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Amazon Dot Bomb
A brief guide to the website’s weirder wares
By Sam Heft-Luthy
Amazon.com is a multibillion dollar corporation that can sell you anything you could possibly imagine. And when I say anything, I truly mean anything.
Published October 22, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Filmography: Action Movies
Ka-boom
By Sam Heft-Luthy
Action movies are generally considered less than high caliber film. But one of the main components of excellent cinema is entertainment; and boy do action movies entertain.
Published October 22, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Quest for the Best: Comedian
By Sam Heft-Luthy
Comedy is a subjective thing. What I find hilarious, another person might find hideously offensive. So here’s a list of my personal favorite (and least favorite) comedians.
Published October 1, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Album Review: Hurley
Weezer’s newest showing is actually pretty good
By Sam Heft-Luthy
It’s been 16 years since Weezer released their debut known as the Blue Album, and 14 years since Pinkerton. However, since then the band has been unable to recreate the power pop sensibilities or emotional depth of their roots.
Published October 1, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Cally Shine is a Foolish Twit(ter)
Twitter is stupid, and you should feel ashamed
By Sam Heft-Luthy
RT@CallyShine who.cares/dUm3 Just put butter on sum bread. Bout to eat it. #lookhowinterestingiam. Does this make sense to you? Don’t feel bad if it doesn’t. I wrote it, and it doesn’t make sense to me either.
Published September 17, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Straight Shooting: Toby Crittenden
Youth activism has a public face
By Sam Heft-Luthy
The Washington Bus is a youth outreach program based out of Capitol Hill. Officially formed in 2006, The Washington Bus helps tomorrow’s leaders get the voice they need to be a part of the civic process. The Bus’ Outreach Leader, Toby Crittenden gives us the skinny on his time here at GHS, his passion for politics, and what we can do to get involved.
Published September 17, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Will The Curtains Open Or Close?
Garfield’s play promises to be much better then that terrible pun
By Sam Heft-Luthy
When addressing this year’s Garfield musical, Curtains, one must mention the elephant in the room: Roosevelt. Completely independent of one another (this is not sarcasm, it was actually just an unfortunate coincidence), both the bulldogs and the roughriders will be performing the same play.
Published May 21, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
The Idiot Box
Why TV needs to get smarter
By Sam Heft-Luthy
Everyone (or maybe it’s just me) has that one uncle, or that hated family friend, who refuses to call it “TV.” Not even “television” is good enough for this guy. Every time he mentions that LCD screen that flashes pictures into your eyes at the speed of light, this dumbass has to call it the “idiot box.” It’s not an original joke. It’s not a funny joke. It’s not even a tolerable joke. But is it true?
Published May 21, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Kick-Ass is, well…
The movie's title fits it excellently
By Sam Heft-Luthy
Kick-Ass brings us a new superhero story in which the hero loses his mother not to a crime syndicate but to a brain aneurism, the villain is your run– of– the– mill mafioso, and the only clear victor is Youtube’s visitor count. Kick-Ass is both great fun and a well-done deconstruction of the modern superhero.
Published April 30, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Why He Did It
"The McVeigh Tapes" chillingly capture the mindset of an American Terrorist
By Sam Heft-Luthy
15 years later, Timothy McVeigh’s anti-government sentiments are relevant once again, as grassroots movements spring up, some of which aim not to reform the government, but to overthrow it.
