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(04/29/10 8:31pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“No” is never a nice answer. There is no easy way to reject somebody. Turning someone down is uncomfortable and leaves one feeling hurt. We have all been the rejectee, just as we have all bashfully been rejected. While some choose to be confrontational and rip off the band-aid quickly, others will simply ignore phone calls and go M.I.A. until they buzz off. A good friend of mine, who we will call Layla, hooks guys left and right. Rather than choosing the most handsome ones, she selects a guy who has potential to become cool. It is a ‘Build-a-bro’ project that Layla takes pride in. After she boosts their confidence with admiration and runs her hands through hair that she suggests should be cut, she walks. The guy is left confused and clings for her company to return. But Layla’s work is done, and his confusion will dwindle away with his new swagger. Technology has made rejection particularly difficult. Giving someone the wrong phone number is useless. First, you are busted if they pull the “Thanks, I am calling you now so that you may store mine too” line and nothing rings. If phone numbers were a significant tracking source, then apparently Facebook is legit as long as your existence with the world proceeds. Don’t you just love receiving a friend request from that random creeper you met at a party last weekend? And you thought you escaped. But it gets worse — Oncourse. I did not think anyone would ever expand their social horizons on a site designated for homework assignments and syllabi. My jaw dropped when I read a date invitation from a postmaster: student role e-mail. In all respects to those happy couples that met online, I do not feel comfortable dating on the Internet. Cyber-sorry. The book cover cliché works both ways with rejection. In a “Will and Grace” episode, Karen rejoiced over finally meeting the man of her dreams. In glee, she raised a champagne glass to toast their new relationship. He responded that he did not drink alcohol, which quickly turned Karen’s smile upside down. “This is not going to work out.”In high school, I did not hesitate turning down a guy strutting around in polo shirts with a loud, obnoxious laugh. Nor did I hesitate the second or the third time he asked me out. After contemplating my mother’s advice that any guy could be the next Bill Gates, I decided to give in to his fourth attempt. We saw “Superbad” at the movie theater and then went out to dinner to eat “penis-shaped food.” Although I was initially deterred by his cocky demeanor, we connected and continued to date for over a year.There are moments when rejection is necessary. Trusting your gut instinct is smart. However the mentality that it is not meant to be can only register so far. What if Lois Lane had been a better investigative reporter and saw the Superman behind Clark Kent’s geeky glasses? Perhaps we should think twice before “being too busy” or “loosing our phone.” At this point, I would be happy to give my phone number to anyone willing to talk to a sex and dating columnist.
(04/05/10 12:01am)
For unexplainable reasons, tall, dark and handsome has never cut it for
me. I am not saying that I would turn Bradley Cooper away if he knocked
on my door, but my desire is drawn to abnormally interesting characters
and traits.
(03/26/10 4:00am)
There are certain things in life that must be learned the hard way.
After getting your jeans caught in the bicycle chain, you realize that
you must cuff them first.
(03/07/10 8:21pm)
The question to stand the test of time is whether or not men and women can be just friends.
(02/25/10 5:53am)
I conducted an experiment. Test subjects A, B, and C consisted of three males.
Dependent variables were the modes of communication between myself and the subjects.
(02/18/10 5:00am)
Pussies. From their claws and fangs to their mysterious prowl, I hate cats. Who knew this fear would follow me to college?
(02/12/10 5:00am)
The difference between how Nancy and I will be spending Valentine’s Day
this year is that Nancy will be sober, and I will be drunk.
