BEN HOLCOMB – The Corsair Imaginative, zany, different, and unique all describe the sights and sounds of the Red Priest Baroque Quartet, which performed at the Ashmore Fine Arts Center Auditorium on Oct. 21. Michael Holcomb a former Pensacola State College student and music critic said, “it’s Mick Jagger meets Bach meets Broadway, a blend...
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Kings of Leon sells more than records
CORBIT KELLY – The Corsair The new sugar coated release from Tennessee brothers (and a cousin) Kings of Leon is the final straw for any hopes of returning to the southern grit and glory they once expelled from the simple chords and rusty tones, what exalted them in the beginning. Come around Sundown is another...
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Followill family sold more than records
CORBIT KELLY – The Corsair The new sugar coated release from Tennessee brothers (and a cousin) Kings of Leon is the final straw for any hopes of returning to the southern grit and glory they once expelled from the simple chords and rusty tones, what exalted them in the beginning. Come around Sundown is...
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Wade Manns reviews Borderlands
WADE MANNS – The Corsair By 2K Games and Gearbox SoftwareGenre: First-person shooter/RPG Rating: Mature for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humor, Strong Language. Players: 1-4 (single-player, cooperative) On the world of Pandora, violence and bloodshed is common. Some unmentioned past apocalypse has made this world into a gigantic rubbish tip; many hostile creatures...
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Dead Rising 2
Wade Manns- The Corsair Dead Rising 2 By Capcom and Blue Castle Games Genre: Third-person action/exploration Raing: M (Mature) for Blood and Gore, Use of Alcohol, Intense Violence, Language, Sexual Themes Players: 2-player co-op; up to 4 competitively Back in 2006, a game was released by Capcom, makers of one of my favorite series as...
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Jazz and Wind Ensemble plays to a full auditorium
Rebecca Byers – The Corsair Ludwig Von Beethoven once said “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” The first Brass and Wind Ensemble at Pensacola State College performed Thurs night, Oct 7, at a full Ashmore Auditorium in Building 8. “This was a very hard and challenging program,” Conductor Don Snowden, Director...
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CANstruction kicks off Gallery Night
Dustin Toney-The Corsair The Institute of Architects-Northwest Florida and Society of Design Administration’s 3rd Annual American CANstruction was considered a success. A competition between engineering, architecture and interior design firms from around the area, CANstruction left six statues, made entirely from packaged food to be donated to MANNA Food Pantries for distribution in Escambia and Santa...
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Team Sanity vs. Team Fear
Matt Leight- The Corsair On the September 16th airing of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart announced that he would be hosting a rally on Oct 30, 2010 at Washington D.C.’s National Mall. The purpose of this rally, according to Stewart, is “a clarion call for rationality” for the 70 to 80 percent of...
