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2019: The year of reunions

2019: The year of reunions

Thomas Tedesco, Staff Writer November 19, 2019

Band reunions are not a rare occurrence in the music business, but when they do happen, they are very unique and celebrated events. In recent years, bands such as Guns ‘N Roses and Black Sabbath embarked...

Critique: The Drowsy Chaperone

Critique: The Drowsy Chaperone

Natalie Maloy November 19, 2019

It was 8 pm on November 12, 2019. The beginning of Act 1. The lights go out. The entire audience is waiting for the show to begin. But then we see as one light fades out one stays lit to the side. Then...

Review: The Drowsy Chaperone

Review: The Drowsy Chaperone

Jessica Stoddard November 19, 2019

"The Drowsy Chaperone," the second show in Buffalo State College Theatre Department's season, is an entertaining, feel-good musical. Written by Bob Martin & Don McKellar (book) and Lisa Lambert &...

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The 1975 pull back on latest release

Thomas Tedesco, Music Writer November 12, 2019

A couple of months removed from their last single, The 1975 are back with yet another song that sounds distinctly different than the last. When the band released their previous single, “People,” it...

At Wit's End Review

At Wit’s End Review

Jessica Stoddard, Reporter November 11, 2019

At Wit's End is a one-woman show full of wit and insight into the real-life of a housewife. Journalist and sister duo Allison and Margaret Engel have written a play that follows the life of Erma Bombeck...

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The Wonder Years wrap up third Halloween extravaganza

Bethany Clancy, Culture Editor November 5, 2019

For the past two years, the pop-punk band The Wonder Years has been doing Halloween cover shows in their hometown of Philadelphia and other cities on the East Coast. This year, the band has done something...

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“Cold Cuts”: The rise and fall of Buffalo State’s music publication

Thomas Tedesco, Music Writer October 29, 2019

It was in the year of 1972 when Gary Sperrazza enrolled at Buffalo State College and joined the student-published magazine, “Strait.” It was there that he began to write about pop and rock music. In...

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Fitz and the Tantrums release new album with “All the Feels”

Thomas Tedesco, Music Writer/Staff Writer October 11, 2019

Nearly three years after the release of their highly acclaimed self-titled album that included the smash hit song, “Handclap,” pop band Fitz and the Tantrums return with their newest studio effort...

Mean Girls Review

Mean Girls Review

Jessica Stoddard, Reporter September 30, 2019

Imagine being sixteen years old and having your parents move you across the world, from Africa to America, to start a new life. Cady Heron is looking for human friends, only to find the Plastics, a group...

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Two legends lost: remembering Eddie Money and Ric Ocasek

Thomas Tedesco, Music Writer/Staff Writer September 24, 2019

Within the span of three days, the deaths of two legendary rock artists have shocked the music world. On September 15, vocalist and guitarist of The Cars, Ric Ocasek, died at his home in New York City...

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