(02/11/10 4:17am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Rather than play battle of the bands, the Bloomington Area Music organization, or BAM!, strives to connect Bloomington’s thriving musical scene.In 2009, a group of volunteers coordinated a mission to enhance Bloomington’s variety of musical influences by supporting all aspects of its community.“BAM! was created to promote and encourage Bloomington as a music destination,” said Emily Brown, executive chair of the board of directors.Initially, the organization was inspired by the 2007 film, “Once,” in which musicians all had to bring something to the table.Local musician and member of BAM!, Jenn Cristy, will host social gatherings at different bars such as the Crazy Horse to enthuse musical involvement.With the addition of a few rounds of beer, Cristy said, “I swear to everything holy that if a mic is set up beside a drum set, a guitar and some bongos, people will get up and play.”While Cristy facilitates BAM!’s social interaction, treasurer Skip Daley distributes a monthly newsletter, “Siren.”“The ‘Siren’ is an avenue for the stakeholders of the music industry to learn and equally share in the happenings of Bloomington’s extremely rich musical community,” Daley said.Competition is not an issue as the newsletter is featured throughout Bloomington’s different venues and coffee shops. Dave Kubiak, owner of the Bluebird Nightclub, said he is in favor of anything trying to promote communication in Bloomington’s music scene.The owner of The Bishop, Stephen Westrich, said he agreed; a tension-free music environment in Bloomington is best.“We book different bands than the other venues and target an independent music audience,” Westrich said.Aside from bringing music venues to the same page, BAM! will be campaigning for local musicians and local authors at the upcoming event, “The Fruits of Labor Concert,” on April 23 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Five bands of different genres will play, and two authors will read from their Bloomington-themed cookbooks.Another BAM! member and Bloomington resident Melissa McReynolds said she welcomes and recruits artists from around the world to play in her house. “We have a wonderful array of artists, because Bloomington has an appreciative and educated audience passionate about what is happening,” McReynolds said.The listeners, she said, feed the music that makes Bloomington vibrate with artistic expression.“In my old town I was a freak if I played music,” said sophomore Antonya Wallace, member of the band called Handsome Dudes Minus One. “Whereas in Bloomington, you are weird if you don’t.”
(02/05/10 5:00am)
While at a tailgate, I was
approached by a tall, decent-looking guy bearing a smirk that revealed
sneaky intentions. His overconfident introduction sent up red flags but
did not prepare me for what he said after our brief name exchange.
(12/08/09 4:23am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Instead of giving in to an abusive government, the victims in “Parentheses of Blood” decide to take a stand.The play by Sony Labou Tansi focused on the terrors of government injustice and was performed at the Wells-Metz Theater as the last show of the Theatre and Drama Department’s fall season.The play continues at 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday.“No one has seen laughter disappear from a situation,” Director Edris Cooper-Anfiwoshe said. “Satires are not always ‘ha-ha’ funny. You have to pay for the laughs.” Although the freedom fighter Libertashio’s death is explicitly understood, there is a rule against acknowledging his absence. Soldiers then overtake Libertashio’s home. With guns pointed at their heads, his four daughters and cowardly nephew challenge the soldiers. The control by the soldiers drives the family members to the point where they are numb.The political unrest is shown as the soldiers ruthlessly rape the daughters and mutilate the nephew by cutting out his eyeball, followed by his ear and right hand. However, the seriousness is taken down a notch as the soldiers prance around like hooligans.“It was intense how the darkest side of human nature was combined with necessary comedy,” audience member and freshman Allison Vollmer said.The audience could not help but laugh as the character of the fool, played by junior James Moffatt, walked behind the commanding sergeant with childish mockery and spit rice from his mouth between bites of food.“His behavior was very Johnny Depp-esque of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’” audience member and freshman Kasie Ashton said.Besides being a comical figure, the fool could take part in the emotions of others. He squirms and falls down as the nephew, played by graduate student Shewan Howard, is being disfigured.Pinning them up against wooden planks, the soldiers grant each family member a last request before death.The second daughter Aleyo, played by senior Elizabeth McKinney, wishes to be married and the sergeant grants her wish. A doctor and his bride joined the festivities of Aleyo and the Sergeant’s wedding along with the priest needed to bless the vows. But tension prevails in the forced togetherness of enemies.The tormented nephew wails “Long Live Libertashio” to remind the partiers that there is nothing to be celebrated, because their death is near. And by going against the rule about mentioning Libertashio’s name, the nephew begins the revolution by turning the tables and intimidating the soldiers.Progressively, the wedding party chants along with the nephew, which enrages the sergeant who has the ears of all the party-goers removed.Numb to real humanity and desperate for an understanding of their situation, the victims question their existence.“If we are in pain, we are alive,” Aleyo says.
