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RJD2 lets the good times roll

It’s pretty hard to understand how R.J. Krohn, a white boy from Ohio, became one of today’s most renowned instrumental hip-hop artists. In 1996, Josh Davis, a.k.a. DJ Shadow, laid down his debut record, a revolutionary hip-hop/turntable album called Endtroducing.

By the Voice Staff September 23, 2004

Better Than Marriage

A friend of mine recently told me about a literary journal started at the University of Virginia in which a column entitled “War on Words” takes issue with a certain detestable, overused or elementary word in the English language each week. “An interesting concept,” I thought, spacing out in my economics class one day, with odd visions of becoming the next William Safire (at least in one respect) dancing through my head.

By the Voice Staff September 23, 2004

Critical Voices: Interpol

Following their critically-acclaimed 2002 debut Turn on the Bright Lights, the New York quartet Interpol has emerged as one of today’s premier indie-rock acts. A few vocal critics, however, have harshly labeled the band as unimaginative because its particular mix of brooding guitar rock and dark lyrics bore more than a passing resemblance to 1970’s post-punk acts like Joy Division and Television.

By the Voice Staff September 23, 2004

Critical Voices: The Black Keys

In the popular press’ rush to drool all over The White Stripes two years ago, The Black Keys, a far superior alternative in the white-boy, blues-rock genre, was significantly overlooked. Lead guitarist Dan Auerbach eclipses Jack White’s guitar chops and can sing circles around him, while Patrick Carney’s manic drum lines put Meg White’s painfully basic technique to shame.

By the Voice Staff September 23, 2004

Latin-American film festival is a coup

The 2004 Latin American Film Festival kicked off last night, finishing off Hispanic Heritage Month in style. Fifty new films from 15 participating countries will be presented at two different D.C.-area locations until Oct. 3. The American Film Institute in Silver Spring, Md.

By the Voice Staff September 23, 2004

Leisure Ledger

There are some things too intrinsically good for even the most jaded hipster to reject. Little Debbie cakes, classes that have no finals and Johnny Depp come to mind immediately, but chief among these perfect ideas and/or individuals is Lance Armstrong.

By the Voice Staff September 23, 2004

Ramones barely survive to see the end of the century

If there’s a lesson to be learned from End of the Century, a new documentary about punk rock forefathers the Ramones, it’s that sometimes it sucks to be a rock star.

The Ramones, in distilling rock and roll in the early ‘70s with speeding, sloppy guitars, simplistic lyrics and an intensity matched by few bands before or since, deserve much of the credit for the creation of punk rock.

By the Voice Staff September 23, 2004

A practical guide for hurricane season

Forget the duct tape, grab the wine!

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Reservoir hot dog

A man with a hot dog suit. And a gun.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Makes me want to Ralph

Why a vote for Nader is a vote for nonsense

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

By the Numbers and Direct Quote

American deaths, American weapons, a hurricane and some cocaine

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Named in vain

Lawsuit, shmawsuit

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Powell paints unrealistic picture

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke at Georgetown last Friday, the day before the third anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Lands’ End: back in business with Georgetown

Protests pay off

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Run ’til your Pretty: A time for sports

On Tuesday night, HBO premiered its documentary Nine Innings From Ground Zero, a stirring look at the role baseball played in New York’s recovery after Sept. 11, 2001.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

D.C.’s best hotspots for NFL action

With the professional football season underway, many Hoyas are faced with the question of where to watch their favorite team.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

What women want … at Yates Field House

Keep the grunts to yourself.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

What women want … at Yates Field House

Keep the grunts to yourself.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Hoyas sacked by Lafayette, lose patriot league opener

The Hoyas could have used a couple more field goals from last week’s record-setting kicker Michael Gillman.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

How one student changed Georgetown’s sexual assault policy

Kate Dieringer (NUR ‘05) makes an unlikely warrior, but that is exactly what she has had to become since her arrival at Georgetown three years ago.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Georgetown reinstates contract with Lands’ End

Georgetown recently reinstated its contract with a company it had previously severed ties with because of alleged unfair labor practices. Lands’ End Inc. agreed to end its discriminatory practices based on trade union participation in its Salvadoran factories.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

GUSA to reform bylaws

After controversy over vague bylaws dominated last year’s Georgetown University Student Association election, a newly-formed student committee met Tuesday to decide how to reform the bylaws governing the elections.

Focusing on a range of issues from spending limits to candidates’ use of other advertising media, such as the Internet, the committee intends to give a thorough point by point reworking of the bylaws to prevent future problems in time for this fall’s first-year representative GUSA election.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Students left without Internet

Three hundred and fifty defective media adapters distributed by University Information Services left newly-arrived students without the Internet in their residence halls at the beginning of the semester.

UIS Director Beth Ann Bergsmark said that 180 students who attempted to sign out media adapters after Aug.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

City on a Hill: Equity for everyone, maybe

The gap between the rich and the poor is bigger in D.C. than in any of the nation’s other major cities, and residents are feeling it. Fortunately, their choices in Tuesday’s primaries will bring attention to the importance of equitable economic development.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Three city council incumbents unseated in Democratic primary

Voters in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries uncharacteristically replaced three incumbent city council members.

Because of the District’s heavy Democratic population, the winners of the primary races are expected to coast to victory in November’s general election.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

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