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The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

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Punk grand marshals for The Black Parade

December 31, 2012

The band's third studio album, The Black Parade, was produced by Rob Cavallo and released last October, hitting number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.,Turns...

Miss Witherspoon misses the comedic mark

December 31, 2012

production of Christopher Durang's Pulitzer-nominated Miss Witherspoon, but the most provocative and positive element concerns set design.,You may not...

Reno 911! is a joke, just not funny

December 31, 2012

"I gotta say man, Boston is colder than a witch's nipple ring," he said. "See, in Reno, we got a lot of brothels to keep us warm.,Deputy Jones (actor...

Fad diets may not work for the long haul

December 31, 2012

Fad dieting, an umbrella term that covers a variety of diets ranging from the ever-popular Atkins all the way to the obscure Cabbage Soup Diet, is not...

Bitchin#039; in the Kitchen with Rebecca

December 31, 2012

Many students probably resolved this New Year to save money, eat better and spend more time with friends and loved ones-resolutions that were likely broken...

Can you hear the Apples on your stereo?

December 31, 2012

But what does an album with talk of Pythagorean scales sound like? Well, imagine if those animals on the cover of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds boarded the...

The soundtrack of his life

December 31, 2012

The recording of songs onto a cassette tape works as a strikingly modern form of autobiography, and in his memoir, Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One...

Jon McLaughlin makes piano rock for God

December 31, 2012

It would, after all, allow us to use any or all of these following jabs. This album: (a) lets us know where Nick Lachey has been in the past year; (b)...