Author Archive for Zachary Risinger
I'm Zach. I'm currently attending UC Irvine and majoring in English. I'm an avid distance runner and I'm in a band called We Are Paramount.
A Skylit Drive: “Identity on Fire”
ELECTRONIC: The post-hardcore band enhances the listening experience of their latest album.
A Balancing Act
Here at UC Irvine, our Department of Dance under the Claire Trevor School of the Arts has reached world recognition for its successes in both performance as well as the study of dance as an artistic field. With UCI also being a premiere university known for its strong academic programs, one has come to expect students with strong talents both in the classroom and on stage.
“Tron: Legacy” – The Music
Daft Punk, one of the most respected electronica artists to date, took their first step into the realm of soundtrack production with the new Disney film “Tron: Legacy.” When word got out that Daft Punk was going to be creating the original score for the entire film, excitement immediately mounted – not only for Daft Punk fans, but for “Tron” fans as well.
Hipsters Need Hip Replacements
We have all heard the word “hipster” before, loosely thrown around in reference to someone that we think is trendy (at least within their own circles) and has a specific musical taste, likely one that they think is far superior to that of other people. In fact, I took the time to look up the [...]
“Open Melody” is a Success
Anna Nguyen | Staff Photographer
Last Friday night and most of Saturday, the Cross-Cultural Center played host to Open Melody, an independent musical event put on by ACROBATICS EVERYDAY, an on-campus music event organization.
The event took place in both the Dr. White Conference Room on the bottom floor of the building, as well as the top [...]
Checking In With Location Updates
You’re on Facebook, checking status updates and your friends’ latest photo albums in order to pass the time or to distract you from other tasks at hand. Lately, you and other Facebook users might have noticed something a little different – your friends “checking in” to actual locations around UC Irvine, or wherever they happen [...]
Prop 23 Struck Down
As UC Irvine students, I’m sure that many of you reading this saw the tables and volunteers around campus working to fight against the passage of Proposition 23 which, during this election, got a lot of attention despite other heated races, such as the gubernatorial race or Proposition 19. However, Proposition 23 was met with [...]
Memphis May Fire: “Between the Lies”
With “Between the Lies” being Texas-based Memphis May Fire’s third studio effort, this post-hardcore act has carved out a legitimate place for the Southern style of music in a genre plagued by a sea of bands that rely so heavily on trite breakdowns and pseudo-poppy choruses to garner their fans in today’s music scene.
On their [...]
New MacBook Air: It’s Really, Really Small
Last week, Apple announced yet another product innovation at their latest keynote presentation. This time around, they unveiled their latest hardware alongside their updated version of their iLife creative suite. The new MacBook Air is even thinner than before, and within the tiny frame of this device lies some impressive technology that will lead the [...]
Criminal Case 40/61: Reverb
Diane Oh | Staff Photographer
Upon entering the University Art Gallery, I didn’t know what to expect from the ambiguous title of the exhibit: “Criminal Case 40/61: Reverb.” Picking up a pamphlet, I walked around the corner and found myself standing in a room with six projector screens, oriented hexagonally and facing inward around five small [...]
