The N Train

292 Magazine

292 is about fleeting souls, the lingering aftertaste of food from Ferris, the space between your fingers when you’re holding hands with someone, the 2 train, and the time you sneaked onto the roof of Hogan. 292 is an explosion.

292 is Hurricane Sandy’s alter ego, arriving without invitation and with intent to destroy. It’s Medea’s and Achilles’ rage combined, mixed with some Machiavelli and a little too much wine.

The 292 is an excuse to do whatever you want with your creativity; with your free time; with your money. Sometimes at Columbia, we forget we have these things. This publication is a reminder that we do possess these options. Sometimes, in larger amounts than we imagine, and the 292 is a reminder to use and maybe abuse them – within reason, of course. We are Columbia students, after all.

So, welcome to the 292. Or not welcome. Either way, leave your fears at the door.

292's Guide to: UK Bass Music

The late 90s and early 2000s were a fertile period for bass music, with UK garage, drum and bass and jungle rising from the ashes of rave culture and happy hardcore. Gone were the tie-dye and the ecstasy, and in came shuffling percussion and jittery rhythms, grimy bass and high-pitched vocal samples. Some artists, like Goldie, went for all-out bass assault, while Craig David aimed for the smoother end of the spectrum with his unique brand of beat-infused R&B. So Solid Crew were one of the first groups to combine rap with bass music, and unwittingly invented grime. The moment was short, sweet, and almost entirely forgotten. That is, until now.

Featuring:

• Bondax
• Rudimental
• Jamie xx
• AlunaGeorge
• Julio Bashmore
• Disclosure

7 reasons to love Matt Hitt more

7. He is the epitome of what James Potter probably looked/acted like during his days at Hogwarts. Seriously: the disheveled bed hair from hooking up in a broom cupboard with Alexa Chung (who is, more or less, our Lily Evans), the way his lips form when he spats “bugger” and “bloke” when he realizes he has no more tobacco for his homemade cigarettes because the ones in Brixton are too expensive, and the denim/leather jacket pair. Oh, the denim/leather jacket pair.

5. The way his fingers curl around things: the microphone of a really, really bad venue that’s been claimed to be the new home to “rising artists;” the drink he plans to deliver to some blonde across the bar; the cigarette he ends up sharing with his best friend (see #3 below). It’s almost as if he has an apt for holding things…

• More reasons: here.