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

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Luna Lacking Luster

It’s been a decade now since the acrimonious breakup of Galaxie 500. Since the influential downbeat dronesters split in 1991, its members have continued down similar musical paths in new... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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Typical for the Shakespeare

The Shakespeare Theatre has gotten very good at turning out productions like Don Carlos. So good, in fact, that it’s getting difficult to tell them apart. King John’s throne appears... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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Best Movie Ever

Last night, I was sitting in my room crying because I had no date on Valentines day for the second consecutive year and I was thinking to myself, “Matt, what... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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Clockwork Performance

Maybe it’s the caffeine running through my red, red krovvy, maybe it’s that I just slooshed a tomtick of the ol’Ludwig van or maybe skolliwoll’s giving me a pain in... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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The Future?

Got white rappers? To quote the boys at Ego Trip magazine, they are the future. Hopefully it won’t be bleak; judging by the antics of such lightskinned underground favorites R.A.... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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You know you want him

I just don’t understand. Or maybe I do, and it really is just trash. Listen: There’s this band named “In and of Itself” and I happened to come by a... Read more

By the February 8, 2001

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Campaign to bring back the afro

Hair is not given enough credit nowadays. It’s a forgotten legend?it’s there, but no one really notices or cares. In response to this travesty, the Georgetown Voice is starting a... Read more

By the February 8, 2001

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The pop underground

An energized ghettofied style of American pop flies out of the speakers at 100 decibels. The crowd goes nuts. This isn’t an arena concert; this isn’t the basement of a... Read more

By the February 8, 2001

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Breathing life into rock

Word on the street is that the times they are a-changin’ in the world of music. Informed sources suggest that there’s a renaissance of the live band afoot, and the... Read more

By the February 8, 2001

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Beer, baby

Quintessential to college life, right?? Some might say that nothing else makes a weekend night quite like a six-pack of Natty Lite. But as you pound down yet another one... Read more

By the February 1, 2001

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Deep in snatch

Not since Fear and Loathing has a movie affected my chosen lifestyle so profoundly. In that case, back in 1997, I walked real funny, wrote meandering pieces like this one... Read more

By the February 1, 2001

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Ashcroft and friends

This weekend brings a curious mix of musical talent to the area. Thursday evening will see the arrival of Richard Ashcroft at the 9:30 Club. Formerly of The Verve, Ashcroft... Read more

By the February 1, 2001

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Mass-holes match Milton

The Georgetown Voice, in conjunction with the Slackers everywhere, presents a monthly feature in which we find two beings who would never encounter each other in the wild and pit... Read more

By the February 1, 2001

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Nomadic bends skills

While the atrocities committed against the Jews during the Holocaust are widely acknowledged and condemned, the stories of Hitler’s other victims are often overlooked. Through his drama Bent, Martin Sherman... Read more

By the February 1, 2001

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Baltimore: bye bye dating blues

Gentlemen: Are you burned out on dating within the District? More specifically, have you run out of places to take your lady-friends that do not, by this point, either bore... Read more

By the January 25, 2001

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The Value of Cheap Trick

Tucked in the suburban expanses of northwest Indiana, the Star Plaza Theater is where over-the-hill pop stars and irrelevant comedians are put out to pasture. A mid-sized venue that at... Read more

By the January 25, 2001

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Lezher Ledger

Most Washingtonians are at least somewhat familiar with the Metro system here; for students it plays an integral role. It provides decent and convenient train and bus service for residents... Read more

By the January 25, 2001

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Don’t mask this bauble, baby

Peter Shaffer’s play, Amadeus, explores the most crippling fear of any artist: the fear of mediocrity. When a person cares to share an art––an expression of his humanity––he does so... Read more

By the January 25, 2001

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Electric Bugaloo

I received an e-mail from an old friend the other day, who had written to tell me that he had just spotted a troubling Kenneth Cole billboard in his hometown... Read more

By the January 25, 2001

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Pu ert mj?g falleg

Sound, light! … words on paper … over-heard speech … the cat??you saw it … a dog … you realized! Sensations??out of context??grow new limbs. They cease to be actualized... Read more

By the January 18, 2001