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What to listen for in '05 - from Ash to Oasis
By Costa Caloudas and Jen Turner | 01/13/2005The Scene's music staff suggests exciting music in 2005.
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The Scene's music staff suggests exciting music in 2005.
The Scene staff awards miscellaneous favorites, from video games to pundits to comedians to the iPod.
And the award goes to... "Scene Stealers: Movies" dishes out awards in a number of time-honored categories, like "Movie You Didn't See But Really Should Have" and "The Ben Affleck Award for Career Suicide." Also, see what Entertainment Editor Daniel Longino ranked as the top 10 films of the year.
The Scene staff presents happenings from around campus and the world in Out of Context. This week, the campus mourns the loss of "Jamba-master" Rodney, a star-studded nativity, The Lohan Report, and more.
It was arguably the most anticlimactic breakup in the history of rock 'n' roll: death by fax machine. The Pixies were fresh off their thankless opening slot for U2's "Zoo TV." On New Year's Eve 1992, Frank Black faxed the band's management with alert of the breakup. Days later, he announced the split live on BBC Radio 5. But in their posthumous years, the Pixies sold more records and gained more fans. And for that reason, a reunion was unlikely (given the band's tension) but inevitable.
AU Recording Artists is holding its fall showcase Friday in the Tavern. AURA founder Andy Thompson (bass/keys player for the band ADHD) founded the club this semester in an effort to unify musicians on campus.
"How would you feel if one day you were drinking coffee in your house, and then you hear on TV that they are going to take your property away and give you what they think it is worth?" asks Patricia Ghiglino. Ghiglino and her husband, Reinaldo Lopez, are several property owners in Southeast D.C. - in an unnamed neighborhood near the Anacostia riverfront - whose land is the stadium site for Washington's forthcoming baseball team, the Nationals.
Lo-fi pop phenom Ariel Pink has made the first imprint on Animal Collective's Paw Tracks records to come from a non-collective member. His new record, "Haunted Graffiti 2: The Doldrums," is a beautifully baffling collection of observations and love songs, from the eyes of a guy who sleeps all day and never leaves his apartment.
The Scene staff presents a montage of zany happenings on campus and around the world. This week: clever AU students outwitted by Public Safety, the Lohan, a Playboy photo contest, and more.
This week: a bureaucrat goes scofflaw, AU's incoming class of rats, Kerry caps made in Vietnam, presidential resume critiques, bathroom pizza, and baby Knowles.