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

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Mogwai, _Mr. Beast_

Critical Voices

By the March 2, 2006

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Neko Case, _Fox Confessor Brings the Flood_

Critical Voices

By the March 2, 2006

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Da-da-Da-da-Da-da-Da-da-Da-da-Da-da

What is Dada? A nonsensical collection of sounds? A word in German, French or Romanian? Or an avant-garde art movement? The extensive new Dada Exhibition at the National Gallery attempts to provide an answer.

By the February 23, 2006

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Beware of the card-carrying vampires

Vampires and sundry supernatural evils populate Moscow in the movie Night Watch, and it is they, not nuclear weapons, that could bring about the apocalypse.

By the February 23, 2006

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Paul Mooney asks, “Ain’t white folks funny?”

Last Friday night, Paul Mooney brought his scathing brand of racial commentary to a packed crowd at the 9:30 Club.

By the February 23, 2006

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Little Ethiopia

Steak Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the February 23, 2006

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Concert Calendar

February 24 – March 5

By the February 23, 2006

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Stereolab chats with _The Voice_: fun ensues

French electronic outfit Stereolab made a name for themselves on college radio in the early ‘90s with a sound too eclectic to pigeonhole.

By the February 16, 2006

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Proletarian art for the bourgeois taste

Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec grace the moving new public display at the Phillips Collection with works that speak to each other in a visual dialogue that is more powerful than words.

By the February 16, 2006

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Hot on a budget

Eat my skort – a biweekly column about dressing leisurely

By the February 16, 2006

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Enter sandman: a psychological thriller

“The Velvet Sky is a place where dreams and nightmares live,” muses Bethany, one of the leading characters in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s new play. The drama, which can be seen at the Wholly Mammoth Theater, is home to a myriad of layered themes and concepts which provide an intensely haunting experience.

By the February 16, 2006

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This raisin won’t wither in the sun

Between the often perfunctory educational experience of Black History Month and the scores of elected officials scrambling to score points eulogizing the death of Corretta Scott King, it is refreshing to witness a work as trenchant and genuine as Raisin in the Sun.

By the February 9, 2006

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Imagine, me, you and a non-traditional love

Although the love story between the two women is questionable, the film boldly addresses the possibilities of homosexual relationships with comfortable humor to cushion the controversial subject.

By the February 9, 2006

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Making friends at Good Guys

It’s Thursday night, and I am preparing to go where no Voice writer has gone before. With whiskey in my belly and a male friend in tow, I am off to Good Guys strip club.

By the February 9, 2006

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Not so super commercials

The Super Bowl has seduced viewers with advertisements greater than those of everyday primetime television.

By the February 9, 2006

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Crêpes With A Snap

Steak-Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the February 9, 2006

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Brilliant sensations of color

If you’ve ever read “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by John Keats and wondered what the phrase “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” would look like in oil on canvas, look no further than Cézanne in Provence.

By the February 2, 2006

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Stop-animation, Charles Manson style

Before the opening credits even begin to roll, the words “YOU HAVE BAD TASTE” flash on screen. You have to respect a movie this honest.

By the February 2, 2006

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Super chile bowl

Throwing a successful Super Bowl party is lots of fun and nearly effortless. Most people will simply be looking forward to drinking a ridiculous amount of beer and yelling obscenities at the television screen.

By the February 2, 2006

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Prefuse 73, _Security Screenings_

Critical Voices

By the February 2, 2006