Rowan Byers

February 17, 2011

SBMA Plays Host to Garabedian, Kogyo Exhibitions

By Rowan Byers

Already a host to a retrospective of the artist Charles Garabedian (open through April 17), the museum now has a second small feature show entitled “Presenting Noh Drama: Theater Prints of Tsukioka Kōgyo.”

January 13, 2011

Season of the Witch: Not Even Ironically Entertaining

By Rowan Byers

The simplest way to describe this miserable failure of a movie is that it is “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” without any jokes and worse special effects.

January 6, 2011

Tron is an Eyeball Massage with a Happy Ending

By Rowan Byers

I’m gonna get one thing clear and out in the open: I like 3D a lot. It’s easy to say it’s a gimmick only good for a cheap thrill when things pop out toward you or that movies are good enough, or better, flat.

November 24, 2010

Daily Nexus Fall 2010 Photo Edition

By Aaron LaRue, Jon Kopecky, Roger Coppola, Sasza Lohrey, Rowan Byers, Cedar Lay, Tony Ung

November 18, 2010

Artsweek’s Number One Movie of the Year: “Inception”

By Rowan Byers

Looking back over 2010, it becomes clear that we are in the middle of a major shift within the film industry. For better or for worse, 3D is a part of Hollywood.

November 12, 2010

Brian Eno Will Have You Seeing More Than Stars

By Rowan Byers

When Brian Eno releases an album, it gets a lot of press in small elite circles. This is because Brian Eno is one of those people that makes music for people who make music.

October 28, 2010

Eli Roth’s “Hostel”

By Rowan Byers

The Euro-trip is a time-honored rite of passage for middle class white people. It’s considered a safe place to travel and reconnect with history, whatever that is. “Hostel” takes that formula and flips it on its ea...

October 28, 2010

Party Creepy: 5 Scary Dubstep Tracks

By Rowan Byers

It’s old news to say that dubstep is big in I.V. Unfortunately I don’t hear a whole lot of variety in what I hear out there in the streets.

October 21, 2010

Jacakss 3D: The Avatar of the Third Dimension

By Rowan Byers

I don’t think anybody needs me to explain to them what “Jackass” is about. If you don’t know what it is, or do know and are offended that people actually pay money to watch that crap, put down your Nexus and pay ...

October 14, 2010

Steve Martin Makes Beautiful Music With the Banjo

By Rowan Byers

This wasn’t an evening of comedy with Steve Martin, this was an evening of bluegrass and banjo; Steve Martin performing with the Steep Canyon Rangers.

September 30, 2010

Das Racist Invites You To Take a Seat, Shut Up.

By Rowan Byers

Before you read the rest of this review, catch up on some history and listen to a track from the band’s first mixtape, Shut Up Dude. It’s called “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” and it’s about… being...

September 23, 2010

Can Steve Buscemi and Martin Scorcese Save HBO?

By Rowan Byers

“Boardwalk Empire” is HBO’s shot at regaining the title of “Channel with the Best Original Show” from AMC.

September 16, 2010

A Cut Above the Rest

By Rowan Byers

Some movies are slow. They draw you in with nuances of character development and meditative contemplation of the human condition. “Machete” is not one of those movies.

July 14, 2010

Summer Movie Spectacular!

By Rowan Byers

Summer, time for cookouts, pool parties and wasting hours away in air conditioned movie houses.

April 22, 2008

Parties in the Street

By Rowan Byers

Green and blue T-shirts take over the entry to Pardall Tunnel as advocates for Student Voice and O.P.P. campaign to passing students at booths Monday. Voting on GOLD for both the campus and Associated Students elections ...