The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Tuesday’s night of the living Dead

February 26, 2013

Club Metronome is the perfect place for an event like Dead Set Tuesdays. The Dead Set, a weekly jam session that includes Grateful Dead cover band Cats Under the Stars and special guests, began as a throwback...

Tuesday’s night of the living Dead

February 26, 2013

Club Metronome is the perfect place for an event like Dead Set Tuesdays. The Dead Set, a weekly jam session that includes Grateful Dead cover band Cats Under the Stars and special guests, began as a throwback...

The Cynic Covers The Bash at the Stash

February 20, 2013

We came for the snowboarding and stayed for the free burgers. Joking aside, TheCynic's video team (video guy, really) filmed the Burton Flagship Store's Bash at the Stash Intercollegiate rail jam last...

Aesop rocks HG crowd

February 20, 2013

The lights dimmed down low as DJ Big Wiz took his place behind the mixing table against the back wall of the Higher Ground stage Feb. 15.The projection screen backdrop lit up as the words Aesop Rock were...

Art of ‘gloving’ no stranger to controversy

February 20, 2013

Despite having its roots on the west coast, the seven-year old art form called gloving has become a common sight in the Burlington night scene that some students have quickly made their own.Gloving has...

High Trash

February 20, 2013

Last Fall, the University issued a campus-wide ban on the sale of bottled water, ushered in by student activists and celebrated with the installation of a Davis Center arbor constructed entirely of plastic...

The Cynical Listener

February 20, 2013

Foxygen, a Los Angeles-based songwriting duo, is comprised of longtime friends who have produced countless EPs of ranging quality and sound beginning in their early teenage years. The newest album, released...

The Cynical Viewer

February 20, 2013

If I had a time machine I would love to walk onto the set of SNL in 1977 and tell a young, mustached, up-and-coming Bill Murray that in 36 years he would play the U.S. president in a Golden Globe- nominated...

Papadosio unfiltered

February 13, 2013

Its hard to say exactly what kind of music Papadosio creates.Anthony Thogmartin (vocals), Mike Healy (drums), Rob McConnel (bass) and brothers Billy and Sam Brouse (keyboard/synthesizer), have all come...

A Valentine’s Day playlist

February 13, 2013

So you want to have a magical Valentine's Day with your significant other, but you don't know what music to play? I'll set you right. Junior Boys - "Sneak a Picture" This song deftly walks the line between...

A Valentines Day playlist

February 13, 2013

So you want to have a magical Valentines Day with your significant other, but you dont know what music to play? Ill set you right.Junior Boys Sneak a PictureThis song deftly walks the line between an...

Five films to touch your heart

February 13, 2013

Lets face it: Valentines Day isnt for everyone. Its a hard pill to swallow no matter your status, and if youre alone on V-Day, its even harder. But thats where the magic of movies comes in.Forget true...

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