new media
Winter 2009
Mountains On Our Backs
by Carcrashlander: Cory Gray, Brian Wright ’02, Alexis Gideon, Cliff Hayes, and Jessica Wright ’02 :: Jealous Butcher Records :: Marisa Sandoval
Music
Nestled in the generally indescribable genre of indie music, Carcrashlander challenges the listener by continuing to venture into experimental music. In their most recent album, Mountains On Our Backs, the group combines basal vocals and keyboards with wildly discordant guitar riffs and deep percussion.The band began as a project by vocalist Cory Gray. With the addition of drummer Brian Wright, guitarist Alexis Gideon, bass guitarist Cliff Hayes, and flutist Jessica Wright, who doubles as b...Read more
Olive the Little Woolly Bugger :: Olive and the Big Stream :: Olive Goes for a Wild Ride
by Kirk Werner ’85 :: Johnson Books :: Larry Clark '94
Recreation, Children's books
Flyfishing— a sport and an art practiced for centuries—fascinates me with its smooth casts and rhythm, but I had never connected flyfishing with kids. At least not until Olive the Woolly Bugger, a cartoon “streamer” fly starring in a series of three books that introduce flyfishing to children.Playing off goofy fly names—like zonker, yellow sally, and gold-ribbed hare’s ear—author and angler Kirk Werner (’85 Comm.) creates a world of flies-in-training whose only goal is to cat...Read more
The Rising Sea
by Orrin H. Pilkey ’57 and Rob Young :: Island Press :: Larry Clark '94
Environmental studies
The island nations of Tuvalu and the Maldives, the Inupiat Eskimo village of Shishmaref, and Soldado Island off the Colombian coast might be tough to find on a geography quiz. But all of these locations foretell a future of oceans overwhelming coastlines. In each of these remote places, residents are either moving or preparing to move to higher ground before their homes get swallowed by the sea. Far more famous Venice also feels the threat of rising waters, along with sinking land. Iconi...Read more
