By Brooke Lynch Recently, I have been horrified to find that I have an affinity for 80s hard rock and metal. Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Guns N’ Roses and other bands whom I’ve had absolutely no love for have been popping up in my playlists and recent listens, and I […]
Hyperpop Transness
By Brooke Lynch I don’t think I was ready for how catchy “800 db cloud” by 100 gecs was gonna be. As an 18-year-old, I was all about the distorted guitars and supposed rawness of punk and grunge, so an experimental electronic album was of no interest to me. But […]
The Rising Cost of Textbooks in the US
By Brooke Lynch It should come as no surprise to any college student to hear that textbooks are expensive. The often mandatory cost of the books students use has been increasing at a staggering three times the inflation rate since around the 1970s. This rate would be alarming on it’s […]
An Interview with Harrison Hannon
By Brooke Lynch (photo by Lindsey Dalthrop) Pre-Covid 19, what do you think the state of Olympia music was and what was your experience in it like? It was ranging from all these different types of people playing music: different genres, different subcultures, different sub genres being shown. It was […]
Election Responses in Olympia
By Brooke Lynch Over the past few weeks, the country and world have seen the extent to which the supporters of our former commander in chief will go to voice their support. We all watched in horror on January 6th as the president, along with others such as Rudy Guliani, […]