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restaurant review // Ingredient the taste of the town. one meal at a time
While walking down Mass Street on a summer afternoon, I passed by a Lawrence original, Ingredient. I always see people coming in and out of this hot spot and always say to myself that I will eat here the next time I am feeling famished, but never follow through on it. Except for today. Today I made the decision to eat there and follow through on my decision. It is safe to say that I was not disappointed by my visit.
When I walked in, I was impressed by the modernized design of the place and was immediately welcomed by friendly staff. As I got up to order there was so much to choose from that I felt a bit overwhelmed. Ingredient offers choices ranging from humungous salads and delicious wraps, to extravagant pizzas and incredible sandwiches. Once you order and pay, you go sit down and wait for your order and it's often packed
in there so you may be waiting for a while, which is truly the only downside. But once the food is set down in front of your face and you dive in, you know it was worth the wait.
The price range for Ingredient is about $10 to $15, so it's a good deal if you're looking for a spot for a date night.
BRETT PHILLIPPE
book review // Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey reading. it's not just for textbooks, you know
Sex scenes that will make you hot, action scenes better than the movies and revenge plots that will make you cringe. All these make Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey a sexy, provocative read.
The main character, Gideon, tries taking a break from his dangerous lifestyle as a world-renowned assassin, but gets sucked back in.
His vacation is cut short after a person Gideon calls "Grim Reaper" makes an attempt to end his life on a sunny beach in the Cayman Islands.
As the third installment to Dickey's Gideon series, Dying for Revenge makes the big-budget blockbuster movie look insignificant. Not only does this book have a sultry edge it also takes thrilling to a new level.
Dickey's character Gideon seems to be the right mix of villain-and-hero,
violence-and-love to make women melt and men think twice before approaching. No reader can deny that once getting into this character's head he is hard to hate even with the job of a killer.
What makes this book special besides its intense action and passionate sex scenes is the book's intricate detail. Dickey builds vivid scenes into the everthickening plot.
When looking for a book for pure pleasure no reader can go wrong with this book. What is a better way to end a day of stressful classes, boring reading assignments and typing papers than with a killer book?
AMBER JACKSON
movie review // 500 Days of Summer
Hollywood hits, indie flicks, and everything in between
500 Days of Summer, now playing at Liberty Hall, is a romantic comedy about a young guy, Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who meets Summer, the girl of his dreams (Zooey Deschanel) at the greeting card company when he works. The movie, played out of sequence, tells the story of how Tom woos Summer, who claims not to believe in traditional relationships, their eventual breakup and his eventual recovery.
The script is surprisingly clever, given that it comes from the writers of The Pink Panther 2. And while it is a movie with a thoughtful, realistic look at relationships, there are moments where the movie tries too hard. In an attempt to appeal to young, hip twentysomethings, writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber take every opportunity to insert cool pop-culture references that aren't really necessary to make the story work. Summer is a pretty girl with a cute, engaging personality. She wouldn't need to like The Smiths or read J.D. Salinger in order to be attractive to Tom. Likewise,
Tom is a young, likeable guy who's certainly good looking and friendly enough. Those scenes where he sings Karaoke to the Pixies? Don't need 'em. It's entirely possible to make this movie a good, solid story about a guy and a girl and have it interest the young folks without making it all about the hipsters.
Even though 500 Days of Summer borders on annoyingly "cool," the insights it gives into relationships and the feelings they stir up are touching and true. Deschanel is enchanting as the heartbreaker Summer, and Gordon-Levitt is sympathetic and easy to identify with as the romantic Tom. Even the supporting performances especially from Geoffrey Arend as Tom's best friend, are solid and funny. Those pop-culture references may be phony, but the performances and emotions aren't.
ABBY OLCESE
music review // KJHK's guide to sonic consumption
This semester, Jayplay is teaming up with the University's student-run radio station, KJHK, to provide you with music reviews from the top taste-makers of local, diverse college tunes. — the KJHK DJs themselves.
Watch this space.
So, if you're a music lover, a music maker, or just want to know what's cool on college radio, get excited.
To tide you over, here's KJHK's 15 most-played new albums as of Aug.4. (Charting begins again Aug.23.)
KJHK can be heard twenty-four/seven at 90.7fm and via kjhk.org
1. VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Sound Of Wonder: Rare Electronic Pop From The Lollywood Vaults 1973-1980 (B Music)
2. OWL CITY
Ocean Eyes (Universal Republic)
3. MIDNIGHT VINYL
The Perpetual Motion Machine EP (selfreleased)
4. VARIOUS ARTISTS
Well Hung: 20 Funk-Rock Eruptions From Beneath Communist Hungary Vol. 1 (B Music)
5. WHITE DENIM Fits
6. BIBIO
Ambivalence (Avenue Warp)
7. BOWERBIRDS Upper Air (Dead Oceans)
8. GOBBLE GOBBLE
Neon Graveyard (self-released)
9. EAR PWR Super Animal Brothers III (Carpark)
10. CORALIE CLEMENT Toystore (Compass)
11. PETER PROJECT Peter Project (Fuzzy Logic)
12. REBOTINI Music Components (Le Plan)
13. JAPANDROIDS
Post-Nothing (Polyvinyl)
14. CYMBALS EAT GUITARS Why There Are Mountains (Sister's Den)
15. SHAD The Old Prince (Black Box)
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