Viral Videos’ Way to Fame
April 24, 2013 • Jacob Stingley
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
All kinds of people from different walks of life love watching viral videos on the Internet. However, questions of how it became viral and why people love it are questions that arouse. “Actually, I think that the variety of the videos shows the variety of life, human imagination, and creativity,”... Read more »
Bruno Mars Review
April 23, 2013 • Brittney Camacho
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Audio, Television
By the late 2000s, renowned artist Bruno Mars produced songs for other artists, joining production team The Smeezingtons. As he grew up around entertainers such as his father Pete, a Latin percussionist from Brooklyn, and his mother, Bernadette (“Bernie”), a singer, he began picking up... Read more »
Explicit Lyrics in Music
March 26, 2013 • Kailee Serna and Camille Cantu,
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Teenagers may not only be influenced by things such as drugs or alcohol, but surprisingly lyrics as well. Some of today’s popular songs have very explicit lyrics. “It all depends on the person, for instance one person may feel the urge to sing along with the bad words while others just ignores them,”... Read more »
Blood Red Shoes: In Time to Voices
January 16, 2013 • Daniela Salas
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Opinion, Reviews
Blood Red Shoes released their third album on March 26, 2012. Although most of it is full of chaos and turbulence, somehow serenity also makes its way in. Like their other albums, they talk about self-hate, struggle, and trying to get through life. The albums introduction song, In Time to Voices, also... Read more »
Nintendo Launches WiiU
November 28, 2012 • Ricardo Zúñiga
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Videogames
Video games have become a part of almost every modern teenager’s life. With new a video game generation coming up the innovative entertainment company Nintendo doesn’t stay behind. Nintendo announced their new console, the Wii U that would come out on the 13th of November. Nintendo is known for having... Read more »
Concert Review: The Ready Set, Boys Like Girls, and The All-American Rejects
November 28, 2012 • Daniela Salas
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Opinion, Reviews
A 3-in-1 deal is always a good one and there’s no way anybody would let it pass by. Teen girls and boys were not going to miss a concert where The Ready Set, Boys Like Girls, and The All-American Rejects all appeared together in State Farm Arena on October 6, 2012. Before the doors opened there was... Read more »
Taken 2: A Movie Review
November 28, 2012 • Zoe Sesin and Kelsey Setien
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movies
In 2008 Twentieth Century Fox came out with a bang with the release of Taken. When Taken topped box offices in the US with $9.4 million dollars on its opening day, a sequel was a must have. Taken 2 was later released October 3, 2012. When it was released, Taken 2 claimed the number one spot in the top... Read more »
Top 10 Survival Horror Games
October 30, 2012 • Ricardo Zúñiga
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Videogames
During October, movies, TV shows, stores, always have Halloween specials, videogames do to. Survival horror games are a part of that, there are plenty of survival horror games out there but they don’t really bring a spook to home. Most of them turn into generic shooter with slow zombie attacking the... Read more »
A Very Animated Halloween
October 28, 2012 • Zoe Sesin, Kelsey Setien
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movies
Released in August by Focus Features, ParaNorman was a film that would be deemed more suited for Halloween. The movie’s main character, Norman Babcock is an eleven-year-old boy who can speak with and see the dead. Norman is ridiculed and bullied for having this ability. This makes the movies main theme... Read more »
Fashion World as One Big Pallet
October 10, 2012 • Sage Bazan, Alex Flores
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Lifestyles
Whether you like to mix up your wardrobe with different funky pieces, stick to a single style, or even the “utopian” way of life (wearing only wool during winter and linen for summer), personality always plays a huge role in what you choose. In the halls of SHS, you can find all kinds of cool fashion... Read more »
