Sisters! Hear me. Too long have we had to endure the animation domination of The Man. In recent years talking cars, ogres and vermin have taken over our screens, grossing obscene amounts of money and winning innumerable awards.
What film could possibly be truly great that tries to Hollywood-ify Charles Dickens? This story may sound familiar: A young, naïve boy grows up in a terrible orphanage where he clings to the unrealistic hope that his parents will rescue him from his destitute life.
I often sit and stare at my iTunes library wondering how I let it acquire so many gaps. I have the new Shins album, which is fantastic, but I've failed to import any of my Beatles albums.
If you were watching MTV during the week of Nov. 12, you probably caught at least one of the Artist of the Week commercials featuring Alicia Keys' new album, As I Am.
After being dubbed "The Best Live Band in the World" by Spin magazine last year, some bands might crumble.
Gods of the Mountain As part of their four-part Ellen Bayard Weedon Lecture series in the arts of Asia, independent scholar, Nancy Tingley will speak about Hindu art in Viet Nam.
U.Va.: a prominent school in the fields of business, law and medicine, is unfortunately deeply lacking in the studies of cultural significance.
Let's not split hairs -- Jay-Z's Kingdom Come was bad. No, it wasn't awful, and yes, it did have a handful of redeeming qualities.
"Look, mind state of a gangster from the 40s / meet the vicious mind of Motown's Berry Gordy." With the opening lines of "Pray," the second track on Jay-Z's American Gangster, we step into the world of crime, corruption, drugs and wealth as painted by Hov himself.
If you assume the auditorium in Old Cabell Hall only hosts symphonies and orchestras and is frequented only by the most highly cultured residents of Charlottesville, think again.
Radiohead vs. EMI It's safe to say tensions between Radiohead and their former label EMI are pretty high right now.
It's easy to get lost in the sounds of Sigur Rós. The Icelandic group's seamless combination of strings, atmospheric guitars, glockenspiel, keyboard and so on creates an entirely foreign sound that, even upon first listen, is inexplicably familiar.
So, I'm really not one for the whole R&B genre. I am, however, a big fan of Virginia. Perhaps the two seem a bit disconnected, but with Chris Brown's Exclusive (which debuted Nov.
Are you missing your nightly Colbert Report fix? Barely surviving without Jon Stewart's infamous interviews?
I played a lot of video games when I was a kid. I spent my weekends with Super Nintendo, N64, even a bit of Playstation 2.
Christian Finnegan took some time earlier in the week to talk with tableau about the Laugher Arts Festival at the Paramount, Chappelle's Show and Katie Couric. tab: I think a lot of people in the audience will either know you from Chappelle's Show or Best Week Ever.
Now that the jack-o'-lanterns are rotting at the bottoms of trash cans throughout Charlottesville, the holiday season can finally begin.
Aside from the papers, the exams and your occasional hangover, life at U.Va. is pretty comfortable. In an environment where opportunities are numerous and resources are at our disposal, it is often easy to ignore or overlook the realities of life elsewhere.
There's been a lot of hype surrounding Joy Division lately. Control, a biopic that dramatically details the sad story of frontman Ian Curtis, is burning up film festival circuits worldwide.
If you, like me, find originality to be one of the most important qualities in music, look no further than prog-rockers Coheed & Cambria.
