Fear and Loathing at CMJ

There’s a certain point during a live show-when the bassist drops his instrument on the stage in front of you, falls down in his beer and starts yelling-when you know whether or not you were made for rock music.

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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Baxter deserves to be ditched at the altar

A Baxter is pleasant, nerdy, timid and supremely uninteresting. He is, above all, a wimp. In short, he is not someone you want to watch an entire movie about.

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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Breaking down the breakup

Tomorrow night at the Black Cat, D.C.’s last great local rock band, Q And Not U, will play their final show.

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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Diplomacy via aesthetics

The Cultural Institute of Mexico is a mecca of artistic diplomacy, uniting American and Mexican culture not through politics but through creative expression and community involvement.

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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Oktoberwear

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary

Critical Voices

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Jacksonville City Nights

Critical Voices

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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DangerDoom, The Mouse and the Mask

Critical Voices

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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Blackalicious, The Craft

Critical Voices

By the Voice Staff September 22, 2005

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Getting Close-r to the gallery scene

As a person who is fairly ignorant of the D.C. art scene, the Chuck Close exhibit opening at the Adamson Gallery left me much more enlightened than one would expect.

By the Voice Staff September 15, 2005

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Maher rules you out

When I bought my copy of Bill Maher’s New Rules, the clerk who rang me up assured me that the subject matter was “hysterical, yet poignant.”

By the Voice Staff September 15, 2005

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Future imperfect

The moment the end credits roll in a Wong Kar Wai film, audience members are momentarily silent. But at the end of 2046, one is left with a sense of aesthetically inspired awe and a consciousness of loss.

By the Voice Staff September 15, 2005

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