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THE FINE PRINT // This magazine was completed by Thomas Dillon Albee as part of the requirements for completion of Ball State University’s magazine design class (JOURN 323). Not all content was writen by Albee, however those that are not are cited on the page, and it should be known that only the design of those pages are the work of Albee. No copyright infringment intend-ed. All other content and design work is original to Albee.

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ON THE COVER // Gavin Wilkinson of The Bears of Blue River perform at Doc’s Music Hall in Muncie, Indiana. See full feature story for more!

ON THE BACK // Photo Submission of the Month (submitted via Twitter. Thanks, @ericalanMICHAEL)

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR // p. 8

NYC’s YUPPIE HIPSTER GODDESS // A look at NYC’s Janette Sadik-Khan -

transportation commissioner - and how this loved and hated political figure has made

bicycle travel safer in the city. // p. 5

SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GUIDE // The hottest music festivals to be at this summer // p. 7

THE BEST OF DIGITAL CAMERAS // Technology prices for digital cameras has dropped substantially over the last few years. The right investment could get you a camer perfect for your photographic tastes. // p. 9

TRANSFORMER PRIME vs. IPAD 3 // Check out the specifications of the two biggest names in the tablet market. Which is better? You decide! // p. 11

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DEPECHE MODE IS REBORN // An album review from Vince Clark and Martin Gore’s newest album “Ssss” // p. 14

THE SPRING 2012 MICHAEL BASTIAN COLLECTION // A look at the James Dean-inspired collection that had the fashion world talking men’s wear...for one! //

p. 24

STREET SYTLE FROM 2012 PARIS FASHION WEEK // These fashionistas put their best forward while attending this year’s Paris Fashion Week // p. 25

THE BEARS ARE BACK // See what The Bears of Blue River have been up to, how their current tour is going, how their newest album, “Dames” was created

and how Muncie’s lasting impression still influences their music // p. 16

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NYC’s Yuppie hipster bicycle goddess

How exactly has one of NYC’s most loved and hated political figures revolutionized bicycle

transportation in the city.

by Jo Bob Briggs

Culture

NEW YORK—I used to

ride a bicycle in New

York when it was still the

Wild West out there.

We cyclists were so

hated by cabdrivers

that a lot of them—

and I’m sorry to be

racist about this, but it

was always the Middle

Eastern guys—would

try to see how close

they could get their

front bumper to your

rear wheel, so that if

you were doing, say,

20 miles an hour, which is not

uncommon if you’re hustling,

you’d be in constant fear of your

foot slipping off the pedal and

causing a slight slowdown, which

would get your bike flattened like

a pita and your body churned

into tahini paste.

The problem was, if you had to

bail out of a situation like that—

let’s say a sadistic Russian limo

driver is pushing your ass up First

Avenue and you’re waiting on

that second wind to kick in and

it’s not kicking in and the United

Nations headquarters building

is looming on the right and they

have a security cordon on the left

and they’ve got police vehicles

and security vans and all kinds

of spooky Men in Black

bullstuff forming an

obstacle course so

that you’re afraid of,

among other things,

snipers—let’s say you’re

in that situation and the

Russki is not gonna let

up, he’s not gonna slow

down, you know he’s

gonna run that gauntlet

like Smokey and the

Goddamn Siberian

Bandit, then you have

one choice and it’s not

pretty.

What you’re gonna do is you’re

gonna take the curb like Evel

Knievel going over the Snake River

Canyon—hopefully with more

success than he had.

First, you need to execute as

much of a complete 90-degree

hard right turn as you’re capable

of at that speed, which means

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you’re immediately gonna be

in danger of going into one of

those long slides underneath

somebody’s car that ends up

getting a million and a half views

on YouTube. But if you do stay

vertical and hit the curb straight-

on, you’re gonna need to jerk

your handlebars straight up so

that you can avoid taking a

header and making your spine a

permanent part of the 12-foot UN

security fence.

I’m not gonna turn him in; I don’t

have time to go to whatever

bureaucratic hearing they have

in whatever Brooklyn hellhole

they have it in, but I figure I get

four, five days of him wondering

whether his phone is gonna ring.

Like I said, that’s how the situation

was in the days of yore.

In 2007 Mayor Bloomberg

appointed a new transportation

commissioner named Janette

Sadik-Khan, and she made it

pretty clear pretty quickly that

she was opposed to permanent

spinal injury and brain-squashing

on the city’s streets. This woman is

a goddess. She has done more for

the cyclist in four years on the job

than anybody did in the previous

one hundred. By sheer force of

personality she’s managed to

install 250 miles of dedicated

bike lanes on the New York street

grid. Article taken from takimag.

com for educational purposes.

