By Zac Taylor
Editor-in-Chief

“Merry New Year!” Eddie Murphy exclaimed in Trading Places. One my favorites. How was your break? Mine was way too long. I couldn’t wait to get back to the land of single degree weather, ii-Vs, and dreamers in tight blue jeans. You’ll notice this issue is a little different, as we teamed up with Heavy Rotation Records to promote an awesome show with awesome bands. It will sell out soon, so get your tickets now at the BPC.

Thanks to everyone who participated in that pesky little Groove survey that was on CampusCruiser last month. We got tons of great responses—some positive, others scathing, many just plain vulgar. Some of the most common suggestions were: printing in color, more satirical and/or controversial content, and creating a website. Some common criticisms were: political biases, overly positive reviews of concerts, not enough R&B coverage, poor marketing and distribution, and an overall lack of presence in the Berklee community.    We’ll be developing the website over this semester, and we’re going to start having featured columns about a variety of topics including but not limited to organic food, video game music, and jazz, and we’re certainly all ears to anything else YOU suggest and want to write about. Also, we’re making a section called ‘Out of the Pocket’ that’s basically a rip off of The Onion—so that’s something to look forward to. If you’re an Onion fan or just a plain old wiseass, please submit something humorous to us: articles, parodies, comics, cartoons, crossword puzzles, etc.    

Keep in mind, The Groove isn’t Berklee Today. This is your newspaper. A place for you to vent. A forum to advertise your shows. This is what future students will read when you’re famous. John Mayer wrote an article for The Groove when he was a student here about Valentine’s Day in which he used the term “bubble gum tongue.”

Our door in the SAC is always open to you, so come say hello sometime. Make this the semester when everything clicks for you. Make friends with some new students. Write songs with passion. Go see live music. Speaking of which, see you at the Heavy Rotations Show on February 4.