We know you use Spotify. We know you read City Newspaper. So why not use both of them at the same time? Every week City will put together a Spotify playlist of our top concert picks for you to check out yourself. Excited? Yup, you should be. (or play in Spotify: web player | desktop […]
Willie Clark
Editor. Writer. Gamer. Guitar-er. Photographer. Wizard-er. Awesome-er. Currently making my home here at City Newspaper in Rochester.
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Exhibit Review: “The Art of Video Games” at Everson Museum
Are video games art? Noted film critic Roger Ebert went on record firmly saying no, they aren’t. But if you are among the Entertainment Software Association’s estimated 58 percent of Americans who play games, you might disagree with Ebert’s stance on the matter. “The Art of Video Games,” curated by Chris Melissinos, founder of Past […]
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Video Game Review: Pokemon X/Y
You can’t make everyone happy. And when it comes to Pokemon games — especially the most recent Nintendo 3DS’s iterations “Pokemon X” and “Pokemon Y” — it rings very true indeed. Even the game (I played Y for this review) seems to realize this in its moments of meta awareness. Instead of starting out your […]
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Video Game Review: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
No rose-colored nostalgia glasses here: I never played the original “Kingdom Hearts.” Well, that’s not entirely true. At various points when the game first game out, I attempted it, but I don’t believe I ever made it off Destiny Island, the game’s opening world. I can vividly remember how excited I was for the game; […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Nosferatu Bemshi!
A hidden, mysterious voice calling out for blood and bones.A dark figure with long claws reaching out on screen.An explosion of drum beats. The rapid-fire lyricism of the guitar. Chills. My last show of this year’s Fringe Fest took me to Writers & Books Friday night for the multidisciplinary showing of NosferatuBemshi! Part film, part […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: “Alice in Wonderland,” Roisin Dubh, Silent Disco
I like to think that I am, at the very least, somewhat thematic. I’ve been playing the video game "Kingdom Hearts" the past few weeks (it features a slew of Disney characters and settings), watched the original Disney animated version of "Alice in Wonderland" earlier this week, and in that same line of thought, decided […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Al Biles and GenJam, Geva Comedy Improv
Computers are everywhere these days. We use them at work, they hide in our pockets in the shape of phones, and we’ve even seen them beat some of our smartest human minds on “Jeopardy.” But in the musical world, technology can be thought of as the enemy. Outside of certain styles of music, computer processing […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Matt Griffo
The First Niagara Rochester International Fringe Festival’s second year is here, and it seemed like a fitting way to start it off was with one of my favorite acts from last year, Chicago-based musical comedian Matt Griffo. It’s even more fitting given that Fringe is actually a homecoming of sorts for Griffo, who originally hails […]
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MUSIC: The sounds of autumn
The summer concert season might be dominated by large-scale festivals, giant outdoor concerts, and get-together shows everyplace that can throw together a stage. But just because summer is ending doesn’t mean that the musical good times have to stop once the leaves hit the ground. There’s a little bit for every music fan coming through […]
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Fun before 21
Ah, freshman year. A new campus, a new city, and new people. Only one problem: if you are lucky enough to befriend upperclassmen, you’ll soon realize that they may leave for certain mystical locations that a practice known as “getting carded” prohibits you from entering. But fear not. There’s no need to risk your future […]
