Late summer releases to get the semester started
VHS or Beta "Bring on the Comets" (Astralwerks) Grade: A- Sounds like: A harmless dance-rock record that wants to be a party playlist anchor.
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VHS or Beta "Bring on the Comets" (Astralwerks) Grade: A- Sounds like: A harmless dance-rock record that wants to be a party playlist anchor.
Darkness falls on the stage, and a pulsating techno beat begins to play loudly. As the lights slowly come up, one could see Ted Leo and his band, the Pharmacists, taking the stage to Daft Punk's "Human After All."
Passing students saw it in Mary Graydon last Thursday and Friday. Many people's reaction to the giant cube was similar to Spencer Siegal's.
Anyone who was in their middle- or high-school jazz band knows the classical setup. There's the rhythm section, with drums, bass and piano, and the brass section, with sax, trombone and trumpet. Now, fill those sections with the finest musicians possible. There is no other way to say it: Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are the perfect jazz band.
Savion Glover manages to do what "A Fifth of Beethoven" from "Saturday Night Fever" fails to accomplish: combine great classical music with percussive elements. Glover, widely considered one of the greatest tap dancers alive, performed "Classical Savion" to a packed house in Washington's decadent Warner Theatre. The two-hour show featured Glover dancing to famous classical works in front of a nine-piece string ensemble.
AU's Katzen Art Museum recently opened eight exhibitions that showcase different corners of the visual art world.
The plot of "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny" is simple and fans will see this movie for one reason: it's for "the D." Those in the know expect a number of things from Tenacious D: crude sexual humor, over the top Rock enthusiasm, trying to write the perfect song, Betties (women), drugs and Satan.
"The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas" Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The Smithsonian Institution Independence Avenue and Seventh Street S.W. Open through Jan. 7, 2007 Free
On the Feb. 28, Washington's branch of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, or AIGADC, held an event called "Good Design is Smart Sports Business." Sponsored by America Online and Neehan Paper, and held at the decadent Carnegie Institution in Dupont Circle, the event showcased two prominent figures in the world of sports design - Todd Raydum, a freelance sports logo designer, and Marcus Stevens, creative director of Under Armour, Inc.
Around the corner from Best Buy and the Container Store is an easily missed Tenleytown treasure: Fantom Comics. Last November, owner and sole employee Matt Klokel opened the store to work for himself.
Top 10 Real and Imagined Varieties of Hot Pockets One Would Be Surprised to Find In the Back of the Eagle's Nest:
10. Bacon Bits 9. Jump Rope 8. Teal Bingo Marker 7. Plush Teddy with Wood Dreidel 6. A Healthier You 2006 Calendar 5. Ultra Ultra Sheer "Brown Sugar" Stockings by Leggs 4. 60" Holographic "Merry Christmas" Sign 3. Isis Breast Pump 2. Washington, D.C., Playing Cards 1. Snoopy Airborne Snow Glob
Sometimes even intellectually stimulating subject matter can't help a bad documentary. "Protocols of Zion," a movie by Mark Levin about anti-Semitism after September 11, lacks the focus and objectivism it needs to make it a good film, although Levin presents a great deal of interesting information in the movie.
Top 10 fish on the Seafood Watch "avoid" lists (which Bon App?tit follows for TDR) that sound like things you probably wouldn't want to eat, anyway:
1. Free printer paper for the whole campus for a year
1993: The year of flannel, "Jurassic Park," "Where's Waldo?" and - most importantly - a new show on Nickelodeon called "The Adventures of Pete & Pete." Unlike other shows on this "children's" network (like "Rugrats", an animated show about babies which can only truly appeal to those under 10), "Pete & Pete" was live action and provided entertainment to an older demographic as well. With well-placed references, an unusual musical selection and a distinct surrealism, the show quickly dominated the arena of new programming focused on kids outgrowing animated lunacy and looking for something a little closer to reality.