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Reviews and think pieces on music, movies, art, and theater.

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Youth art center rebounds from summer attack

This past August, the headquarters of Life Pieces to Masterpieces, a local nonprofit that lets African-American males channel their energy into art, was vandalized almost to the point of complete... Read more

By December 3, 2009

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Tomorrow’s Classics: Film

Mulholland Drive, David Lynch, 2001 Mulholland Drive isn’t a difficult film. Despite its convoluted plot, unsettling characters, and occasionally intense moments, Mulholland Drive is pretty straightforward: it’s about film itself.... Read more

By the November 18, 2009

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High Fidelity: Popular yesterday

There are all sorts of insoluble life mysteries that I wish I could answer: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? How... Read more

By November 18, 2009

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lehz’ur ledger: Burlesquities

As I nursed my bottle of Mickey’s malt liquor and peered off the balcony, I wondered—are those fireballs supposed to be coming so close to my face? This was last... Read more

By November 18, 2009

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2012 reasons 2012 sucked, abbreviated

Editor’s note: After watching 2012, our film critic was found shirtless on M Street, babbling about director Roland Emmerich and yelling vague threats to passersby. A list entitled “Two thousand... Read more

By November 18, 2009

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Open wide for Georgetown art

While walking to class in Walsh, you may have noticed bright new banners jutting proudly from the façade, advertising a small and relatively under-the-radar part of Georgetown—the Department of Art... Read more

By November 18, 2009

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Critical Voices: Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures

Supergroups pretty much always leave fans disappointed. You know the drill: the individual stars are too unwilling to compromise their personal aesthetic, the members never make the effort to gel... Read more

By November 18, 2009

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Suffer for Fashion: Bringin’ back the (18)90s

If you happened to escape campus last Sunday to take a stroll near the National Mall or U Street, you may have seen a mass of impeccably dressed figures whiz... Read more

By November 18, 2009

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Tomorrow’s Classics: Television

The Voice reminisces about its favorite shows of the decade. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Cartoon Network, 2000- A rapping spider with a pyramid scheme to unleash demons from hell, a... Read more

By the November 12, 2009

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Caroline’s changes fall too short

It is hard to talk about Caroline, or Change—Tony Kushner’s frustrating, engrossing musical, currently in production at the Gonda Theater—without talking about writing. The play, which is described as “semi-autobiographical,”... Read more

By November 12, 2009

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D.C. Comics: The District’s other bookstores

If you think comic books are meant for greasy, perma-pubescent mouthbreathers with no friends, stop reading right now. Go find Johnny Lawrence and Biff Tannen to talk about what it’s... Read more

By November 12, 2009

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A portrait of the author as a middle-aged man

Goodloe Byron may have graduated from the College in 2004, but when he returns to the Hilltop from time to time, he brings with him his vigorous spirit, a few... Read more

By November 12, 2009

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Georgetown dance revolution

Black Movements Dance Theatre can easily define 2009-2010 in terms of change. For the first time, the company includes two male members. BMDT’s upcoming show, Mind, Body, and Soul, fuses... Read more

By November 12, 2009

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Bottoms Up: Tucking in with the nightcap

My sophomore-year roommate would often keep much later hours than I would. It wasn’t unusual for him to come in at two or three in the morning after a night... Read more

By November 12, 2009

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Critical Voices: Annie – Don’t Stop

As a member of the generation who grew up listening to Britney and Christina, it’s easy to say that the last thing the music world needs is another blonde female... Read more

By November 12, 2009

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Low Fidelity: Deep down, we’re all emo kids

I’ve got Daitro’s new LP Y constantly humming through my headphones recently. Juxtapose the mid-tempo, atmospheric chaos of five French dudes with Dashboard Confessional’s whiny pop and try to understand... Read more

By November 12, 2009

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Tomorrow’s Classics: Literature

The Voice reminisces about it’s favorite books of the decade. Cormac McCarthy, The Road, 2006 No character names? No punctuation marks? No society? No problem. The Road is Cormac McCarthy’s... Read more

By the November 5, 2009

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A glimpse at the future: the D.C. rap scene

No offense to Fugazi, UCB, or Peaches & Herb, but D.C. is most famous for its politicians, not its musicians. Yet now there’s something new coming out of the District—rap... Read more

By November 5, 2009

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Another hamburger restaurant

I’m no economist, but if there’s one business that should be recession-proof, it’s hamburgers. They’re cheap and delicious, and America—the increasingly overweight nation that it is—loves them in all forms,... Read more

By November 5, 2009

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Suffer for Fashion: A Gilt-ed age for fashion deals

Unlike regular shopping, cruising around the net for sales and discounts on new clothing can be such a drag. Some people I’ve talked to gripe that they should be given... Read more

By November 5, 2009