Page 12 • Lilley Stars in New Show • Fans Enjoy Season 3 AHS El GatoCulture • Friday, November 8, 2013 • www.elgatonews.com Blogs to browse Chris Lilley is a “private school girl ” by Anna Esslinger Culture Editor Thirty-eight-year-old Australian comedian Chris Lilley is a better high school mean girl than Regina George, Cortney Shayne, Humans of New York and all the Heathers combined. In his new mockumentary, Ja’mie: Private School Girl, Lilley reprises his beloved role as Ja’mie King, This heartwarming blog features photos of various a selfish, spoiled, and utterly horrible Australian teen who “didn’t people in New York with small stories and quotes ask to be hot.” The series premiered in Australia on Oct. 23 and from them. will premiere in the US in November on HBO. The comments that http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ Ja’mie says in passing can make anyone laugh, but the fact that she is played by a thirty- eight year old man in a brunette wig and a private school girl uni- form makes even the where she is desperately trying to become Australian most serious person of the Year. In We Can Be Heroes, she sponsors eighty- Rookie fall on the floor. five Sudanese children in need. Memorable scenes I was first intro- include when Ja’mie/Lilley performs a sensual pop duced to Ja’mie in dance routine in order to publicize her donations Established by fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson, Rookie the series Summer to Sudanese children, while wearing a pink, furry is an online magazine for teenage girls that features Heights High. In this choker. Although I don’t consider it as funny as art, fashion, DIY projects, and music directed towards show, Lilley played Summer Heights High, it is definitely a must see for teenage girls. three characters: an any Ja’mie or Chris Lilley fan. Despite being featured http://rookiemag.com/ egotistical, flamboyant drama teacher named Mr. G, a rebellious in two other series, Ja’mie now has a whole series devoted only to Tongan with a soft side named Jonah, and, of course, Ja’mie. Every her. From the looks of the trailer and clips that have been released, character was uproariously hilarious, but Ja’mie was definitely the Ja’mie is funnier and crueler than ever before. With lip-gloss and high stand-out. When she had an overbearing, romantic relationship socks in tow, Ja’mie starts her senior year as the School Captain at with the eleven-year old Sebastian or dressed up like a “sexy AIDS Hilford. The only word to describe her comes from Ja’mie herself, she nurse” to raise money for a formal, she had the audience in stitches. is simply “Ja’miezing.” Suri's Burn book Ja’mie also was featured in Lilley’s series We Can Be Heroes, (Sources: Thought Catalog, Buzzfeed) Written from the point of view of the stylish celebrity child, Suri Cruise, this hilarious blog insults other celebrity’s children. Pokemon X & Y is released http://surisburnbook.tumblr.com/ Sean Clark tures as well. Pokemon skills have gotten a huge visual upgrade; the Humor Editor battle sequences flow much better than in any other previous game. Just two days after the highly anticipated release on Oct. 12, 2 Watch out, because in Pokemon X & Y a horde of pokemon might million copies of the newest pokemon game, Pokemon X & Y, were gang up on you as you venture around the Kalos Region. Nintendo sold. The game is exclusively playable on the Nintendo 3DS, a hand- also added a new type of pokemon, “Fairy,” to counter the “Dragon” held gaming console that offers 3D graphics without type Pokemon. Players can customize how their avatars look any glasses. Nintendo amped up the graphics for the first time in any Pokemon game. Passive AGgressive Notes and fully utilized the 3DS’s capabilities in Pokemon X & Y has been widely received the newest Pokemon game. Anxious as captivating, innovative, and visually gamers around the world embarked appealing. IGN, a highly respected This hilarious blog shows pictures of passive agressive on another journey with 69 new gaming publication, gave the game signs and notes. If you thought you were the master Pokemon, making the grand a 9/10. Joystiq, another gaming of being passive agressive, you are nothing when total of Pokemon 718. publication, gave it 4 and a half being compared to these sass-masters. As we have seen in each stars out of 5, saying it is “hands- http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ Pokemon release, Nintendo down the best in the series.” always throws in several However, The Game Informer features to keep the games critiqued it as unoriginal, that entertaining. Players can it didn’t “break the mold.” The now walk in eight differ- Game Informer also said that, ent directions, as opposed “It still feels like a Pokémon Mental Floss to the original four direc- game, but the ease of player tions, and rollerskate or control, the updated art direc- This blog and magazine is perfect for any trivia buff. ride on various pokemon for tion, 3D graphics, and the scaling With random facts and trivia, this educational blog transportation. Nintendo has of the world make everything more will inform and entertain you. also added a feature that lets inviting, attractive, and fun.” For http://www.mentalfloss.com/ players develop a “relationship” 40 dollars, you can purchase either with their Pokemon by petting and Pokemon X or Pokemon Y and decide feeding them. for yourself whether the new installment is The battling system has some new fea- truly better than its predecessors. ARCADE FIRE’S REFLEKTOR IMPRESSES MUSIC LOVERS by Justine Reyes Win Butler’s trip to a post-earthquake rural town Haiti, where his wife and vocalist for the band, Regine Web Editor/Graphic Designer Chassagne, has ancestral roots. Bongo drums and multiple rhythmic synths shine through in Reflektor, an On Oct. 29, the Montreal-based band Arcade Fire dropped Reflektor, their fourth full-album release obvious homage to Haiti’s infamous Jamaican upbeat “rara” tempo. within the past twelve years. From their highly acclaimed 2004 debut album, Funeral, to their Grammy This album marks the band’s firstuse of a synthesizer, a huge leap from the band’s clad of infamous award-winning 2010 album, The Suburbs, Arcade Fire has never failed to fulfill the expectations of avid traditional instruments that they have been performing with for the majority of their careers. The band’s fans and music critics alike, an especially impressive accomplishment for a band who constantly shifts new heavy sound is cohesively accompanied with lyrics inspired by the 1959 film Black Orpheus, in par- between new sounds and genres. ticular its themes of isolation and death, Reflektor opens up their two-disc album with the title-track, Reflektor, a song that sounds like it and Søren Kierkegaard’s essay, “The Present could’ve been of a discotheque anthem in 1980’s Jamaica. This song is one of many inspired by frontman Age,” which ponders upon the modern age, passion, and reflection. Selecting just a few standout tracks is especially difficult with this album, which was created as a double feature album only after the band decided that most of the songs were too essential to pass up. Each song on this album has their own quirks to it, such as We Exist’s Billie Jean-esque bass line, Normal Person’s rockabilly guitar and piano riffs, “Here Comes the Night Time’s tropical melodies, and Joan of Arc’s punk cadence. Fans of this band will be pleasantly surprised by the twang of Arcade Fire’s new album, and newcomers alike will also be able to appreciate the refreshing sound that is Arcade Fire. all graphics courtesy wikicommons.