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Big Brother meets artificial intelligence

Taylor Roth March 2, 2024

Progress through technology has greatly improved since the time of Pong and Pac-Man, evolving with every technological boom. But there is concern over its jurisdiction and how powerful it can be. Certain...

1989 (Taylor’s Version) vault songs expand original album

Molly Sweeney November 3, 2023

Nine years after the original release of “1989” by Taylor Swift, “Taylor’s Version” (TV) of the album is out and is a force to be reckoned with. “1989 (TV)” maintains a similar sound to the...

Taylor Swift’s Midnights has me managing expectations

Taylor Swift’s Midnights has me managing expectations

Carly Davis October 28, 2022

The queen of pop is back– and that comes with the fallibility of any modern monarchy. Sometimes, especially throughout Taylor Swift’s Midnights, that title feels unearned.  “Lavender Haze”...

CGI “Cats” leave absurd mess in your “Memory”

CGI “Cats” leave absurd mess in your “Memory”

January 11, 2020

Observer alumnus, Daniel Williams, is contributing the review. The summer of 2015, right after I graduated from high school, I was cast in a local Quad Cities production of “Cats.”  I came to love...

T-Swift fights back in fresh, fierce single

September 7, 2017

On August 24, Taylor Swift released her newest single “Look What You Made Me Do”, that has not only left Swifties but a large portion of mainstream media looking for more. Taylor has not released a...

Nominees for the 57th Grammy Awards Revealed

December 18, 2014

After a long year of surprise album releases, female-empowering music videos and some controversy, nominees for the 2015 Grammy Awards have been revealed. The Grammy Awards air on Feb. 8, but some artists...

Review: Swift uses new sound to cover old ground

November 5, 2014

Country beauty, Taylor Swift, has now left her bedazzled cowboy boots at home and made her way into the pop world. Fans have been waiting over two years for the album, “1989,” which introduces Swift's...

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