(12/04/09 5:03am)
In “Parentheses of Blood” by Sony Labou Tansi, directed by Edris
Cooper-Anifowoshe, the mockery of corruption is bound to stir shrieking
humor.
The production opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday with additional shows Saturday
and the next week at the Wells-Metz Theatre to close the Theatre and
Drama Department’s fall season.
(11/17/09 3:38am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Lips puckered and hips shook at the contemporary rendition of William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.”The play, which features both heterosexual and homosexual couples, was performed Friday and Saturday at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. Performances continue today through Saturday.This modern adaptation is not far off from Shakespearean plays 400 years ago, when all roles were played by men. In this case, men intentionally woo men, and women naturally fall in love with women.“Some alchemy happens between human beings,” director Fontaine Syer said. “When somebody falls in love, we’re not in control.”In the play, best friends Rosalind, played by graduate student Kristl Densley, and Celia, played by senior Gina DiSerio, resist conformity by wearing bright colors that stand out from the rest of the nobility. However, little do they know they will soon be far away from the royal court.Cupid shoots arrows at Orlando, played by senior Mark Banik, who was blown away by Rosalind’s confidence and wit. And after being accused of soiling her family’s reputation, Rosalind is banished from the court. Celia and Rosalind then strip themselves of their titles to enter the Forest of Arden, accompanied by Touchstone, a court jester in a blue bow tie, played by senior Taylor St. John.“Unusual for the time period, Shakespeare wrote a strong woman with quirk and humor that acted upon impulses,” Densley said.Rosalind disguises herself and drops her voice a few octaves lower to become a young man called Ganymede, while Celia, in blue jeans and tennis shoes, disguises herself as a commoner called Aliena and teases Rosalind about her macho man attempts.Lovestruck Orlando also wanders through the forest. He nails the poetry he wrote professing his love for Rosalind to branches and trees, hoping to leave a trail that will lead her to him. “Although she was dressed as a man, Rosalind still worked from her heart the whole time,” Densley said.In order for Rosalind to overcome her male alter-ego and remain close to Orlando, she persuades him to woo her as if she were Rosalind. Each day, Orlando submits himself to Ganymede’s beck and call.“In Elizabethan times, there was no distinction between male and female relations,” Banik said. “What matters is that they loved.”At the end of the play, newlyweds danced hand in hand around Rosalind before breaking into The Beatles’ classic “Twist and Shout.” “It made me feel so happy that everyone ended up with who they wanted,” audience member and junior Kerry Ipema said. Flowers decorated the trees to celebrate the weddings of the same-sex and heterosexual couples, as Rosalind and Orlando married.“It successfully brought a new dimension to the characters’ dynamic,” Densley said.
(11/16/09 2:46am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The BloomingPlays Development Series staged a variety of playwrights selected from across the state to perform drafts of their featured plays Saturday and Sunday.Audience members munched on cheese and crackers as they critiqued and asked questions about each play presented. Every play was followed by a session welcoming positive feedback where the audience could ask, “What about the play popped?” Questions would be answered by the playwright, and the playwright could also ask the audience questions.Josie Gingrich, who teamed with her mother in writing their play, “Things to Believe In,” said that after participating in the series last year, she enjoyed the interaction with the audience.Playwrights took turns narrating the stage direction of other plays as volunteer actors read from the script. “They are really different, but that is the cool thing to see how things evolve,” volunteer actress Erin Sullivan said.The series began with Matt Anderson’s play, “Virginia’s Last Drive,” in which a vivacious elderly woman is stood up at her driving test appointment at the DMV. Before tossing her car keys into a lake, she laughed as she said, “I don’t need a license to have fun.”In “Folds of Favor,” written by Brenda Hiatt Barber, rather than hang gliding or climbing Mount Everest, an aging mother shocks her three daughters with adventurous endeavors that will keep her out of the retirement home called “Geezer Groves.”Although the audience laughed out loud as the mother pitted her daughters against each other, four audience members suggested a different title for the play.“There are painful things underlying the comedy, and maybe there could be more focus on the mother for the title,” junior Grace Ruegsegger said.While some curb social anxiety by picturing everyone in their underwear, the main character of Gabe Gloden’s play, “How to Kill,” imagines murdering people in his mind. Audience member Chad Rabinowitz said that actually freezing the scene so the character can physically kill someone and activate his thoughts would be interesting before zoning back to reality. The back-to-back performances gave audience members the chance to see a play in its early stages while playwrights were able to take advantage of feedback before the BloomingPlays Festival next May.“It gave me a chance to see where ends needed to be tightened,” Barber said.
