Mind Numbing Concert Event

What was it that made the Green Day concert the fist pumping, heart stopping event of the summer? It could it have been anything between the ring leader of the show Billie Joe Armstrong and  the deafening sound of music mixed with the shouts of the crowd and the explosion of fireworks.
There was never a [...]

MGMT disappoint with album, “Congratulations”

Once described as “experimental pop chameleons” by New Musical Express magazine, MGMT seems to have shrugged off that name with their new album Congratulations. While its first album, Oracular Spectacular, was voted as the 18th best album of the decade by Rolling Stone, Congratulations is a bit of a disappointment.
The album dives straight in with [...]

Forget about Remember Me

by Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
I think amnesia may be the only cure to seeing the new movie Remember Me with Robert Pattinson.
It’s not that it wasn’t a good movie. It’s that it was a bad movie, point blank, followed by an even worse ending that violates human decency on many levels.
The previews looked good, and I, [...]

Fashion made for the unfashionable

By Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
During her last class period at CHS
In the sixth grade, I made a joking remark that one day I would rule the world. Except sixth graders apparently don’t understand jokes—or, worse, my jokes—so I was labeled as the girl who wanted to take over the world.
That epithet stuck.
So, six years later, I’m [...]

Seniors of The Sidekick leave behind more than stories

Ashleigh Heaton
Entertainment Editor
“We still hear stories about old Sidekickers who graduated way long ago – I just wonder, once we’re gone, what will people say about us?”
These were the words of a rather nostalgic Allie Perison, senior and co-editor-in-chief of The Sidekick. Though it may not be clear which stories will be told the most, [...]

Books provide comfort, says Walters

Maddie Walters
Staff Writer
Growing up in the middle of nowhere (Tyler, TX) has a profound effect on an adolescent’s idea of “fun”; trust me, I was that kid. But I have to say that spending the entirety of my elementary school years without cable or anything that remotely resembled a computer was helpful in the sense [...]

Review of The Tallest Man on Earth’s ‘The Wild Hunt’

Maddie Walters
Staff Writer
After listening to the first album released by Swedish artist The Tallest Man on Earth, I felt the world shift beneath my feet. Shallow Grave quite literally rocked my world and the latest addition, The Wild Hunt, is no exception.
Such talent is hard to come by when all the awards are doled out [...]

Comic Books Transition to Movies, Independent Comics make the move

Long since have the pages of comic books been covered with heroes, villains, and diabolical minions. Only recently have the spandex adorning, super power induced, and the strange been transferred onto the big screen, and in bulk.
“Everybody knows about the primary superheroes, batman, superman, and iron man” said Boomerang Comics owner Neil Rhone, “now there [...]

MTV announces award show nominees

By Mary Whitfill
Staff Writer
MTV is placing the fate of it’s prestigious award show in the hands of viewers yet again as the golden popcorn begins to make its way to the red carpet for the 2010 season.
This star-studded event will be hosted by comedian Aziz Ansari, known for his role on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” [...]

CHS checks out upcoming concerts and small-time venues

 Maddie Walters and Monica Moran
Staff Writer and KCBY Member
Although it is often overlooked, Dallas and its surrounding area is swarming with local venues playing local and not-so-local bands on a daily basis.
Thanks to my handy-dandy local concerts app which I recently downloaded onto my iPhone, I have become increasingly aware of the concerts I could [...]

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