Author Sean Corbett

Alejandro Carrion '08 always kept the door open to his Loyola Hall room, welcoming visitors. His friends described him as "the nicest guy you'll ever meet." "Alex was a great person," said John Kamorowski '08, one of Carrion's closest friends at Fairfield.

Last night, a beautiful light in our home was darkened, said Fr. Jim Mayzik, S.J. during his homily to the throng of mourners who gathered Friday night in memory of Alejandro "Alex" Carrion '08, who died in Loyola Hall that morning. "Upon the death of a loved one, everything seems to come unglued .

During William Rom's freshman and sophomore years at Fairfield, he ran naked through the quad during a big-screen viewing of "Meet the Parents" two days after September 11th. He dumped buckets of water from a window on students walking outside. He broke a mirror with a football.

Tonight, Mike Falzone plays at the Acoustic Café with invited guests Clementine Broadcast (formerly the Miles Standish Monument), Monitor and the Merrimac (2004 graduate Dave Grazynski and his banjo), Alex Claydon and Mike Davis. Falzone, who did the inviting, says it's just like any other show on any other night.

by Sean Corbett With all the negative press recently about Fairfield University's disturbing homogeneity, one of its bands unknowingly lends a helping hand. Yes, it's made up of four young white kids. And it is very possible that their parents bought their instruments for them.

What do the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, U-2, The Police, Phish, the Black Crowes, Steve Martin and Bob Dylan have in common? They have all spent at least an hour and half in front of an intimate crowd of about 1,000 at Toad's Place. Large venues such as Hartford's Meadows Music Theater and Oakdale Theater desire the intimacy of a rock club but cannot afford to cut their ticket sales.

Las Vetas You look at the various retro-styled chairs, the chimpanzees hanging from the tin ceiling helping to dimly light the small cozy room, and as Beethoven looks on wearing his snugly-tied pink scarf, you pull up the baby grand piano to try some fine pastry, read a titillating novel, and wash the whole inspirational scenario down with a medium café latte in the purple mug.

by Sean Corbett The smoke filled the stage, the floor shook, and the crowd at Toad's Place was taken back to the days of grunge-punk mid-'90s rock, courtesy of the band Everclear. Front man, founder and only remaining original member Art Alexakis stepped out from the darkness in a black knit hat, with his tattoo-covered arms, and humbly found himself back in the spotlight.

The Webster Theater In one large room, a popular local rock 'n' roll band glows in the blue and green spotlights at full volume as a crowd of 500 or so looks on in approval. In the other smaller night club-like room, the crew disassemble a drum set from the previous show and eagerly awaits the National Fetish Rights group "Bound" to pile in for their monthly party.

Acoustic Cafe From the outside, it is always a shock to walk in to the Acoustic Cafe. Standing in the doorway, you'll see dragons stream from the black ceiling, modern funky paintings, and a stage that is much closer than expected, all framed by a small window lined with small red theater curtains and tassels.