Adorable isn't usually an adjective that comes to mind when playing a videogame. In the case of Nintendogs, a new game for Nintendo's handheld DS system, no word seems more appropriate.
Dining out well is always a bit of a challenge. Dining out on one of Charlottesville's busiest weekends with your parents, your friends' parents and chatty-but-cheap Aunt Thelma in tow can be an outright marathon.
The Oct. 13 review, "La Cucina: oily, heavy, canned and acidic," originally ran before The Cavalier Daily was aware that the author of the review, plus two members of her family, applied to work at the restaurant and did not receive the position.
A disaster -- Cat Power's performance last Friday evening at the Satellite Ballroom can be described as nothing less.
Take a moment and think of mathematics: of its symbols, its obscurity, the gobbledygook found in its reams of incoherency.
OXO: This restaurant offers a seasonal, daily-changing menu of modern French cuisine. Despite the upscale sound, the fare is actually unfussy and unpretentious -- simultaneously earthy, subtle and intensely flavorful.
I have horrible musical taste. Hang on, that didn't come out right. What I meant was, I have horrible musical luck.
Jonathon is a collector. Peering at the world through thick glasses, he ziplocs scraps of memory, accumulating a wall of labeled, dated paraphernalia from his family's life.
As I walked into Minor Hall last Thursday night for the rehearsal of Black Voices' "Joy in the Morning" concert, I didn't know what to expect.
Dear Cameron Crowe, We get it. You've cornered the market on finding yourself and romance in the same movie.
While reading some background information on Constantines' newest album, Tournament of Hearts, I discovered the album was named after the Canadian female curling competition.
If you take your music cues from the prime-time melodrama The OC, then I'm sure you've heard of matt pond PA.
On Friday, you'll be here in Charlottesville, which isn't very far from your hometown of Mechanicsville.
Upon hearing My Morning Jacket's newest album, Z, for the first time, I was immediately filled with dismay.
Rose adores shoes. While food makes her "fatter" and clothes "don't look good," shoes always fit.
Coheed and Cambria, like a tall glass of Guinness, is an acquired taste. Front man Claudio Sanchez's impossibly high vocals -- the band's chief signature -- is what makes this music so hard to get into.
With a 20-person group behind their name, a cacophony of instruments and guests like Stars, Metric, Raising the Fawn, The Dears and Julie Penner, Broken Social Scene is able to create some of the most aurally satisfying and interesting music that I've ever heard.
Imagine for a moment that I'm a single parent to an apocryphal teenage son. Like any responsible father, I want my boy to grow up with a good moral upbringing and raise him to have a strong work ethic.
Warning to the reader: There are many gifted and talented music writers on the tableau staff. I am not one of them.
This review originally ran on Oct. 13 before The Cavalier Daily was aware that the author of the review, plus two members of her family, applied to work at the restaurant, La Cucina, and did not receive the position.
