There aren’t too many things in this world that can make a comeback.  (Trailing sports teams, disheveled recording artists, and the McRib are some of the things that fit in this category.)  But the comeback of the year will take place on May 26th, 2013 when Arrested Development Season 4 premieres on Netflix after being off [...]

To those who didn’t take part in the greatest night of the year, I’m sorry. With the shooting stars and the skills competitions, and the three-point and the dunk contests, Saturday night could only be called one thing—All-Star Saturday night. I’ll be the first to admit that if you didn’t watch it this year because of how poor [...]

*Warning: this post contains mild spoilers.* Last week I had a great Facebook conversation with another Consider alum, Elton Li, about Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Django Unchained. So, I’m going to use this post to reproduce some of what I said in that conversation and riff on that a bit. Here’s the premise of the movie (if you’re not already [...]

A friend once kiddingly told me the following riddle: “How do you get rid of all the hipsters in the world?  Tell them that breathing is mainstream.”  Though this is obviously a joke, it calls into question the true motive behind hipster culture.  Are people driven to “hipsterdom” because of a legitimate uniqueness in their tastes [...]

I have seen some great concerts throughout my college career – and oddly enough, none of them have been in Ann Arbor.  I have spent unnecessary amounts of money on cab rides or rented buses to go to nearby colleges like Eastern Michigan University or cities like Plymouth and Detroit.  And while the great shows [...]

A great man once said, “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down.”  While the forces of nature have gotten to Chumbawumba (they recently broke up after a 30-year career), there is one city that has that maxim tattooed on its face: Detroit, Michigan. Yes, I am one of those [...]