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October 2009

Leisure

Low Fidelity: The sun is rising on soundtracks

Maybe we haven’t yet found a way to make music work as narrative, as discussed by my High Fidelity counterpart in this space last week, but narrative and music have... Read more

By October 15, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: Atlas Sound – Logos

In the world of free internet music, Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox is a god. Not only does he share personal playlists and unreleased covers on his blog, but last year... Read more

By October 15, 2009

Leisure

Experimental media

It’s true that “the media” is synonymous with information overload—the constant barrage of current event tickers, fast action fast-food commercials, and nonstop Blair Waldorf outfit changes that leaves the mind... Read more

By October 15, 2009

Features

Balancing silent days and noisy nights

Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer During a typical afternoon in the Atlas District, the businesses along H Street NE are closed, windows shuttered, and doors locked. The only crowds... Read more

By October 15, 2009

Voices

Come on ride the train: hike gas taxes, fix WMATA

The summer of 2008 was a fantastic time for those in D.C. who often gaze wistfully at efficient and popular public transportation systems of European cities. It seemed as though... Read more

By October 15, 2009

Voices

The space race is over: what’s the new frontier?

This past Monday we celebrated Columbus Day, or Indigenous Peoples’ Day—depending on the number of Whole Foods in your neighborhood—in honor of the man who crossed an ocean and introduced... Read more

By October 15, 2009

Voices

Back to school in Africa, one pen at a time

Imagine waking up for that 8:50 class on Friday morning and actually wanting to sit through another lecture. You stumble through the rows of seats, still hazy from last night’s... Read more

By October 15, 2009

Voices

Global responsibility: a Nobel worthy cause

First off, congratulations are due to our President. But when I first heard Friday morning that Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, which I thought was given for... Read more

By October 15, 2009

Sports

Only one October

I think the high point in postseason baseball coverage was 2007, when Dane Cook lent his legendary enunciation skills to the immortal phrase, “There’s only one October.” During the Red Sox-Angels series that year, I took up ESPN columnist Bill Simmons’ drinking game challenge to take a shot every time the commercial featuring an overly excited Mr. Cook played. I ended up passing out in my dorm’s common bathroom with the door locked, twice resisting my friends’ attempts to crawl under the stall and help me out. This is a testament to the dangerous power of October.

By October 15, 2009

Sports

Football needs to talk it out

Every football fan can recall the image of the Indianapolis Colts’ Peyton Manning lining up behind center in the no-huddle offense, directing his receivers with a plethora of hand-signals, head movements, and vocal commands over the cacophony of a sell-out crowd.

By October 15, 2009