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Drink Up Buttercup plays Alfred

By
Sonya Ellison and Eric Hudack
01/30/2011

Philadelphia-based band Drink Up Buttercup played the Knight Club with all the songs from their latest album, "Born and Thrown on a Hook" that was released in March of 2010.

Borrowing psychedelic sounds of the 1960’s, they play songs that are vaguely reminiscent of something from the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper. “Young Ladies” has a catchy piano melody that builds into the inviting sing-along chorus, “Come on, ladies enjoy your drinks...”

AU and friends turned on by Natural Wood

By
Melanie Baker
01/30/2011

This weekend I sat down with Alfred’s own witty and extremely talented comedy music duo, Natural Wood. The band consists of Sam “Moss” Mameli, a junior, who plays mandolin, harmonica and vocals, and David “Ash” Torrey, 2010 alumni, who takes on vocals and guitar for the group. We covered everything from musical influences to the guys’ favorite sandwiches in this exclusive interview.

Melanie: When did you guys decide to form Natural Wood?

Ash: It was the spring semester of 2009.

How did you come up with your band name?

Moss: It was Ash’s idea.

Class Actress, French Horn Rebellion provide perfect combo for AU club atmosphere

By
Eric Hudack
01/29/2011

Electronica-dance music continues to reign supreme as the live music of choice in Alfred, NY as Class Actress and French Horn Rebellion provided a compelling one-two punch in the Knight Club Jan. 22.

Although the opening act took the stage an hour and fifteen minutes late, (rumor has it our Class Actress is a first rate diva and was “being difficult” as one SAB member put it) the energy the two synth-heavy bands kept the crowd alive from start to finish (just south of 1:00 am Saturday night.)

AU performs at American College Theater Festival

By
Leah Houk
01/30/2010

The Alfred University Theatre Department had the honor of attending the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), held at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Jan.12-16, for its production of “Widows” by Ariel Dorfman.

“Widows” was selected from more than 200 entries from Region II, which includes colleges and universities from western New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Iron & Wine tries out a new sound

By
Melanie Baker
01/28/2011

Sam Beam, the one-man, mega-bearded soul behind Iron & Wine is going through a sound evolution in his most recent release, "Kiss Each Other Clean." What could be viewed as an artistic crisis in one vein can equally be viewed as a brilliant new endeavor for Beam. Ultimately it’s up to listeners whether they like the newfound flavor or desire a return to Iron & Wine’s original soft-spoken, quiet guitar and emotionally stunning lyrics.

Who got snubbed by the Oscars?

By
Adrian To
01/28/2011

The Oscar nominees were announced last Monday and, of course, there were surprises and disappointments.

Ghost in the Hamletmachine

By
Kristin Rubisch
02/12/2010

Senior Theater major Ramona Kingsley will be presenting two performances of her adaptation of Heiner Müller's "Hamletmachine" Feb. 26-27.

Kingsley, who is using this as her senior project, is titling it "The Hamletmachine Project, adapted by Ramona Kingsley." She used a scene from the postmodernist play for her Directing II project and decided to use the entire show for this purpose.

Comedian Myq Kaplan coming to AU

By
Sonya Ellison
02/09/2010

New York City and Boston-based comedian Myq Kaplan will perform Feb. 27 at 10 p.m. in the Knight Club.

Kaplan has appeared on Comedy Central as well as The Tonight Show and is currently nominated for the ECNY's emerging comic award. The Comedians Magazine has said that he "does comedy - relentlessly, methodically, unblinkingly” and Punchline Magazine hails him as “the comic to watch in 2010.”