Author: arouseadmin
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B-Boys and Buckeyes: Dr. Jason Rawls’ Journey From Hip-Hop to TEDxOSU
By Brie Blevins It is July 1988 and a group of young boys were sitting around a boombox on the south side of Columbus listening to an emerging genre: hip-hop. A song began with a drumbeat over an electronic bass line being updated with turntable scratching and talk box ad-libs. The song, “You Gots To…
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Get Dead – A Discussion and Guide to One’s Introduction to the Grateful Dead
By Will McGraw As lead guitarist Jerry Garcia himself put it, “We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.” Despite having one of the widest, most passionate, and most reputably recognizable fanbases of all musical groups, the Grateful Dead often also seems to have some of the…
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Angel Olsen w/ Erin Rae at The Athenaeum
By Vidula Jambunath Angel Olsen and Erin Rae performed at the Athenaeum on January 31st, providing a great end to the month. The Athenaeum is a sprawling venue with multiple floors, and as a first-time attendee, I was shocked at the spectacle of it. The Athenaeum is often used as a wedding venue, but it…