Written by Joe Bob Briggs. much

of a complete 90-degree hard

right turn as you’re capable of at

that speed, which means you’re

immediately gonna be in danger

of going into one of those long

slides underneath somebody’s car

that ends up getting a million and

a half views on YouTube. But if you

do stay vertical and hit the curb

straight-on, you’re gonna need to

jerk your handlebars straight up

so that you can avoid taking a

header and making your spine a

permanent part of the 12-foot UN

security fence.

Pay no attention to these people

who hate you almost as much as

stopped car. You’re gonna rest

your foot on his front bumper. And

you’re gonna look into his eyes.

You’re gonna do that for five

seconds. I personally don’t like

using the single-finger salute. Most

bikers do use it, but I prefer the

five-second stare—five seconds in

w\was in the days of yore.

In 2007 Mayor Bloomberg

appointed a new transportation

commissioner named Janette

Sadik-Khan, and she made it

pretty clear pretty quickly that

she was opposed to permanent

spinal injury and brain-squashing

on the city’s streets. This woman is

a goddess. She has done more for

the cyclist in four years on the job

than anybody did in the previous

one hundred. By sheer force of

personality she’s managed to

install 250 miles of dedicated bike

lanes on the New York street grid.

Excerpt taken from takimag.

com for educational purposes.

Written by Joe Bob Briggs.

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embrace it In the search for the perfect theme for a magazine, I realized the common thread between some of the most important people in my life - my friends - and myself. It is the fact that we are part of the “hipster generation.” Some refer to us as “Generation X” or “The Millenials” - I choose “The Hipster Generation.”

We have been taught from a young age that we are special. Though this is true, it has developed an interesting sociological conundrum: you are the only you, and you are special...just like everyone else. This is why the idea of “hipsterism” isn’t a fad, but rather a lifestyle.

You are part of a generation with incredible purpose and awesome opportunties to change the world. Embrace it.

You live life on the cutting edge. Though some may view you as unconventional, you’re the next big thing. Embrace it.

You are the young-at-heart and you don’t care who knows about your beautifully colorful personality. Embrace it.

I hope this magazine finds its way to your hands and you know that there are people out there that are exactly like you, while simultaneously being completely different.

Thomas Dillon Albee, Editor.

Editor // Dillon AlbeeDeputy Edito // Anna Wintor Copy Editor // Kelly Catrone

Art Director // Jay Manuel Photo Editor // Nigel Barker

Printing // Polestar Chantry

Dillon Albee // Editor-in-Chief

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Check out the best digitcal cameras on

the market, according to Lori Grunin - senior

editor at CNET.

T H E B E S T O F

digital cameras

An excellent dSLR for experienced shooters or Nikon professionals looking for a relatively sheap option, the Nikon D7000 delivers on almost all counts, including the company’s best shooting design to date.

Nikon D7000best prosumer dslr

With a lot to like and just a little to dislike, the Sony Alpha NEX-7 comes up a winner, albeit an expensive one.

Sony Alpha NEX-7Best interchangeable-lens compact

Review of Digital Cameras taken from CNET reviews. Opinions are that of Lori Grunin, Senior Editor.http://reviews.cnet.com/best-digital-cameras/

Feature junkies in search of a compact megazoom should get the Sony Cyber-shot DSK-HX9V

Sony cyber-shot dsc-hx9vbest consumer compact

For the money, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i is a great choice for dSLR videographers, and it’s a solid choice for creative still shooters

Canon EOS Rebel T3iBest DSLR under $1,000

Though we’d like it to perform better, dSLR shooters looking for a sidekick camera will find the Canon PowerShot S95’s top-flight photos and a full manual feature set worth the tradeoff of its compact size.

Canon PowerShot S95Best procumer compact

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Manufacturer // Asus

Product Type // Web tablet

Operating System // Android 4.0 (ICS)

Display // LED backlight

Resolution // 1280 x 800

Flash memory // 32 GB

RAM // 1 GB - LPDDR2 SDRAM

MicroSD // supported

Processor // NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-Core

Camera // Rear 8MP // Front 1.2 MP

Battery // Lithium polymer

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Dimensions // 10.4 in x 7.1 in x 0.3 in

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music Album Review

Depeche Mode is Reborn

artist // VCMG

ALbum // ssss

label // mute

Year // 2012

by jess harvell

Three decades after “Just Can’t Get Enought”, Depeche Mode’s Vince Clarke

and Martin Gore are back with 10 tracks of fierce, instrumental, no-bullshit techno

