…F raming a personal struggle around a song is tacky. I hate when writers do that. But Lorde’s latest release, a stirring piano ballad called “Liability,” puts into words a form of uncertainty I could never articulate. The 20-year- old songstress has peeled back her angsty exterior to reveal an underlying paradox I know all too well: genuine confidence coupled with a perpetual feeling of loneliness. Her words spill unevenly ...…
…3B Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement BY JACKIE CHARNIGA, DAILY STAFF WRITER I t’s a Friday night and my best friend is in town, so you know what that means, my sympathetic critics: This girl walks into a bar. It was VulfPunk Night at the Blind Pig, and the menu featured cover songs of Vulfpeck and Daft Punk by four bands, two of which we actually sampled. My first trip to the Blind Pig may also be my last: This little pi...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 5B Behind the Block ‘M’ the buisness of branding the University b y T i m C o h n, Daily News Editor For more than a century, the University of Michi- gan’s logo — the block ‘M’ — has been an Ann Arbor staple, emblazoned on everything from the Big House scoreboard to the graduation-party cakes of high-school seniors. Despite slight modificatio...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 6B Personal Statement: The Politics of Art-Making Editor’s note: Amy Chavasse is a professor in dance in the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Her teaching inter- ests include contemporary dance technique, improvisation, composition and social issues on dance. She is also the artistic director of ChavasseDance&Performance. R estlessness and curiosity have always been...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: A Meditation on Polar Bears E very summer growing up, my entire extended family went to a tiny sum- mer camp on a tiny lake in south- western Michigan for one week. Normally, swaths of children from grade school to high school occupied the campgrounds, but we went for what’s called “Family Furlough,” the period when only families were allowed. Each summer I’d antici...…
…Wednesday, March 29, 2017 // The Statement 8B V I S U A L S T A T E M E N T : T H E F L A M I N G L I P S P H O T O S B Y Z O E Y H O L M S T R O M On March 14, I photographed The Flaming Lips at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. Their performance was an incredible experience of sound and color. Music filled the theatre for over two hours, opening with the energetic “Race for the Prize” and ending with the heartfelt “Do You Realize??” ...…
