Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Everyone’s heard of a coming-of-age story. A classic tale of a teenager transitioning into adulthood and finally realizing what to do with their lives while they overcome their inner conflict and climatically find themself as the credits roll on a film or the last page of a book or the closing track of an album. […]
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Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Classical music has extended beyond the confines of band and orchestra rooms, helping Indian students connect with their roots. Carnatic music is an older form of classical music that originated in the southern region of the Indian subcontinent. Having existed for centuries, the art form is based in ancient South Indian culture, and most songs […]
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Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Teenage artisans are stringing together a new pastime. A hobby that dates back centuries and transcends cultural barriers, the art of jewelry-making is not a new one. A piece of jewelry is defined as any collection of ornaments threaded or shaped together into a wearable object, and jewelry-making is the minutiae of crafting said objects. […]
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Review by: Aditya Thiyag Directed by: Matt Reeves Rating: 4.5/5 “Something in the Way” was one of the most understated songs on Nirvana’s 1991 magnum opus Nevermind. Consisting of just a few chords, Cobain’s whispering vocals, and with many fans believing the lyrics to be about Cobain’s time homeless, it is a vulnerable record about a broken person seemingly struggling […]
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Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle While most teenagers opt to spend their afternoons playing video games, others have stayed up to design games of their own. A majority of popular video games are “AAA” games, which are any games released by game developing companies with a larger budget. Since most people do not have access to such a budget, smaller-scale […]
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Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Years after drill rap’s original conception in Chicago courtesy of Chief Keef, the rap subgenre has found new life in the UK courtesy of rappers like 22 year old Unknown T. His breakthrough hit, “Homerton B” was the first drill song from the UK to be certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry, and found […]
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Review by: Aditya Thiyag Director: Steven Sonderbergh Rating: 3.5/5 Movies, more than any other form of entertainment, have always been an escape from reality, and in our current pandemic world, that has especially become the case for millions worldwide. However, Stephen Soderbergh’s latest film, KIMI, excels due to it taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a premise centered around […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Film is a visual medium. It’s a phrase that I’ve heard before, but it’s something that I didn’t really understand until recently. Last week, I watched Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance and The Lighthouse – two wildly different films each with unreal performances, inventive screenplays, and compelling characters. Yet the thing that stood […]
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Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Step by step, brick by brick. That is the approach that high school students are taking to build LEGO sets, and in turn, the approach they are taking to live their lives. LEGO is a toy manufacturing company centered around connecting plastic bricks that form various objects from a plethora of franchises when assembled. Each […]
Read moreAditya Thiyag | The Chronicle As an up and coming musician, it can be extremely tempting to follow trends that are prevalent within the mainstream at the time. However, multiple artists have found success by taking the road less traveled and experimenting immediately; from hip-hop to pop music, these four artists are redefining modern music and breaking boundaries. FKA Twigs: Born […]
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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 […]
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Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Instead of checking Snapchat or Instagram when they first wake up, some kids are reading their fate as foretold by planetary positions on astrology apps and websites. Horoscopes are predictions of one’s future and personality based on the position of planets and stars during one’s birth. While the origins of astrological diagrams appear to date […]
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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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 […]
Read moreAbby Waechter | Managing Editor Assisted by Divy Bose and Savannah Libby Ten months ago, Grace McKay was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. On November 6, 2021, she was Mason’s top finisher at the cross country state final. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the body’s lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system, and usually are […]
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Aditya Thiyag | The Chronicle Learning a new language often consists of intense grammar and writing practice, but one club is bringing an alternate approach to teaching English. Speakeasy is a new tutoring club at Mason High School that emphasizes conversation as a method of teaching Mason’s English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Taking place during Connect Time on […]
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