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

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Blues Alley in our own back alley

While I don’t normally plug specific District hang-outs, I will make an exception for one location: Blues Alley. A small jazz and blues club located in an 18th century red... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Fantastic Lumumbastic

When Patrice Emery Lumumba became Prime Minister of the newly independent Congo in 1960, he refused to sit by as the Congolese gave false homage to their tormentors and torturers... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Cobra Conspiracy?

A couple of months ago I took the plunge and bought myself a Cobra. The Cobra, for those of you who are culturally deprived, is a top-of-the-line Coleman tent. Purchasing... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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On the Road … To Hollywood

Writing these words on a Greyhound speeding down I-95 toward New York City, I find myself thinking of Dean Moriarty. Having first encountered On the Road in my younger and... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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bling bling

I hate “rap.” First, liking “rap” is like being into rock or blues and saying “I like singing.” More importantly, “rap” has taken on a separate meaning, in day-to-day conversation,... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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The horror of Redux

We are the hollow men / We are the stuffed men / Leaning together / Headpiece filled with straw So says Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Bitch and Animal altered

Bitch and Animal (a duo: one being Bitch, the other, Animal) opened for Ani DiFranco two years ago. Since then, their following has not only become significant in size, but... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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I got pros(e) …

I had a “productive” summer this year, meaning I had a job and didn’t get to lay on my ass as much as I would have liked. While that may... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Fatboy’s grin

Part-time radio god, full-time party animal, Fatboy Slim touched down at the 9:30 Club Thursday, Aug. 30, to kick out the proverbial jams. The man saw fit to include our... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Slice of life: Kert?sz and Fried at the Corcoran

With only 24 photographs and 24 paintings, Away from Home is a bite-sized exhibit, a one-room sampling of photographs, paintings and personal documents that trace the development of a lifelong... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Jay and Silent Bob suck back

I consider myself a Kevin Smith fan. But when I heard that he was doing a new film that brought back characters from the previous four, I had a bad... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Nightclubbing

I’m Ian, and with my better half, Mike-D, I will be your Cultural Revolutionary for the year. While Mike suggested forays into non-musical forms of expression, I am content, at... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Aaliyah: You will be missed

The death of any public figure resonates throughout the nation via radio, print and television. However, while the media can inform the public as to the tragic loss of someone’s... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Haunted Houses, Hollywood and Heidegger

If I were to walk up to the average Georgetown student, and inquire: “read any decent fiction lately?”—their first response would be a resigned “yeah, right pal, more reading is... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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I love you Reggie

On Monday, August 27, Reggie and the Full Effect closed their “Mortgaging the Farm Tour” (their first ever!) with a show at the 930 Club. Hot Rod Circuit, Ultimate Fakebook... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Radiohead in the right place

Among this year’s high-profile summer tours, none was more anticipated than Radiohead’s voyage across America. Having debuted 2000’s Kid A at number one on the Billboard charts, as well as... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

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Lezhur Ledger

The Leisure Ledger examines certain oddities that pop up in and around the Georgetown University campus. These peculiarities are most commonly things that would go unnoticed and ignored by the... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

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The Others smothers the others

There’s this story that Alfred Hitchcock told to French New Wave director Francois Truffaut about the difference between a suspenseful film scene and a surprising one. If an audience were... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

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Welcome Back …

As this is my first column as a Cultural Revolutionary, I thought I might write something so extraordinary, something so completely different, that it would forever shift this column’s reputation... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

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Alternatives to D.C. Tourism

You probably visited Smithsonian’s Air and Space when you were 12 years old. And if you ever take an art class, you’ll most certainly stop by the National Gallery?if you... Read more

By the August 23, 2001