THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018
THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
YEAR XLVI. VOLUME XCIV. ISSUE V
REVIEW: Girlpool creates home away from home CFA affiliates to present at conference
BY LILLIAN ILSLEY-GREENE DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
BY ALLEGRA PEELOR DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF
Watching Girlpool perform live feels like hanging out in your best friend’s childhood bedroom, listening to music that is kind of strange but also funny, acting like total weirdos and ranting about everything that’s ever made you mad. From Harmony Tividad’s pink plastic watch to Cleo Tucker’s raspy voice, their performance at the Paradise Rock Club on Friday felt like home. Two opening bands set the scene for a comfortable night of heavy electric guitar interlaced with intimate whisper-singing. Forth Wanderers, a group of five who met in high school in New Jersey, seemed very comfortable on the Paradise stage, talking to each
other and their friends in the audience between songs. Lead singer Ava Trilling’s melancholy and hearty voice compliments low-fi guitar riffs and heavy drums perfectly, and the whole vibe felt very welcoming. After Forth Wanderers was Land of Talk (also known as Elizabeth Powell), who performed all by herself. At the beginning of her set, she told the audience that she usually plays with a full band, which became painfully obvious as soon as she started playing. All she had with her was an electric guitar, and although she is a ridiculously talented singer and guitar player, Land of Talk’s set sounded boring and empty without more instruments or at least a loop pedal. The audience still seemed
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Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker of Girlpool perform at Paradise Rock Club on Friday night.
to enjoy the second set, and the whole room (which wasn’t very big) buzzed after her performance in anticipation of the main act. As
soon as Girlpool took the stage and started playing the opening chords to “123,” the audience went wild. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
This April’s American Education Research Association conference will feature a strong presence from Boston University faculty, students and alumni. The conference, to be held in New York City, will host seven BU associates as presenters. Founded in 1916, AERA works to improve educational learning by promoting research into education practices, methods and measures. Presenters at the annual conference share their findings on an international stage. The theme of this year’s conference is “The Dreams, Possibilities, and Necessity of Public Education.” Presentations will span topics from “The Lived Experience of High School Musical Theater” to “Musical Homeschooling in Southern Wisconsin.” AER A t y pically attracts around 15,000 attendees, Ronald Kos, a professor at the BU School of Music, wrote in an email. Kos has been a regular attendee at the AERA conference since 2004. “It is the conference I look forward to each year because I have the opportunity to learn so much about the work that is being done outside my immediate discipline, which is music education.” Kos wrote. Kos is presenting his paper, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Nuggets reflects on 40 years of spinning records in Kenmore BY SOPHIA BROWN
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Nuggets, a record store in Kenmore Square, has remained relatively unchanged despite opening 40 years ago. While a small collection of Blu-Ray discs near the front door acknowledges the 21st century, most of the store’s f loor space is still filled with boxes of records covering everything from classical opera to rock. “People come in and they keep saying it looks like we’re in the time machine going back,” Nuggets owner Stuart Freedman said. Nug gets began as three men selling records out of cardboard boxes in Harvard Square, Freedman said. Forty years ago, they pooled their money to open a storefront at 486 Commonwealth Ave. and hired Freedman — then a student at Northeastern University — to work for them. It was several years before the orig-
inal proprietors were bought out and he became the sole owner. Over the years, Nuggets has grown to encompass new music and video delivery technologies, all while still holding onto its records. Freedman said the store has stayed true to its roots through the era of downloading and streaming — something that had led to other used records stores closing. “Fifteen, 20 years ago, [the other stores] went completely to CD because no one was buying vinyl, and all those stores have pretty much gone out of business,” Freedman said. “It made sense for [customers] to go just to CD 20 years ago, so a lot of people asked why we still carried records.” Nuggets has also adapted to the internet with a website and an online store, although Freedman said it doesn’t see a lot of use. “We’re more interested in selling through the store,” he said. Customers certainly don’t
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The record store Nuggets, which mainly sells in rock and jazz albums, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
seem to mind. On Sunday, around 10 people browsed the carefully organized collection. Some were looking for specific records, oth-
ers for anything and everything. One man marveled at discovering a laserdisc copy of “Schindler’s List.”
Ed Bradley, 23, of Taunton, said he has been buying records at Nuggets for the past four to five CONTINUED ON PAGE 2