVP “yes.” The students who made the Facebook page claim they are highly [...]

Lupe Fiasco: music over politics

Lupe Fiasco played to a full house at Boston’s House of Blues on Sept. 13 with backup from the talented Ms. Sarah Green. He managed to bring together an incredibly diverse audience, from rowdy college kids, businessmen, grandmothers in full sari and young children. Rap music is normally perceived as the music of the younger [...]

Amazing Journey: Roger Daltrey Plays Tommy

On Sunday, British rock royalty graced Boston University’s campus when The Who’s legendary singer, Roger Daltrey, brought the band’s seminal rock opera, Tommy – and then some – to Agganis Arena. The larger-than-life singer got on stage at 8:40 p.m., and after saying a few appreciative words on Dr. Steven Zeitels of Mass. General Hospital, [...]

Wilco with Carol

“Blood on the sofa, blood in the sink, blood in the trunk, I’m high at the wheel of a Bull Black Nova,” -Jeff Tweedy, “Bull Black Nova” Wilco is my favorite band. Maybe because I, like many others who have listened to the album, think Yankee Hotel Foxtrot defines the last 10 years of music [...]