Welcome to The Vault, the Rebellion’s quantum portal, its rear-view mirror, its journalistic time machine. The Vault is a place where Rebellion writers get to explore old entertainment– movies, music, television, and books– about which they are passionate and, in so doing, entertain their readers. This will not be instead of regular, more timely entertainment features and reviews, but will provide a supplement on the website in the form of a clickable tab.

The benefit of The Vault is two-fold. First, it gives the Rebellion’s writers an outlet where there would otherwise be none: in today’s fast-moving, forward-thinking world, there is seldom time for a nostalgic teen to glance at the past. The irony of this mindset is that, due to forward-thinking technologies like the Internet, accessibility to bygone worlds is greater than ever, via Pandora, iTunes, Youtube, Grooveshark. Therefore, the same thing that makes the world want to move forward gives everyone the opportunity to look back. The Rebellion is using The Vault to take full advantage of this opportunity, allowing high school students to write about those things which inspire them that are ignored by contemporary media.

The second benefit is that this idea is a relatively unique one. Rolling Stone does occasional nostalgic features, and Pitchfork nostalgically covers re-releases, but no big-name publication has a full section devoted to nostalgia. The Rebellion may gain some form of creative prominence in the creation of this tab, or will, at least, avoid being overly redundant.

If all goes well, the Rebellion editors will publish the first Vault article tonight, Wednesday, April 11, and will publish articles from that point on with intermittent consistency. The Rebellion’s hope is that readers will enjoy this section and will, also, discover new forms of entertainment– or, rather, old ones.