(11/13/09 4:14am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Like an Etch A Sketch, the BloomingPlays Development Series grants audiences the flexibility to smooth and shape the outlines of a playwright’s productions. Between the 80 plays submitted from Hoosiers across the state, nine plays were selected to be featured in the workshop by the Indianapolis Theatre Association and the Bloomington Playwrights Project. “The idea is to provide great talent of Bloomington and the state with a venue,” said managing director and included playwright Gabe Gloden.Ranging from five minutes to a full-length production, staged readings from each of the plays will be performed 11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday and 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. After each show, the audience is welcome to express commentary and criticism.“I want to hear what popped for the audience and what was negative to establish the strength of the play,” Gloden said. “It is a ‘spoonful of sugar’ theory applied to a feedback structure.”Structure and instant review of each staged reading will send all nine winning plays on their path to the BloomingPlays Festival in May 2010. Although most of the included playwrights have experience, two of the playwrights submitted their first play. The series will begin with a play about a spunky elderly woman who purposefully fails the DMV’s driving test every month because she admires her driving instructor. During one exam, the elderly lady’s crush is substituted by a different man who is forced to deal with her interesting driving skills, which at one point take them through a car wash. “It is a story where characters are physically trapped like a good Twilight Zone episode,” playwright Matt Anderson said. “The coolest part is how they handle the situation at hand.”The envisioned car wash bubbles will be cleaned off the stage to perform a reading of a dirtier atmosphere of a New York City subway.Two construction workers riding the F Train support and beef each other up with tough love.Playwright Chris White said she was inspired by watching a young man and woman on the subway. “Two or three times over the course of watching, one of them would reach up and smack the other in the face,” White said. “It was that classic sense of, ‘hey whatchu doin?’ combined with loyalty and camaraderie.”After writing historic romance novels, Brenda Hiatt Barber took a swing at writing a play and called it “Folds of Favor” from its original title “The Good Daughter.”A seemingly delirious and aging mother throws her three daughters’ heads for a whirl as she tricks them into a situation giving her the last laugh. Sneak peeks of plays before their actual polished production are an opportunity to shout thoughts normally concealed during an afternoon of theater.“A playwright tends to have mixed feelings about input, but the trick is always balancing the intuition of a piece’s vision with outside perspective,” White said.
(11/12/09 2:10am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” proves people still fall weak in the knees to the temptations of love, even after 400 years.The play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, as well as 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 to 21 at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. Regular admission is $20, $15 for students/seniors, $12 student rush tickets with a valid student ID on the day of each performance. Tickets are available at IU Auditorium or online at www.theatre.indiana.edu. Not far off from Elizabethan plays, in which male characters wooed female characters played by young boys, this modern version embodies females in typically male roles and vice versa.Curtains rise on Friday at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre to reveal the adventures of love in a battlefield, with laughter in place of sword fighting. “The difference between a tragedy and a comedy is at the end of the play, the stage is not littered with dead bodies and rather with celebrations,” Director Fontaine Syer said.Journeying into the Robin Hood-esque Forest of Arden and away from burdens of court life leads one of Shakespeare’s most compelling female characters, Rosalind, played by graduated student Kristl Densley, into the tricky games of love. She is accompanied in disguise by her beloved cousin, Celia, played by senior Gina DeSerio, and they must cleverly embrace the enchanting power of a hidden world. “I thought of Katharine Hepburn who often wore pants when designing Rosalind’s spunky and strong female character,” senior and costume designer Jennifer Sheshko said. “A runaway in male disguise allows her to act out of persona and feel liberated.”Birds chirp and lutes play as same-sex and heterosexual couples fall head over heels, powerless to unequivocal attraction. “This play emphasizes love at all costs,” said graduate student Jaysen Wright, who plays the role of Silvius. “Gender doesn’t have anything to do with it.”As dukes become duchesses, the script follows suit, with altered pronouns replacing “he” with “she.”Unlike other Shakespeare tales with typically male-dominated casts, this adaptation focuses on female characters. One of the reasons for making so many characters female is because “women so often get cheated when we do Shakespeare,” Syer said. “There are always so many more men than women. The women’s roles are fabulous, but there usually aren’t very many of them.”In terms of the show’s set design, two worlds become one as columns in court become trees of a mysterious forest.The intricate veins of an open heart inspired the tree branches and depth of the Forest of Arden, said graduate student and scenic designer, Hyunsuk Shin. “I started from the human heart because love is not just the brainwork,” Shin said. Without rhyme or reason, hearts pitter pat while control and sanity is neglected.“Everyone should have the right to stand up with the one they love,” said Jonathan Courtemanche, graduate student and assistant director.
