By Eric McKeefer Local Music Journalist New music from a local favorite is always exciting and a just little nerve-wracking. The Bright Light Social Hour released their newest EP Missing Something on the Austin label Modern Outsider (who host 17 … Continue reading The Bright Light Social Hour EP and Release Show
By Lauren Jurgemeyer Blog Content Contributor Under the direction of Michael Costello, the Crucible is an intimate, emotional experience causing the audience to ruminate on themes of persecution, intolerance and hysteria. One of the most well-known American classics, the Crucible … Continue reading Backstage with the Crucible
By Lauren Jurgemeyer Blog Content Contributor Under the direction of artistic director LeAnne Smith Opening Door Dance Theatre presents Avante, an event that sets forth to celebrate innovation in alignment with the 2018-2019 Common Experience. Inspired by Loie Fuller’s innovations in … Continue reading Avante: Imagination, Ingenuity, Innovation
By Rikki Yanez Assistant Web Content Manager KTSW is nominated for six national awards with College Broadcasters, Inc., which is held this year in Seattle, Washington. This year 14 students will be attending this convention to represent the station. KTSW … Continue reading Big Moves for KTSW
By Danielle Ortega Local Music Journalist Artist: Enjoy Album: Small Car Big Wheels Release Date: June 29, 2018 Bandcamp: https://enjoy2.bandcamp.com/ Despite Enjoy having released their first album Gold in 2010, I didn’t discover them until Small Car Big Wheels, their … Continue reading Enjoy: Small Car Big Wheels Album Review
By Neil Manning Music Journalist The band Sure Sure and I discussed their music, past and future, along with what makes the band unique. They are coming to Austin on October 16 at Barracuda on their second official tour. Don’t … Continue reading Sure Sure Interview
By Tanner Meadows Music Journalist Artist: Joyce Manor Album: A Million Dollars to Kill Me Release Date: September 21, 2018 Label: Epitaph Website: https://joyce-manor.com/ As word of their frenetic energy and turbulent house shows found its way out of Californian … Continue reading Joyce Manor: A Million Dollars to Kill Me Album Review
By Lauren Jurgemeyer Blog Content Contributor Boo! It’s October, meaning it’s the spooky season. It is that time of year filled with pumpkin spice, jack-o’-lanterns and ghosts. Though the existence of ghosts is highly debated there have been claims of … Continue reading Spooky San Marcos
By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist Artist: Beach Goons Album: hoodratscumbag Label: GRNDW Release Date: August 24, 2018 Website: https://losbeachgoons.bandcamp.com/ In a total of 26 minutes, Beach Goons captures their youthful, California sound on their sophomore album, hoodratscumbag. Following up from … Continue reading Beach Goons: hoodratscumbag Album Review
By Kaitlyn Benacquisto Blog Content Contributor 2018 marks the 15th year of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. If you’re anything like me, you probably saying, ‘Who cares?’ I asked Texas State professor Gilbert Martinez why cybersecurity matters, and as it turns … Continue reading Cybersecurity in the Age of Social Media
By Cheyenne Young Music Journalist Artist: Steven A. Clark Album: Where Neon Goes to Die Label: Secretly Canadian Release Date: September 7, 2018 As someone who doesn’t often venture too far from my usual genres of music, I found myself … Continue reading Steven A. Clark: Where Neon Goes to Die Album Review
By Rikki Yanez Assistant Web Content Manager If you’re looking to enjoy some fresh sounds from individually unique artists, then you are in luck! Mala Luna will be held this Oct. 27 and 28 in San Antonio, Texas, at the … Continue reading Make Way for Mala Luna!
By Rikki Yanez Assistant Web Content Manager What is a morning without the the aromatic smell of coffee? It’s a guilty pleasure to most, a necessity to others, and recently a bad habit for me. I am an avid coffee … Continue reading Coffee, My Worst Enemy
By Eric McKeefer Local Music Journalist A man of many talents, Eric Ross, lives right here in San Marcos and studies computer science at Texas State University. In his time outside of class, Ross is a music lover and the … Continue reading Eric Ross: A Musical Fountain
By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter The bye-week in football is a time to sit back and actively rehabilitate while reevaluating where a team stands. Simply sitting back and moving about as usual is a waste of a week to find … Continue reading Mondays With Coach Withers: Taking Full Advantage of Bye Week Before Sun Belt
By Lauren Jurgemeyer Blog Content Contributor Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, written by Anne Washburn, opens at Texas State in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre on Oct. 2 and runs through Oct. 7. I had the pleasure of attending a … Continue reading Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play: Review
By Reily Chestnut Sports Director This Friday Night Fright went down as well as tequila and bleach for Rattlers Nation. Nothing was in the cards for San Marcos High School. On the night of Sep. 28, 2018 they hosted the … Continue reading Rockets Cut the Rattlers’ Heads Off Early
By Reily Chestnut Sports Director In the hardened world of Texas State fandom, you can find some pretty scrappy characters. I had the great fortune of interacting with another sports writing expert employed up in Austin. But Jeff Howe is … Continue reading Jeff Howe Rips Texas State Athletics Exposure
By Lauren Jurgemeyer Blog Content Contributor The further we get into this fall semester the more we have piling up on our plates. Tests, due dates and the ever-growing demands of school begin to bear down on your shoulders–students begin … Continue reading How to Relieve Stress
By Thomas Dunlap Music Journalist Under the quirky moniker of Brad Stank, Liverpool native Bradley Mullins creates “sexistential” lounge-funk that is both infectious and relaxing. In each of the few tracks he has released, Stank effortlessly combines pleasant melodies with … Continue reading On the Subject of Stank