Vince Clarke and Martin Gore

might have conquered the world

together as members of Depeche

Mode’s original lineup, which held

together for just one album, 1981’s

Speak and Spell. (They conquered

it anyway, separately.) The clashing

aesthetics that probably provoked

the split are all too apparent when

you compare Speak and Spell

(written largely by Clarke) with the

music Depeche Mode’s made for

the last 30 years (written mostly by

Gore). Speak and Spell is blithe,

bright, and bouncy, qualities Clarke

took to projects like Yaz and Erasure,

which scored huge when he

combined this bubblegummy synth-

pop with over-the-top emoting and

a little ersatz soul. Depeche Mode

went for synth music’s darker strains,

turning it into digital stadium rock,

draping themselves in leather and

chains, delivering all that campy

S&M imagery and religious mania

and gaunt raunch with a much-

needed wink.

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What initially brought them

together was a love of electronic

music and a yearning for stardom.

The latter was what made their

music pop, of course, turning their

work (together and apart) into

one of the key transition points

from post-punk keyboard freaks

tinkering in their bedrooms to

synthesizer-wielding pretty boys

taking over the airwaves. While

their music may have reveled in

new technological toys, as synths

moved from expensive and

inaccessible

to the realm

of consumer

electronics,

their delivery

was pure

s h o w b i z ,

w h e t h e r

we’re talking

C l a r k e ’ s

B r o a d w a y

brassiness or

Gore’s grim-

but-cuddly goth melodrama. But

it’s that lifelong infatuation with

beats and bleeps that’s brought

them back together, three

decades after “Just Can’t Get

Enough”, as VCMG, with 10 tracks

of the kind of fierce, instrumental,

no-bullshit techno that was as

left-field popular in 1988 as 1998

as 2008. It’s often witty, with a kind

of robots-running-amok charm,

and always attention-grabbing,

at least in small doses. But friendly

it ain’t.

On the one hand, their timing

seems perfect, since instrumental

dance music is enjoying a level

of almost unprecedented mass-

cult saturation in America. On

the other hand, Ssss is appearing

at a time when dance fans both

overground and underground

have violently veered away from

the scorched-earth minimalism of

VCMG tracks like “Aftermaths”,

whether it’s

indie kids

r u n n i n g

toward early-

1990s pop

house or Hot

Topic habitués

headbanging

to Skrillex’s

s c r e a m o -

meets-Aphex.

Which isn’t to

say that there

are no of-the-moment touches.

“Bendy Bass” is six minutes of

queasy wobble-- one hesitates to

call it a “drop” since it practically

consumes the whole track-- that

doesn’t recall dubstep so much

as recent dubstep’s debts to

techno. Excerpts and photos taken

from Pitchfork Magazine Online for

educational purposes.

h t t p : / / p i t c h f o r k . c o m / r e v i e w s /

albums/16369-ssss/

Because even

after they scrape their music clean

of pop and pare things down to the

metronomic essentials, they still can’t

hide the fact that they were born to

make music that sounds as big

as possible.

Depeche Mode Discography //

1981 // Speak & Spell

1982 // A Broken Frame

1983 // Construction Time Again

1984 // Some Great Reward

1986 // Black Celebration

1987 // Music for the Masses

1990 // Violator

1993 // Songs of Faith & Devotion

1997 // Ultra

2001 // Exciter

2005 // Playing the Angel

2009 // Sounds of the Universe

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THE BEARS OF

Formed in 2008, The Bears of Blue River have been climbing their way up the indie-

music latter - and pretty soon, they will climb their way all the way to the top. See what The Bears have been up to, how their current tour is going, how their

newest album, “Dames” was created and how Muncie’s lasting impression still influences their music.

share the bear

BLUE RIVER

THE BearsAre Back!

^^ above // The Bears of Blue River performing at Doc’s Music Halll in Muncie, Indiana. Before the show, The Bears did a live, on-air interview with Mike Martin and Heather Marie Collins of FMRoots Music.

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Pop-folk band THE Bears of Blue River return to

Muncie, Indiana, where it all began for the up-and-coming quartet.

MY FRIEND MAGGIE,

THE FOLK-POP SENSATION //

Margaret Alexandra Gard – or

Maggie, to her friends – was

studying journalism at Ball State

University when she realized that

the classroom wasn’t for her quite

yet. But she could tell that Muncie,

Indiana would serve a very

important purpose in her future

plans.

This is how my friend Maggie

became a folk-pop superstar.