(10/29/09 4:13am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>There are so many things needed to prepare for a hot date. Circumstances of the play “Boom,” which runs through Nov. 15, at the John Waldron Arts Center, allowed the date to bring diapers, bourbon and tampons, which find more than one use. In light of the College of Arts and Sciences Themester about evolution, diversity and change, the Cardinal Stage Company presented a play that bounces between the thoughts of a creator and a scientist.“We just can’t get away from evolution,” Director Randy White said.Mike Price, who played the role of Jules, said it is a comedy mocking the idea that a great creator pulls levers to control themes of science. He added that it’s hard to discern what the playwright’s intentions are about science.Playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb unites Jules, who is a gay and virginal fish obsessed scientist, with a cynical fun-sucking young woman named Jo, who is played by Emily Goodson. The two meet through an online advertisement from craigslist to make “intensely significant coupling.”But first, Jo has to faint a few times before it hits her that it is the end of the world.As fish determine Jules’ scientific theory about a comet hitting Earth, the last remaining humans go on the endless blind date. In the bomb-shelter-meets-museum exhibit set, Jules and Jo misunderstand their date’s purpose. While Jo is trying to have sex with no strings attached and demands, “sex now!”, Jules is hoping to repopulate the universe. Then again, everyone has a different outlook of sex anyway, said audience member Melissa McReynolds. And blabber mouthed Jules can’t seem to remove his pants with his shoes still on his feet. In the corner of the stage, Barbara played by Diane Kondrat, is on the drums. She is the conscience museum tour guide, similar to Jiminy Cricket, and is also the zap of suspense all rolled into one character.Barbara interrupted the date several times to speak to the audience and say she “is not allowed to talk to.”At one point, she popped through a trap door on stage to ask the audience, “Where is all the poop?” as the characters spend hundreds of days in the shelter.“It’s a metaphor for evolution, just the fact that people don’t want the real story told,” said audience member Joni Mcgary. “So many people are afraid of facts and science.”
(10/26/09 2:24am)
Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s award-winning play “The Clean House,” directed
by Jonathan Michaelsen, opened Friday at the Wells-Metz Theatre to
audiences who laughed on the outside but cried on the inside.
(10/23/09 3:44am)
"The Clean House," an award-winning play contains themes mastering the complexity of
reality and unbelievable irony, opens 7:30 p.m. Friday at the
Wells-Metz Theatre.
