Jasper Jams

Jasper Jams: Every Day Is Valentine’s Day

February 24, 2019

Editor’s Note: Jasper Jams will return to posting on Sunday afternoons; it previously followed this schedule but was changed to Wednesday afternoons. Love songs are a mix of extremely intimate and hyper-commercialized, which is an interesting [...]

Jasper Jams: Grammy Nominations

February 9, 2019

Jasper Jams started up again in February of last year as a way to talk about the results of the Grammy Award ceremony, so it’s only fitting that with this column’s one year anniversary, we talk predictions. The Grammy Awards are taking place [...]

Jasper Jams: Winter Break Releases

January 23, 2019

While you were catching up on sleep or with high school friends, traveling abroad, to the next state over or just staying on your local roads, everyone else kept on working, including musicians. The holiday season usually keeps everyone busy enough [...]

Jasper Jams: Study Music

November 28, 2018

In the last few weeks of the semester, with all of the projects, papers, quizzes, presentations and last minute tests, it’s important to get to work. I’ve practically been living in the library lately, all I’m missing is food and a shower [...]

Jasper Jams: Thanksgiving Music

November 14, 2018

The second the clock turned from 11:59 p.m. on October 31st to 12:00 a.m. on November 1st, my suite-mate started listening to Christmas music. I actually think she probably started listening to Christmas music before Halloween even happened. I, for [...]

The Search for Springfest

November 2, 2018

by GABRIELLA DEPINHO, Asst. News Editor It’s that time of year again: the leaves are falling, midterms are over, the sun sets at 6 p.m. and you’re already tired of it being cold and can’t wait until it’s spring again. As if Student [...]

Jasper Jams: The Art of the Movie Soundtrack

October 17, 2018

Great movies have great soundtracks. Terrible movies with good soundtracks become bearable. It’s undeniable that music impacts the viewer’s experience but often, viewers don’t realize or appreciate it. For this week’s Jasper Jams, I decided [...]

Jasper Jams: Who is Jordan Davis?

October 3, 2018

Student Engagement announced via Instagram that Jordan Davis will be performing at Family Weekend on Saturday, October 13th. While having a named performer is a welcome change from Manhattan College’s usual Family Weekend cover band that plays [...]

Jasper Jams: Rainy Day Playlist

September 19, 2018

by GABRIELLA DEPINHO, Asst. News Editor Whether or not you particularly believe in climate change and global warming or even the round earth theory, but it’s hard to deny that the weather has been weird lately. We’ve been oscillating between [...]

Jasper Jams: My Songs of the Summer

September 5, 2018

Welcome back to Jasper Jams! Now that we’re back in the groove of the semester, it’s time to get groovy again. Whether you spent all summer working at a really cool internship or a minimum wage job, travelling the globe or just heading to the [...]