Soon enough, Maggie realized

something incredible; she had a

desire for adventure, a passion

to create music and a couple

of friends who shared the same

vision. A friend of Maggie’s – Gavin

Wilkinson – was starting a band

and asked Maggie to be part of

the experience. She agreed and

after a varied group of people

coming and going through the

band’s career, The Bears are now

a quartet folk-pop group that is

touring the U.S.

Though they were formed in

Muncie, the band relocated to

Chicago and began recording

in early 2009. After playing some

shows and getting noticed by

such acts as Margot & The Nuclear

So & So’s, Jookaboz, Avi Buffalo,

Daniel Johnston and Caroline

Smith & The Good Night Sleeps,

the band is quickly becoming one

of the biggest names in the indie

folk rock industry.

The Bears released their first album,

“The Killer Bee Scare” in October

2009. But with the release of their

latest album, “Dames” in October

2011, they spend time traveling

together and performing in

venues across the nation.

In their latest tour, the Bears

returned to Muncie, where it all

began for them. The Bears were

featured in a live, on-air interview

with FMMusic Live and performed

a set at Doc’s Music Hall, where just

a few years prior, they performed

some of their first shows.

In an interview with Mike Martin

and Heather Marie Collins of

FMMusic Live, The Bears discuss

tours, their newest album Dames

>> right // Maggie Gard, a found-ing member of The Bears of Blue River lends her soft, airy voice to the group’s male-dominated timbre.

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and how Muncie has had an

impact on the band’s music style.

In talks with Martin and Collins, The

Bears gave some great insight into

how they have been living life on

the road and creating music for

everyone to enjoy.

When asked how the name

“Dames” was created for the

group’s newest album, Wilkinson

explained there really wasn’t too

much of a story behind it, but it

encompasses so much of what The

Bears sing about.

“Well, our old guitar player, Ben, he

was joking with me and said, ‘All

your songs are about Dames!” I

was like, ‘That’s the record’s name,

there you go!’ So, nothing too

amazing. No great story”

It might not be the most amazing

of stories, however they continue

to explain that many of the songs

are about love and how they have

come to dealing with the love and

loss of love while growing up in the

Midwest. “Dames. Love, I guess…or

lack there of,” Wilkinson said.

The Glories of the Road //

The Bears left Chicago in late

January to begin touring to promote

“Dames” and with only two weeks

of touring complete, they already

had great stories of their travels.

“We left Chicago, and we’ve done

shows in Wisconsin, Minnesota,

Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and

Missouri (yeah, unfortunately)” said

Wilkinson.

One of the incredible stories they

had to tell of their travels involved

their bus and how it met it’s fateful

end in Fort Wayne, Indiana just days

before.

“[The van] finally died. Since then,

we’ve sold our souls to Huntington

National Bank for a loan to buy a

van. And now they kill our dreams

every month with their payments,”

Wilkinson said.

The group collected funds together

to make the new tour van come to

fruition. Though it wasn’t the retro-

<< left // Gavin Wilkinson of The Bears of Blue River sings the newest single from their album, “Dames”.

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awesome 1980’s Chevrolet Astro

van, the group enjoys the new

wheels.

“The new van is accessible from

any of the doors now,” laughed

Maggie Gard.

Wilkinson explained that when it

comes to touring, the hardest part

is the money. The band mates all

live within the Chicago area and

when they aren’t touring, they are

working ‘day jobs’ to pay their

way through the tour.

“It’s call…van before food,”

Wilkinson joked.

The Making of “Dames” //

FMRoots Radio show host, Mike

Martin, has created a number

of albums himself. In talking with

Wilkinson and The Bears, he stresses

the importance of financially

supporting up-and-coming artist.

“A lot of people listening don’t

realize what goes into a good

independent record. It comes

down to food or the next payment

on the album,” Martin said.

“Dames”, which began recording

in October 2010, was released

in September 2011. When asked

why it took so long to release, the

answer was quite simple: money.

“I just wanted it to sound as good

as possible, so we went a really

nice route with recording it, and

then mastering it. It took a while to

pay off. And then we release it, but

man it took forever. Which I guess

is normal for bands,” Wilkinson

said. “I eat a lot of Ramen and

Campbell’s soup.”

The Muncie Impact //

Though the band currently resides

in beautiful Chicago, it was

formed while Wilkinson was living

with family in his hometown of

Muncie, Indiana. Though he may

live a totally different life in the

big city that he did in Muncie, the

impact of Muncie has had on The

Bears music is still very noticeable.

“We were talking a long time

ago with some friend, and one of

our friend were making fun of a

couple of our songs. He said it had

something he called, ‘Everything

Now ending’.” Wilkinson said.

