Charleston-based artist Righchus brings style to rap game
Matt Bostick was never a fan of going to church. But every Sunday, his mother would dress him in his best suit and sweep him off to Sunday school.
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Matt Bostick was never a fan of going to church. But every Sunday, his mother would dress him in his best suit and sweep him off to Sunday school.
For years now, many nationally known festivals have called Columbia their home.
Perched atop his stool, dressed in black from head to toe, Matisyahu scans the crowd with an eager look in his eyes. It’s a packed house, and the audience is buzzing with energy. To his left sits Trevor Hall, guitar in his lap, a stark contrast in his all-white outfit. On his right is guitarist Adam Weinberg, who will accompany the Jewish artist all throughout his set. After the initial cheers from the crowd die down to little more than a whisper, Matisyahu speaks.
What is it?
These days, there’s a fine line among rock, electronica and punk.
True, he may never have really left the rap game, but now that he’s dropped “Rolling Papers,” one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, Wiz Khalifa has returned in full force, mixing up fresh new flavors with his signature old-school style.
There aren’t too many places in Columbia where you can see decked-out leprechauns sipping Irish cider, men in thongs held up by clover-adorned suspenders and a fountain bursting with bright green water. Couple that with a vast selection of brews, delicious food and great local and national bands, and St. Pat’s in Five Points is born. And this certainly ain’t your grandma’s St. Patrick’s Day Fest.
All the best have an alter ego, and for one USC student, better known as DJ Rob Banks, that other side comes out late at night amid a blur of laser beams, fog machines and sick dance beats.
The annual St. Pat’s in Five Points festival has been painting the town green ever since it dyed the first fountain 28 years ago. With events like the Get to the Green race and the St. Pat’s Parade, this all-day festival is one of Columbia’s fastest-growing events.
What is it?
These days, there are just as many musical genres as there are performing artists.
The Columbia Museum of Art debuted its new "Skate and Create" exhibit in the David Wallace Robinson Jr. Community Gallery Tuesday night. On display now through April 24, the exhibit features several collections from various artists inspired by the culturally distinct world of skateboarding. The majority of the artists featured are avid skateboarders themselves or have worked as designers in the industry for big-name companies like Vans and Element.
Reality TV — we can’t live with it, yet we still can’t seem to turn away. Almost every network from MTV to A&E airs a regular reality lineup, inviting home audiences to watch anything from a pawn shop deal to a pastry chef cook-off to celebrities struggling through rehab. However, some shows out there are more “in-your-face” than others, and the past few years in reality TV have seen some of the biggest train wrecks. Tables have been flipped, punches have been thrown and countless tears have been shed. If you’re in the mood for some serious drama, here’s the best reality television to tune into. “Bad Girls Club”Oxygen — Mondays at 9 p.m.Hair pulling, hangovers and catfights — these are the things bad girls are made of. Now in its sixth season, the Bad Girls Club has become the most-watched program on Oxygen, with the season six premiere breaking network records with over 1 million viewers tuning in. The show follows seven independent women as they move into a Los Angeles mansion and attempt to live together in harmony all the while trying to improve themselves as adults. Yeah, right. There is more screaming and tossing of each other’s clothes into the pool than self-discovery in this house. Nights in the Bad Girls’ house are spent knocking back drinks in the bar and picking up one-night stands while mornings are usually reserved for recovery and trying to remember who broke what during last night’s brawl. “Jersey Shore” MTV — Thursdays at 10 p.m. Now in its third season, the show that has spawned classic phrases like “grenades,” “t-shirt time” and “GTL” (short for gym, tan and laundry — like you didn’t already know) has become an MTV hit, reaching countries across the globe and becoming the network’s most-watched show ever. So how exactly did a bunch of self-proclaimed guidos and guidettes make it so big? All it takes is a combination of relationship drama, Ron-Ron juice and DJ Pauly D’s famous blowout. This season has already seen its fair share of Jersey drama, with cast members duking it out over breakups and past drama (see: Ronnie’s scandalous three-way grenade make out in Miami), while the tears flow freely (mostly from Sammi). If you want to get into this “pahty,” you better hit the tanning bed for a few hours and work your hair into a Snooki pouf.“The Real Housewives”Bravo — Tuesdays at 10 p.m.As Real Housewives of New York cast member Countess LuAnn Du Lesseps once noted, “Money can’t buy you class.” And no reality television show out there proves that more than Bravo’s “Real Housewives” series. Following the lives of some of America’s most affluent wives, the series has been filmed with a variety of locations serving as the backdrop for all the juicy drama. The lifestyles of the rich and the famous are all served up on a glitzy platter. The arguments are less left hooks or right uppercuts and more talking behind each other’s backs. Someone’s husband is always cheating and someone’s house is always in foreclosure and every detail is on public display. The Housewives have been so successful that Bravo just debuted the Real Housewives of Miami Tuesday, while the new season of the New York installment will premier this Spring.
These days, we have a built-in timeline for predicting the life of a band. Get together, make it big and then after three studio albums, split apart due to “creative” or “musical” differences. Five years later, start planning your multimillion-dollar reunion tour (complete with a new drummer and bassist) to appease your heartbroken fans.
Clark also learned that the best way to appreciate a good horror film was with other people. He and his friends would frequently rent five or six horror movies at a time, enjoying both the good and the bad.
Ever since they first popped up on MTV in 1981, music videos have been used to express what songs simply could not say over the radio. New videos with blow-your-mind antics premiere almost every day, and it’s clear we’ve come a long way from Michael Jackson’s famous illuminating tiles in the “Billie Jean” days.“The Creep”The Lonely Island feat. Nicki Minaj
These days, the music industry is all about the next big thing, especially when it comes to special effects. Auto-tune has changed the face of hip-hop, as the Super Bowl Halftime special was basically a light show featuring the Black Eyed Peas, and we can even make Ke$ha sound like a man.
They’re walking the red carpets on the E! Channel. They’re buying groceries from Costco in the pages of your favorite tabloid. They’re even getting into comedic — yet still romantic — situations on the silver screen in your movie theater. They’re celebrities, and they’re everywhere.
Imagine a dress fashioned from the worn-down parts of an old bicycle or a wedding gown made completely of shredded grocery bags.