The room is plain, with a low, solid-looking coffee table in the center, perfectly at knee height. A collection of mismatched furniture encircles the surface, all squishy armchairs and loveseats. From the otherwise blank white walls, The Beatles remain frozen, forever crossing the street in formation. (0) comments
With Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones still sullying their respective images, and Iggy Pop and the Stooges about to destroy all the good grace they've accumulated since Fun House, it is a safe generalization to say that music is a medium for the youth. (2) comments
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The Arcade Fire's latest album, Neon Bible, slides past its first release without the slightest glimmer of failure. The full-length dropped in stores Tuesday in the United States and the day before in Europe.
Since the eight-member crew débuted in September 2004 with Funeral, the buzz surrounding the talented musicians hasn't lost much stamina.
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David Fincher's Zodiac frustrates and entertains viewers with equal force - no easy task. With an elliptical narrative spanning 22 years, the film zig-zags through 158 minutes, never plodding, yet never quite satisfying.
Zodiac is a captivating stew of contradictions, conflicting genres, and themes of obsession.
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Photography has always been a divisive medium. When it was created in the 19th century, critics debated whether such a mechanical process could even be considered an artform.
Many technological advancements later, artists and critics agree that it has secured a place as art, but they tend to favor one of two completely opposite methods: a documentary approach, in which the photograph acts as a literal lens on reality and the artist's hand slyly shapes the picture, or photographs of arranged scenes, often including works the artist has created, with the ultimate goal of creating an aesthetic effect, the artist's hand trumping reality.
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Two weeks ago, I reported on UI playwright Joshua Casteel's play Returns. Casteel and Returns have since been invited to numerous venues, and will tour theaters and colleges around the nation beginning in early May.
Returns, which focuses on a group of former Army interrogators in Iraq and the war's legacy of post-traumatic stress disorder, played in the Theatre Building's Theatre B from Feb. 15-18.
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