Mason's Blog

Driving through the flat grass-covered fields of middle America was nothing less than boring. We might see a house if we got lucky and maybe a billboard every 50 miles.  We found ourselves in Kentucky and once we reached our destination, the boredom we faced all seemed worth it. We found ourselves upon a natural wonder of the United States – Mammoth Cave National Park! The longest cave system in the world was ready to be explored and we did what everyone does when they arrive, schedule a tour of the caves. We decided to do the shortest tour because this was simply a stop on our way to somewhere else. Even though this pretext of a couple hour long stop set expectations it quickly became one of the most interesting parts of the trip. Right outside the visitor center stood our tour guide along with eight other people. The guide explained some rules for the tour and we disembarked. The guide had warned us, “it will be humid and hot down there”, but we didn’t pay any mind to that becaus...

"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse". Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation Swinging into theaters on June 2, “ Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse ” is the hotly anticipated sequel to the 2018 smash hit film “Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse.” This film stands as part one of the finale of the “Spider-verse” series. Many laud “Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse” as one of, if not, the best animated movies ever created for its animation, themes, and story and how do you beat that — by being its sequel. The story picks up about a year after the events of “Into the Spider-verse” with Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) separated into their own spider-verses. The movie opens with Gwen fighting the classic Spider-Man villain The Vulture and meeting Miguel O’Hara (Oscar Isaac) and Jessica Drew (Issa Rae).  It then jumps forward four months and into a new universe, now following Miles trying to defeat a new villain, The Spot (Jason Schwartzman). The...

OhVee opening for BIGBABYGUCCI at Madame Lous. Photo taken by Rico Suavè Jr. From LBCC student to a star in the making, Oliver Vatcoskay also known as OhVee is steadily rising in the musical world. Recently he’s had guest performances with the popular rappers Yung Bans and F1lthy who each have more than half a million listeners.  He also recently opened for the popular artist BIGBABYGUCCI at Madame Lous in Seattle, Washington. As always, creating connections with popular artists is a must in the music industry and OhVee is steadily building that ladder into the stars. Born in Las Vegas, he moved to the Albany area in 2013 with his love of music already brewing. His goals have flourished with the support of his family and friends throughout the years.  When he was young he mixed pre-existing songs and now he mixes his own original music, sometimes with popular artists. Originally listening to rock music like Metallica and Santana he gradually shifted to rap where he would end...