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AMP is the College of William & Mary's primary campus-wide programming board: which means that we create, choose, and run many campus-wide events. Please check in often to see what's going on every weekend, and get a glimpse behind-the-scenes of our events!
Bison is coming to WM tomorrow!
Today in the AMP office: early morning bingeing on this awesome Chesapeake-based indie-folk band. “Switzerland” is being played on the radio these days, but also worth checking out (other than, of course, the whole album) —- “Autumn Snow” for chillout folk, and “Quill” for all-around awesomeness.
Sometimes working with AMP is just grueling, grinding work, you know?
Follow the adventures of our beloved Scamp on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150629551555995&id=593550994&ref=notif¬if_t=feed_comment_reply#!/pages/Scamp-the-AMP-Squirrel/291518327581386
Come check out the last Late Nite trivia on April 7th in Tidewater B! Categories include:
Lord of the Rings
Riddles
Name the Famous Building
Titanic
Blockbusters
Surprise category!
Boromir wants you to go :).
Our new incentive program is in full swing, so there’s never been a better time to AMP up with us! All of our upcoming events are listed at http://web.wm.edu/amp and on facebook!
It’s that time of year again; five talented student comedians will perform during the spring COMEDYBREW! This semester’s competitors are Amelia Bane, BJ Garry, Matt Feresten, Tom Sheldrick, and Andy Goodstein. Use these personalized posters as your facebook photo to show your support for your favorite comedian!
Lana Del Rey- Born To Die
Lana Dely Rey epitomizes the saying, “no such thing as bad publicity.” Her first wave of buzz came crashing down with her SNL debut on January 14th, 2012- two weeks before she even had an album in stores. The performance was shaky, like many SNL performances, but the blogosphere responded with torches and Pitchforks (pun very much intended). Lana kept going though and, with the support of Liz Phair and Kristen Wiig (sort of), it does not seem like she is going anywhere soon.
‘Born To Die’ is sung like an American dream diary. The lyrics are bitter sweet reflections on getting to the top by any means necessary- an idea which Lana has no doubt had projected on to herself as well. Unfortunately, while the “gangster” celebrity image works on tracks like ”Video Games,” “Born to Die” and “Blue Jeans,” it crumbles at the slightest loss of subtlety. When “National Anthem” ends with “money is the anthem/ darling your so handsome” sung on repeat it makes the whole album feel too crass to buy into.
When the only way to hear Lana Del Rey was on YouTube it felt like you were seeing the Beatles at the Cavern Club in 1961. Unfortunately, it quickly became obvious the she is neither Lennon nor McCartney. She is, however, capable of good song writing and with her gorgeous and reckless persona it seems like Lana Del Rey could be around for a long time. Actual celebrity life could be just the thing her songs need.
“Who else is gonna put up with me this way?” she cries on ‘Off To The Races,’ and, ironically, it looks like the answer is everyone.
Charter Day Concert highlight reel.
Calling all funny people—
It’s that time of year again, when W&M’s funniest people audition for a chance to compete for fantastic prizes and the illustrious title of ComedyBrew Champion! If you or someone you know is incredibly funny and has what it takes to compete, sign up for a slot during our auditions on February 12th. Come prepared with a 5 minute set and earn yourself a spot in the final competition which will take place on February 25th.
