Top 10 Things That Should Be Retro’d
Jason Reynolds @ November 25, 2008 # 3 Comments
In a country where all the good ideas have been taken by all the awesome people in other countries, we’ve resorted to repetition. I mean really, who doesn’t like their parents clothes, or music, or drug habits? It’s pretty much the basis of this whole pop culture thing. I remember being in seventh grade, and [...]
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Bounce to Road Show: A Rant and/or Review
JeremyKotin @ November 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Let me start off this rant/review by saying that I love Stephen Sondheim. I have followed him to the ends of the earth, or rather through many S/states, both literally and artistically. Each time I go to the theater for one of his shows it’s basically a pilgrimage to the savior of modern musical theater. [...]
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Doctor Atomic: A Rant and/or Review
JeremyKotin @ October 31, 2008 # 5 Comments
Now being performed at the Metropolitan Opera through November 13th
Modern opera isn’t for everyone. That has been made abundantly clear to me time and time again when I seem to be one of the few left standing after three and a half hours of confused, atonal yelling in English. The older and predominant opera audience [...]
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Pumpkin Is My Favorite Organic Material
Matt Lambert @ October 31, 2008 # 2 Comments
Of all the Autumnal perks, I am going to boldly declare that my favorite part of Fall is the proliferation of pumpkins and pumpkin-derived goods. For one thing, pumpkins look freaking awesome. Even before you slice a visage into their hide, the unmolested pumpkin is still such a charming-looking gourd. They look [...]
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Burn Before Watching
Jason Reynolds @ September 15, 2008 # 2 Comments
Saturday night I went to the movies to see the new Coen brothers flick, Burn After Reading. Though I’d love to tell you all about this movie, and how it’s basically like the 2008 version of Pulp Fiction, which in my opinion is AWESOME, I wont. That’s not what this is about. Instead, I’d [...]
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