Former D.C. bus driver sings jazz, vocalese

Johnson worked his way up with song, now assists AU vocalists

Singer George Johnson bonded with an AU professor.

By Ben Lozovsky

Imagine listening to a seasoned jazz musician rip into a bebop solo so sizzling and smooth it makes your senses tingle. Close your eyes and play along. Try and picture the sweat bouncing off the performer like the notes that leap through the air. See if you can hear the mesmerizing melodies go up and down, bringing you through joy and sadness, taking your emotions on a sensory experience unlike any other. (continue reading)

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Out of context

President Bush's eloquent State of the Union address this past Tuesday finally spelled everything out for the American people. We here at The Scene wanted to suspend our usual "Out of Context" to highlight some of the more inspirational sections of the speech. (continue reading)

Slap bass and a slice of history

A crash course in the origins of D.C.'s rich jazz tradition

By Dave Wilezol

Any sensible discourse on the jazz world begins with the Federal City. While jazz originally had its inceptions in the rugged, rural sounds of great Mississippi Delta bluesmen like Charley Patton and the wily riffs of Memphis's W.C. Handy, the nascent art form finally found its first roots amongst the African-American community of Washington, D. (continue reading)

Resistance gets organized at AU

Ninth annual NCOR conference to hit MGC this Friday

By Jen Turner

Gaggles of activists representing a myriad of ideas will return to the AU campus this weekend for the National Conference on Organized Resistance. The annual conference is slated to take place from this Friday to Sunday in a celebration of topical awareness, social justice and revolution. (continue reading)

The Random Tip: Craigslist serves up depravity, fun

By Ben Lozovsky

I have a dirty secret. It's insidious and indecent, reprehensible and revolting. It's ... well, I suppose it's not that bad. Those attributions were more for color than anything else. To be concise, I basically take some sort of depraved enjoyment out of regularly perusing the Washington, D. (continue reading)

Past meets present at Arts Center

Exhibit 'marks time' with pinhole and digital photography

By Sara Gama

Old and new forms of photography combine to form a thought-provoking new exhibition at D.C. Arts Center. Photographer Bruce McKaig relies on both pinhole cameras made from paint cans and digital cameras to capture information about a setting over an elapsed period of time. (continue reading)

Comedy recording tells it like it is

Improv album laughable

By Melissa Beal

In Comedy Central's latest album release, Mike Birbiglia presents his intelligent, original and hysterically funny humor on his second stand-up album, "Two Drink Mike." Recorded live at the D.C. Improv theater last December, Birbiglia makes the mundane funny from the get-go. (continue reading)

'Student of color' is exhibited at National Gallery

By Sarah Alsgaard

Cézanne was a student of color. Vibrant blues and intense greens are generously applied to the canvas, mainly through the use of a palette knife. Colors became such a focus for his works that he began blurring objects together in order to emphasize the color rather than the actual objects, thus making the paintings abstract. (continue reading)

Everybody Does It... Don't rush to judge after first time

By Blair Bryant Nichols

Some people believe in love at first sight. Others only believe in lust at first sight. Some people think that first impressions are the most important. Others think that any negative or positive assumed upon a first meeting can be reversed over the time it takes to get to know someone. (continue reading)

Student celebrations super-size Super Bowl XL

By Mia Steinle

The spectacle of Trojan athletes fighting for glory, aging rock stars fighting for paychecks and overpriced commercials fighting for airtime is an event that many share amongst friends. As the Super Bowl turns 40 this Sunday, these epic battles will play out against the backdrops of student-run parties. (continue reading)