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

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War journalism in black and white

War correspondent Joe Sacco uses a very unconventional medium to examine how the effects of war linger after the fighting ends: graphic nonfiction.

By the August 25, 2005

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Lezhur Ledger: Getting Beat with the Fugly Stick

The definition provided for “fugly” reads: “frightfully ugly; of or pertaining to something beyond the boundaries of normal unattractiveness. Example: “That ‘Kabbalists Do It Better’ trucker hat is fugly.”

By the August 25, 2005

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Cardiff hijacks your senses on the Mall

Combine that disconnection from reality with the quiet peace of a guided meditation, and you get a rough idea of the sensations delivered by Words drawn in water, a new audio tour of select sites on the National Mall available at the Hirshhorn Museum through Oct. 30.

By the August 25, 2005

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The other Chi-Town

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

By the August 25, 2005

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Kanye West, Late Registration

Critical Voices

By the August 25, 2005

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New Pornographers, Twin Cinema

Critical Voices

By the August 25, 2005

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Death From Above rains down on D.C.

Death From Above 1979 has spent the last year taking the indie scene by storm.

By the April 28, 2005

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Pyramid 2.0

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

By the April 28, 2005

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Bruce Springsteen, Devils and Dust, Columbia

Critical Voices

By the April 28, 2005

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Spoon, Gimme Fiction, Merge

Critical Voices

By the April 28, 2005

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Lezhur Ledger: Graduation Dos and Donts

This one goes out to the seniors, who, if they’re anything like us, are trying to numb the pain of the last few days of classes with a rigorous regimen of malt liquor, hand-rolled cigarettes and crippling self-loathing.

By the April 28, 2005

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Georgetown University Grilling Competition

GUGS with George Foreman at Grilling Competition

By the April 21, 2005

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Still Life shows vivacity of theater program

Long after Christina Ciocca (CAS ‘05) finished reading Emily Mann’s Still Life, the play remained on her mind.

By the April 21, 2005

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The Dead Live: Dark Star Orchestra invade State Theatre!

Perhaps no label elicits a more negative reaction from those who are serious about music than “tribute band.”

By the April 21, 2005

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Film Festival breeds terrible movie titles

GUTV’s Fifth annual Student Film Festival last Saturday night proved that even without a film program at Georgetown, Hoyas are more than adept behind a camera.

By the April 21, 2005

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Cart food

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

By the April 21, 2005

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Edan, Beauty and the Beat, Lewis

Critical Voices: Rappers Delight Edition

By the April 21, 2005

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Beanie Sigel, The B.Coming, Roc-A-Fella

Critical Voices: Rappers Delight Edition

By the April 21, 2005

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The Books provide food for thought with Lost and Safe

Over the course of the last three years, The Books have become one of the most critically lauded groups in modern music.

By the April 21, 2005

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Ballad of Jack and Rose: Day-Lewis avoids sleeping on the couch

Chances are that Daniel Day-Lewis (The Unbearable Lightness of Being) was in for the third-degree if he turned down a part in The Ballad of Jack and Rose, written and directed by Rebecca Miller, his wife and the daughter of acclaimed playwright Arthur Miller.

By the April 14, 2005