I have been waiting to talk about a free show I went to in Philly for many weeks now, but I keep forgetting and/or putting it off. If there was a way to wipe that memory clean I would. Anyway, back in the middle of September I went to a show with three friends at […]

Hey there Colonels! I hope the arrival of fall has you feeling awesome vibes. Tis’ the season of girl riots at grocery stores looking for pumpkin spiced everything…and good music of course. Here are a few new releases including some oldies that will sound great on your first fall Spotify playlist. When I think of […]

Welcome back Colonels! As usual the heat index goes sky high right when we come back to school. So just bear with the hot classrooms a bit longer and before you know it the leaves will be falling and it will be sweater weather. Just remember, sweater weather is better weather! Anyhoot! There will be […]

Hello colonels! It’s been over a month since I last posted (I swear I said that last time too.) Since then I have come across some excellent music releases. This summer, actually the whole year, has been great in the music world. Let’s get to it then. Since Ultraviolence was released by Lana Del Rey, […]

It’s been over a month since I have last made a post, and a lot has happened in the music world. I don’t even know where to begin! Some big names have put out albums, and some smaller names have put out pretty stellar singles. On June 10th, Jack White released his second solo album Lazaretto. […]

The past few weeks have been crazy in the music world with many new releases and upcoming announcements. Some new and unfamiliar acts have had singles charting on the Hot 100 that are quite surprising to me. Also, can we expect new material from the Foo Fighters and Lana Del Rey this year?! I’ll start […]

A nice turnout for a great cause was recently held in the student center parking lot. Wilkes University’s “Wilkes Chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers” recently held its eighth annual car show Sunday, April 27, in the parking lot of the Henry Student Center. The show brought out a lot of locals and current […]

The seventh annual Record Store Day was April 19. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend for the first time in a few years. It has since become a national phenomenon for independent music stores. This year in fact saw an 11 percent sales increase over last year’s event. According to USA Today, independent record stores had their […]

Hey there Beacon readers! Some music news to share with you for this lovely week in April. Seriously, this weather is amazing. I mean I love Winter and all, but if it can stay in the 60s all month that would be glorious. Anyway, with warmer weather comes the “summer” songs. Although there aren’t any […]

More than 200 hundred students from various schools attended the event hosted by Wilkes University Friday, April 11th.  The main keynote speaker  was Andrew Seaman.  He is a healthcare policy reporter for Reuters which is the worlds largest multimedia news provider. Other speakers included publisher John Plucenik of the Independent NEPA magazine, Kelly Choate of […]