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

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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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Tucker Max takes you to hell

Tucker Max is not your typical internet celebrity.

By the November 17, 2005

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Ben Folds goes orchestral in Bethesda

When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra took stage at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda last Thursday, they were greeted with an audience clad in t-shirts and jeans rather than the usual black ties.

By the November 17, 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

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Super Furry Animals get rabid

At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, I walked into a very empty 9:30 Club and met a slightly confused, very bedraggled Welshman.

By the November 10, 2005

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Life in _The Boondocks_ gets animated

The Boondocks, adapted from Aaron McGruder’s syndicated comic strip, is full of slightly absurd humor that satirizes black and white stereotypes, as well as many other facets of American culture that happen to be … well … stupid.

By the November 10, 2005

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Buttering up

You Taste Like A Burger – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the November 10, 2005

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Lezhur Ledger: Smashing pumpkins … with catapults

Get out your trucker hats, stonewash denim and handlebar mustaches: it’s time for the World Championship Punkin’ Chunkin’.

By the November 10, 2005

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_Paradise Now_

Paradise Now presents an oddly romanticized view of suicide bombing, subject matter usually seen through the eyes of a documentary or news camera.

By the November 10, 2005

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_Jarhead_

jar-head- n. a U.S. Marine. The high and tight hair cut characteristic of each Marine causes their heads to resemble a jar; it is an empty container to be filled with orders and values.

By the November 10, 2005