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

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Prefuse 73, _Security Screenings_

Critical Voices

By the February 2, 2006

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Belle and Sebastian, _The Life Pursuit_

Critical Voices

By the February 2, 2006

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The sole truth

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the February 2, 2006

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Concert Calendar

Saturday, Jan.28 – Wednesday, Feb.8

By the January 26, 2006

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Just a taste of visual art at Georgetown

The new art exhibition in Walsh may not be Georgetown’s biggest art show, but for what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in diversity.

By the January 26, 2006

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Another play about a dysfunctional family

Nothing really happens in The Subject Was Roses, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth your time.

By the January 26, 2006

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Pocahontas plus pedophilia

The film retells the colonial legend of Pocahontas, but provides more historical accuracy and, consequently, more edge than the standard tale that audiences are familiar with.

By the January 26, 2006

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Try your potluck

Steak Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the January 26, 2006

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James Bond meets Bad Santa

“Two things that taste better in Mexico: margaritas and cock.” That is the kind of shocking but funny line that perfectly captures what Julian Nobel in The Matador is all about.

By the January 19, 2006

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Wallace’s _Lobster_ traps readers

It would not be an overstatement for me to say that David Foster Wallace is the most important, or at least smartest, writer working today.

By the January 19, 2006

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_The Trestle_ is all water under the bridge

After watching the play, the audience might be thankful that this is the first time the two groups have worked together.

By the January 19, 2006

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Tortoise & Bonnie “Prince” Billy, _The Brave and the Bold_

Critical Voices

By the January 19, 2006

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No dress is an island

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about dressing leisurely

By the January 19, 2006

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He’s got a secret… lots of them.

Frank Warren’s Post Secret is not the typical blog of personal rants and essays.

By the December 1, 2005

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The life story of a P.I.M.P

Get Rich or Die Trying is a semi-autobiography based on superstar rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s life.

By the December 1, 2005

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Barely making rent

Drag queens, drug addicts, and AIDS patients are just a few of the various uncanny characters in the movie Rent.

By the December 1, 2005

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Free lunch, anyone?

Steak Out – a bi-weekly column on food

By the December 1, 2005

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He’s Bob Saget, bitch!

The man who showed up at George Washington University’s Auditorium Tuesday night was someone entirely different than Full House’s Danny Tanner.

By the November 17, 2005

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Numbers brighten up Oberst

There’s very little that hasn’t been said about Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst’s diva behavior this year.

By the November 17, 2005

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Making unitards hot

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the November 17, 2005