Review by: Aditya Thiyag Artist: Khalid Rating: 1.5/5 Khalid’s debut mixtape is an underwhelming effort from an artist seemingly incapable of growth with a star-studded feature list and warbly, soul-hop production. Almost immediately, the tracks all start to bleed into one another, with Khalid doing nothing to elevate the identically low tempo instrumentals and continuing to harmonize with middling lyricism […]
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Review by: Aditya Thiyag Director: Steven Spielberg Rating: 3.5/5 Steven Speilberg’s 2021 adaptation of the similarly named 1957 stage musical is a slow paced visual spectacle with grand musical numbers and expert cinematography that is bogged down by frustrating writing of both the characters and the plot. The movie opens with a swooping long take over a desaturated look into […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Baby Keem has rapidly garnered attention from both the industry and mainstream audiences over the last few months. Born Hykeem Carter in 2000, the 21 year old California native broke into the music scene through production, with his work ranging from film soundtracks like Black Panther and The Lion King: The Gift and albums such […]
Read moreAbigail Waechter | Managing Editor Is the elimination of final exams just what we needed? The answer to this: I have no idea. The whole point behind eliminating final exams, according to the school, is to avoid penalizing students who may have been quarantined during the fall semester and to encourage a personalized learning track. To students, this seems as […]
Read moreIt’s easy to say Oxford High School’s school shooting could’ve been prevented. It’s easy to point fingers at the administration, the teachers, or even the student culture. But, it’s impossible to blame a single source. Many have accused the administration of “not doing enough.” However, how can a single group of people be entrusted with the accountability of hundreds or […]
Read moreIsabelle Paley | The Chronicle January 22nd, 1973. That is the date when women were given freedom over their bodies. That is the date when the Supreme Court stood up for females everywhere. Forty-Eight years later, that freedom, the very thing America cares so much about, is threatened to be revoked. The Texas Heartbeat Act and now the Mississippi Abortion […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle A new COVID variant spread throughout the world. A tornado outbreak killed over 50 people and wrecked hundreds of homes. Shorter days, longer nights, and seasonal affective disorder. A lot is going on in the world right now, and it’s hard not to get bogged down by it all. Many people, myself included, saw 2021 […]
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Dear Mason voters, we’re proud of you. Despite this being a non-presidential election year, you showed up. Despite your views on the city, you showed up. Despite your obligations, you still showed up. This year, Mason had some of the highest voter turnouts in the area. Our city has indeed been through a lot lately. Aside from our local elections, […]
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Review by: Aditya Thiyag Artist: Silk Sonic Rating: 5/5 Pop king Bruno Mars and musician Anderson .Paak linked up to produce an album of the year contender. An Evening with Silk Sonic clocks in at a concise 31 minutes, but the amount of variety packed into this runtime is absurd. Segueing from love ballad to disco jam, none of the […]
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Review by: Isabelle Paley Artist: Taylor Swift Rating: 4.5/5 Taylor Swift’s re-recording of a majority of her discography is a monumental feat for her career as an artist. The rerecording of Red, the perfect fall heartbreak album, combines Swift’s 2012 lyrics with her 2021 voice. Swift merged her country roots with songs such as “Everything Has Changed” and modern pop […]
Read moreDella Johnson | Editor-in-Chief Mitski Miyawaki has released some of the most heart-wrenching music imaginable. Her discography is stocked with tearfully symbolic records, her lyrics striking yet often sung softly. Often using her work as an emotional vessel, Mitski has lamented over concepts such as the treatment of people of color in America and the perceived societal role of women. […]
Read moreBradyn Johnson | The Chronicle Being a black teenage girl in a predominately white high school has made me look at life through a different lens. I had to become strong enough to be comfortable in my skin. And with the stereotypical black jokes to the culturally insensitive actions that made me feel uncomfortable, I always found myself wanting to […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Entertainment is never worth your life. In the past month, two entirely preventable tragedies took place; the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set Rust and the crowd crush that resulted in 8 confirmed deaths and over 300 injuries at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival. The internet was frenzied to address the root […]
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Isabella Gaspar’raj | The Chronicle The Tombow Fudenosuke calligraphy pen was the gateway to finding my calmer self. About two years ago, I got my first calligraphy book and calligraphy pen. Though I like to show others my calligraphy work and I am proud of it, the root of it is that I love writing beautifully, and it calms me […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle I’m not opposed to using social media as a vessel for change. Its ability to connect individuals globally is unparalleled and information is spread on websites like Twitter and Instagram faster than any news site could hope to achieve. However, it is websites like these where trends and politics mesh together to create a beast […]
Read moreOctober 2 was National Custodian’s day. October 2 was a Saturday. Nothing sounds more perfect than thanking our custodians on a day in which we aren’t even in school. Right? The custodial staff has persevered through downsizing, school shutdowns, bottle flipping, extraordinary safety measures during the pandemic, and now devious licks. There has to be some greater way to show […]
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