Missing the Nightlife
By Erica Rohde Staff writer Theres something about being among city night life that intrigues me. And Coppell is not the place for full on entertainment for teenagers waiting for excitement. What do we have really? A sonic around the corner and maybe an occasional dance at the recreation center. Woo. Go team. But I guess Im writing about the city night life because I just dont get out much. With all this work im doing from choir, school, balancing work, and my friends. My weekends are consumed by practice. Even having a a simple sleepover with my friends makes me a little weary. Cause im always trying to figure out whats due in what…
Muse make spring break the best ever
Over the spring break week, English rock band Muse along with American band Silversun Pickups stopped in Texas on their busy tour to perform in Fort Worth and Houston with a surprise show in Austin. With a sister who is an avid Muse fan, it wasn’t enough to only go to the Fort Worth show so when tickets went on sale a few months ago, we snagged some for the Houston show as well. Their first Texas stop as at the Fort Worth Convention Center on the 17th. Having general admission tickets meant we needed to get their early and after hearing that fans had been waiting outside the venue since midnight, my sister and I headed over their 5…
How MTV’s VMAs kinda got its groove back
By Chris Nguyen Features Editor After several years of pain in Miami and Los Angeles with a listless ceremony in New York in between, last night’s VMAs on MTV rebooted itself back in New York City. MTV kept the stage big, the celebrities camptastic and the performances coming. It’s far from the glory of, say Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” performance, but it did keep my celebrity-hungry brain with a lot of nourishment to keep watching. Here’s a recap of the amazingly awesome, the bad and the excruciatingly painful (I’m looking at you, Kanye!): The Good Michael Jackson tribute Madonna opened up the show with a simple and fitting remembrance of pop icon Michael Jackson. She…