(10/16/09 3:21am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The lively pluck of string instruments reverberated through out the open space of Rachael’s Cafe Thursday night as an audience came to see the last living member of legendary punk band The Ramones play bluegrass music.Lately, Tommy Ramone has switched off his punk roots to refresh his sound with an old country band called Uncle Monk. Paired with Claudia Tienan, originally from The Simplisitics, they have created a natural string instrument sound that took a café out of context from associative jazz connotations. Playing on a one of a kind F-style mandolin with Claudia on guitar, Ramone said, “I think it’s kind of alternative sound with old time sensibility,” Disarrayed genres somehow worked as puzzle pieces together as the experimental pop artist, Eric Radoux, Bloomington resident, opened the show.Next, local artist Scott Kellogg the tarot reader by day, rock star by night performed. He classified his music as “post-punk- hippie- mystic.”Those who are really into music do not close boxes of genres because it is all self expressive, sophomore Thatcher Runyeon said. Also playing at the homecoming game on Saturday performed Heather Shergeon along with award winning musician, Craig Haile. Their instruments were practically older than they were considering Shergeon bought an antique fiddle from the 1920’s and Haile’s guitar is 42 years old. Since Ramone was in the house, Shergeon said, “Let’s take it up a notch tonight and rock out!”Attendees showed up at the concert in leather jackets and Ramones tee-shirts as if Rachael’s Cafe was an underground punk Venue in New York such as CBGB.Uncle Monk strayed away from their bluegrass alias to play the Ramones song, “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” as well as, “I Fought the Law,” originally by The Clash. “It’s great to hear punk pulled off as bluegrass,” crowd member, Gim Timgourley said. A Ramones cover band from Madison, Indiana journeyed to hear Uncle Monk play out of curiosity.“While most guys play golf, we’re in a punk band,” Scott Koelner said.Making coffee mugs shake, the audience clapped and stomped their feet. No matter the scene, Uncle Monk has performed across the United States ranging from Honky Tonk bars, to backyards.As artists from Ramone’s generation, Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Bob Dylan continue to tour, Ramone said, “It’s all about connecting with an audience.”Every artists plays for a different reason and Tienan said she loves it for the spirit and passion of old folk.Many would not have foreseen a ground breaking punk band member transition into bluegrass. “Old punks don’t die, they just go country,” Bloomington native, Travis Tee said.
(10/15/09 4:46am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The drummer of the Ramones sets his drum sticks aside to put on his cowboy hat.Tommy Ramone, the last surviving founding member of legendary punk band the Ramones, will be performing 7 p.m. today at Rachael’s Cafe.Rather than the head-bopping pop punk music revolutionized by the Ramones, Ramone will be performing bluegrass music with his partner, Claudia Tienan, in their band Uncle Monk.After having Uncle Monk play at her family farm house in Nebraska, Bloomington resident Melissa McReynolds invited the bluegrass duo to perform in Bloomington.McReynolds said she loves keeping live music alive and the out-of-town Uncle Monk will bring Bloomington great talent. Initially, Ramone met Tienan and started a three-piece jam band complete with a bass, an electric guitar and drums. Eventually, the pair changed their instrument repertoire. With both musicians on vocals, Ramone plays mandolin, banjo, dobro and guitar, while Tienan plays guitar and bass. “Ya know, I got a banjo, unplugged and turned acoustic,” Ramone said.Ramone grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, N.Y., where he and his brother would take old records of country music artists such as The Carter Family band and their favorite, Hank Williams, to the library to make tape copies. Although Ramone has been involved in an old country music genre, there was a time when the artist was more radical. On his first day at Forest Hills High School, Ramone met John Cummings, who later became Johnny Ramone, the guitarist of the Ramones. Together they started a band called Tangerine Puppets, where Ramone played lead guitar.While working as a teen intern at the legendary Record Plant Studios, which has helped make names such as Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix and The Velvet Underground famous, he reunited with his pal Johnny. They then started a band that would help invent the pop punk music genre. Ramone said although Uncle Monk is influenced by Hank Williams and Grammy-winning folk artist Gillian Welch, he can’t help being affected by everything in music, considering he grew up during the brink of rock ’n’ roll. “I am a music freak, and there’s great stuff on the radio,” Ramone said.In a 2006 review, the New York Times wrote, “Tommy Ramone plays a mean mandolin in this new acoustic duo, singing tautly written songs much like Ramones songs, but with tenderness about the comforts and subtle politics of home life.”Ramone said their songs are based mostly on their lives while also beholding emotional and humorous elements.Uncle Monk will be featuring a song about how to deal with your boss at work called, “Mr. Indie Cop,” as well as a song about getting ready for the future, called “Around the Bend.”Tienan is musically darker while Ramone has a lighter approach, Ramone said. He said that he and Tienan complement each other in a “yin and yang sort of way.”