Arts & Culture

An authentic aesthetic, private brand and friendly employees have granted Trader Joe’s a cult following When you hear the name “Trader Joe’s” what often comes to mind is a moderately sized, old-timey grocery store with eerily similar-looking employees in different colored Hawaiian shirts and a casual atmosphere.  The first Trader Joe’s shop was established in […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for television, movies, books and music Movie: “Soul” dir. by Pete Docter (2020) Soul follows a jazz artist trying to make it big and live out his musical dreams. But in the meantime, he works as a middle school music teacher. When the musician finally gets the chance of a […]

Years of fantastic music that never quite hit the mainstream, maybe because it was never supposed to  When one of the flag-bearers of the emo revival, Snowing, broke up in 2011, their announcement post included a joke about how the band’s brief three year run made them “over 90 in emo years.” The post—which marked […]

The subscription service that gives sex workers autonomy and safety could be jeopardized by the presence of celebrities on the app By MUHAMMAD TARIQ — arts@theaggie.org In an age of increasing virtualized convenience, it comes as little surprise that even sex work has become a pay-to-watch monthly subscription. Just as consumers pay Netflix’s $8.99 a […]

The Arts Desk’s weekly picks for television, movies, books and music TV Show: “Avatar: The Last Airbender” (2005) When “Avatar” was added back to Netflix on May 15, I, and many other people who were kids when the show was running from 2005 to 2008, promptly rewatched the series. The perfectly paced plot, the spectacular […]

Kid Cudi’s newest album continues common themes from his prior works in the Man on the Moon trilogy When I first heard Scott Mescudi’s, more commonly known as Kid Cudi’s, music, I was just a small, sad, yearning middle schooler. His top hit “Day N Nite” introduced many of us to his music, which eventually […]

CD Projekt Red’s latest game is unplayable, and it’s hard to be sure you’d want to play it anyway The anticipation for “Cyberpunk 2077” was intense, with 8 million pre-orders out of 13 million copies sold, more than half of those who bought “Cyberpunk 2077” did so before knowing if the game was worth playing. […]

More hits than misses for 2020’s holiday menu I have spent the last ten months in a small town that boasts two restaurants. Through ample free time and lack of places to go over the past few months, I have gotten acquainted with the Starbucks holiday menu. I feel it’s now my duty to pass […]

How Yerba Mate compares to coffee and which flavors attract students We’ve all been there—8 p.m. the night before a final, cramming as much as we can. Keeping us company is that familiar golden can popped open, steadily disappearing into the depths of our bellies in a desperate attempt to get some energy to finish […]

Music thrived in a year many would otherwise like to forget In the onset of isolation in March, it became clear that either this period of time would either give us masterpieces or some of the worst music ever made. There were definitely some duds (I’m looking at you Justin Bieber) but ultimately, 2020 was […]

The plastic surgery “Zoom boom” we least expected from COVID-19 Since the pandemic has started, there has been an increase in washing hands rigorously, eating healthier, purchasing exercise equipment and taking an interest in skin care. The COVID-19 pandemic has also seen an increased interest in plastic surgeries. People have been spending more time looking […]

How storytelling takes over in Taylor Swift’s new sister album Taylor Swift has done it again. A surprise release shocked fans when Swift shared the news about “evermore,” the sister album to her previous release “folklore.” The new album has the same whimsical vibes that fans grew to love with “folklore” and more songs written […]