Wake up from the break up
So break may be over, but the semester is still alive and kicking. This week we have tabling in Mather (times to be determined) for the show on Thursday, our final concert this semester.
Our eboard meeting is tonight at 9:30, Millies head over to the Mill to chat it up with the eboard and help us figure out the rest of the semester!
The Red Solo Cup: Every Party’s Most Popular Guest
This is an art and design article from NPR that discusses the impact of the Red Solo Cup over the last 75 years and how it has now become a staple at parties everywhere. Apart from being a humorous read, the article discusses how the cup has changed it’s shape over the past few decades, with added grips and a sturdier base, the grips actually stop the cup slipping out of your hand when your drink spills over. Handy, eh?
Did anyone else know that Toby Keith wrote an ode to the cup, titled Red Solo Cup? News to me. Go check out the article, if nothing else it will give you a new found appreciation for the infamous Red Solo Cup.
Open Mic Night, 9pm at the Mill!! Come by to showcase your talents, everyone is welcome!!
This is also a recurring event, for those of you that haven’t caught on yet. The Mill has an Open Mic Night bi-weekly, so you have even more opportunities to dazzle us with your talents.
See you there!!
The Mill has it’s own screen printing equipment, so we made our own promotional items for the Fall show in the form of a tote bag which was printed with the show’s sponsor, Hartford.com.
Here’s a few shots of Mill kids at work, designing the screens, printing the bags and also painting the two promotional banners we hung for the show.
This shot of Dan Deacon, plus the great photo of the show in the concert review, are both courtesy of Brianna Diaz.
Oblangle fizz y’all! The Mill kicked off the semester by hosting the Fall Concert featuring Dan Deacon with Reptar and Time Flies. The concert was set to begin earlier than usual at 4 p.m with free food being provided from various restaurants that helped draw a crowd.
Time Flies opened the show. These boys know how to work their audience, with a repetitive chorus and audience interactions they managed to get the energy up.
This was emphasized all the more by the dynamite performance delivered by the next act: Reptar. These boys are blowing up, having performed at Lollapalooza, they’re currently on tour with Foster the People and Cults. Their whimsical melodies were accompanied by visual effects created by their own video artist, Ross Brubeck, and were recently featured in Rolling Stone Magazine.
They were the perfect setup for Dan Deacon’s life-changing performance. Unlike any other concert, audience members are a huge part of the show. Following orders from Dan, students participated in a dance off, the famous giant tunnel loop and so much more. Even if Dan’s music isn’t your style it was one of the best work outs I’ve ever had.
Stay tuned for the Mill’s next big show: A Dubstep Halloween featuring Comic Strips with Skitsnygg and Mother Brother October 28th at 9 p.m.
Signed,
Annalise Welte
The Last of London’s Darkrooms
Richard Nicholson began his project, Last One Out, Please Turn On The Light, a documentation of London’s remaining professional darkrooms. A mere five years after starting the project, more than half of the darkrooms in the series are no longer operational. To see the article written about the inspiration behind Richard Nicholson’s project, click here
Signed,
Anna Seidner
The Mill’s first gallery opening of the semester features the artist Rick Lacey, who was at the Mill today to take a tour of the house and set up for the show. We were all excited to meet him and help him hang his work in the gallery, the pieces are incredible, come by Friday to check them out!!
