Leisure
Reviews and think pieces on music, movies, art, and theater.
Dead Beats
Music can be like a bratty child: loud, obnoxious and always demanding your attention. But what if we assigned the medium a more patient role, one that would allow it to seep into our subconscious, cleanse its contents and exit before we even sensed its presence?
Malaysian persuasian at Kopitiam
Culinary routines can use a rethinking now and again, and the beginning of the year is a perfect time to try something new. Malaysia Kopitiam, just a five minute walk from Dupont Circle, offers an introduction into lesser-known Southeast Asian cuisine.
Death Sentence: the bad side of Bacon
The logic behind Death Sentence is pairing a recognizable actor with some good old-fashioned ass-kicking. Enter Kevin Bacon, and a bevy of traditionally successful action-flick conventions: a convincing motive, some nameless people to be killed and perhaps a few cool cars.
One word too many at the D.C. Arts Club
The One Word Project, currently showing at the historic James Monroe house, offers explanations of its art work. Unfortunately, this contemporary approach isn’t wholly successful.
YouTopia: everything you don’t need to know
Despite what Google might have you believe, YouTube stands firm as a terrifically disastrous idea: the general public + homemade videos + ADHD. Though the web site may provide a unique forum for free expression, there’s no escaping the deficient video production or the depression that comes with surveying the grim status of American culture.
Lezhur Ledger: The Awkward Ship Sails
On a campus of over 6,000 undergrads, packed like collar-popping sardines in a can, I had never felt more alone. I had been living at Georgetown for little more than a day and wishing my parents would leave and take me back with them, or at least just leave already.
Chu-less and hungry
Every year when students return to Georgetown, they are surprised to find a few welcome changes around campus, like the school-spirited crosswalk added on 37th and N Street and the new carpeting in Sellinger Lounge. The closing of Chu’s Café is an adjustment students will not enjoy making.
Sounds of Summer ‘07
The Voice Leisure team enjoys spreading the word on its favorite new albums. Unfortunately, we didn’t have that pleasure this summer, so here’s the best of what we missed.
Summer Concert Calendar
Konono No. 1 – Black Cat; May 4; $15; 9:00 Konono No. 1, hailing from the Democratic Republic of Congo, brew their own brand of Afrobeat, complete with dancers, percussion, and three electric likembe to provide the melodies. Any number of “found” instruments salvaged from junkyards adds the finishing touches to the performance.
Snap crêpes and tea
