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Nat’l Lampoon meets Nietzsche

Suicide, heroin, child beauty pageants: these are not typically the subjects of a “feel good” film, but, this is the perfect way to sum up Little Miss Sunshine.

By August 24, 2006

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A “blovel” concept for a book

There’s nothing funny about being locked in a room full of documents for six weeks, trying to find a single e-mail…especially not when it’s your future. But the dark shadow of the future proves no match for Jeremy Blachman, whose twisted peek into the futures of all of us law school-aspiring undergrads never loses the bitingly humorous edge that drives it.

By August 24, 2006

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Critical Voices: Lambchop’s Damaged and The Roots’ Game Theory

Lambchop, Damaged, Merge Records & The Roots, Game Theory, Def Jam Records

By August 24, 2006

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Tropicália: Brazilian politics without the oppressive aftertaste

Dead Beats: a tri-weekly column bringing indie music to the masses

By August 24, 2006

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Bettie, Bondage and the Bible

Wearing nothing but her underwear, eight-inch heels and a ball gag around her neck, Bettie Page stands by a wall, her arms and legs tightly restrained with ropes.

By April 27, 2006

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Filmfest DC is 4 reel

Lovers of international cinema can expect a bold statement from the District’s twentieth annual Filmfest.

By April 27, 2006

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Seeing is a vision of an election gone awry

What if political apathy reached such great heights that no one cared enough to actually vote for a candidate? Seeing, Nobel Prize Laureate Jose Saramago’s ambitious follow-up to his 1995 novel Blindness, attempts to answer this question.

By April 27, 2006

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Soulive scorches the 9:30 Club

Woodstock, NY-based Soulive tore up the 9:30 Club Sunday evening at a show so hot it could’ve set fire to a wet brick wall.

By April 27, 2006

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Fashion in the buff

With the summer rolling in, nudity in fashion seems to be making a comeback and is stirring up controversy in the process.

By April 27, 2006

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Hunger hurts but starving works

Director Jen Rogers’ (COL ‘06) take on complicated relationships with food make the production Schoolgirl Figure surprisingly refreshing.

By April 20, 2006

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Islands and Diamonds

The Voice recently spoke with Nick Diamonds about the Islands album and the stigma that comes in the wake of breaking up a band as beloved as the Unicorns.

By April 20, 2006

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The answer my friend is blowing in the wind

Tiina Nunnally is making a splash in Anglophone literary circles with her 2006 translation of Henning Mankell’s gripping novel Chronicler of the Winds.

By April 20, 2006

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Late-night munchies

Steak Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By April 20, 2006

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Concert Calendar

April 20 – April 26

By the April 20, 2006

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The Kite Could Use More Slack

If sex is a metaphor for the interaction between author and audience, the abridging of literature means ending the sex too early for the writer’s taste, leaving him frustrated as the pleasured audience rolls over and goes to sleep.

By April 6, 2006

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Learn to do the Voxtrot

In anticipation of their upcoming concert at Georgetown’s Riverside Lounge this Saturday, The Voice called up Voxtrot’s lead singer, Ramesh Srivastava, to discuss his fans’ expectations, the power of blogs, gender roles and preschool.

By April 6, 2006

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The spin-doctor dishes out the laughs

While this virtually smoke-free film won’t convince you to put out your cigarette, it may leave you feeling guilty for succumbing to the unremitting charm of the tobacco industry’s slickest merchant of death.

By April 6, 2006

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Built To Spill, You In Reverse

Critical Voices

By April 6, 2006

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The Flaming Lips, At War With The Mystics

Critical Voices

By April 6, 2006

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Capitol Fashion

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about dressing leisurely

By April 6, 2006