“Everything, Now” - another band

that hails from the land of Muncie

– was a favorite band for Wilkinson

and fellow Muncie native/bassist

Justin Allen Spring.

“I think, just like, the bands growing

up. We always listened to them

and then we played with them.

That alone is a huge inspiration;

huge motivation,” Spring said.

“’Everything, Now’ taught us how

to end our songs.”

But the bouncy, jovial, light-

hearted folk-pop that The Bears

are playing today is a far cry from

where Wilkinson got his start.

“Growing up here, I played in a

hardcore band first, which, is funny

to me, but then I saw ‘Everything,

Now’ play and I was like, Whoa!

There’s other music out there!’

And then I totally changed the

“My mother is just lovely. and my

grandmother, who’s here tonight, is 90 years old. She had

mouth surgery this morning and still came to the show

because she’s rock and roll. That’s where I get my Rock

and Roll Genes!”

- Gavin wilkinson, SingerThe bears of blue river

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stuff I wrote.”

But the most important impact

Muncie has had, specifically on

Wilkinson, but also for others in

the band, is the notion of family.

Wilkinson’s entire family resides in

Muncie, Indiana and the support

he gets from them is incredible.

On the night of the performance,

Wilkinson’s mother and

grandmother were in attendance,

as well as other family members.

Wilkinson express his undying

gratitude for their support in his

musical endevours.

“[My mother] is just…lovely. And my

grandmother, who’s here tonight

is 90 years old and had mouth

surgery this morning and she

still came to the show,

because she’s rock

and roll. That’s

where I got my

rock and roll

genes!”

^^ above // Album art for The Bears of Blue River’s newest album,

“Dames”

below // Justin Spring performs a variety of instruments for The Bears,

including bass and steel guitar.

“Flamingo” (2010)

“FERAL CHILD” (2011)

“CRY BABY” (2011)

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“The Bears of Blue River are big on melody. Huge on it, in fact. Their debut full-length, Dames, is in many ways an ode to melody, a testament to the infinitude of a powerful hook, a refreshingly simple pop album with more than a few hidden treasures. Dames can be cute and sparkly, it can be sassy and moody, and it can even rock out pretty hard at times, but above all it acts as a young band’s tribute to the last sixty years of pop music, at once pensively nostalgic and unabashedly modern. And the melodies are towering, constructed as they are on a firm foundation of musical knowledge and discerning taste.” - Jon Rogers (Musical Family Tree)

“Lead singer Gavin Wilkinson strums our heartstrings and gives us the opportunity to slump down into our body’s most comfortable shape and form, becoming as much of a relaxing lumps that our organs and bones will allow. The four new songs heard here give off an aura of dancing beneath the most expansive and breath-taking moonlight, definitely a bottle deep in the evening, spying fireflies and commenting to your partner that the breeze sure is lovely and wouldn’t it be hard to beat a night like this one? They feel like old loves and yet like the promise of new love as well, getting us to a feeling of unstrained possibility and abundant purpose. They feel like days that pass so swiftly and simply don’t come along all that often.” - Sean Moeller (Daytrotter)

“Chicago sextet The Bears of Blue River serve up bubbly indie-pop with a pinch of country twang and cutesy boy/girl vocals on their newly released debut EP, “The Killer Bee Scare.” The combination of jangly guitars, exuberant harmonies and gently chugging rhythms works wonders on record, and will likely hold up just as strongly on stage tonight”- Metro “Symphonic melodies, folky guitar plucking, and the all-around peaceful aura of the music and vocals caught my ear! I tend to like bands that use both a male and a female voice in creaming melodies and harmonies. Bears of Blue River do that brilliantly.” - Sunsetintherearview.com

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fashion The Spring 2012

CollectionMichael Bastian

If the mosaic of his face, the distinct red

washed canvas windbreaker, or the lush throw-

back soundtrack wasn’t clear enough, let us

tell you straight away: James Dean was the guid-

ing light of Michael Bastian’s return to New York Fash-

ion Week. And it was glorious. The classic American sportswear

master drafted a show with tension and drama, debuting a vari-

ety of modified U.S.A. staples, like army jacket shirts, nylon garage

coveralls, and linens in indigo herringbone. He also made way for

some modernized high school iconography, with a wrestler’s sin-

glet and headgear, swimmer’s kit, and perfectly lived-in rugby

shirts emerging as highlights. And if the stakes were in ever in ques-

tion, peek under the collar of his oxford-cloth shirts, where a man-

tra announced Bastian’s mission statement: Live Fast, Die Young.

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