Archive: Jan 2011
Culture
‘Music As a Weapon’ tour attacks Main Street Armory
Only the most dedicated hard rock fans would bother to bear the freezing cold for hours, waiting for the doors of the Main Street Armory to open. A crowd of all ages and personal styles huddled together in anticipation of the beginning of the 2011 “Music as a Weapon” tour. My friends and I found […]
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‘The Way Back’ is promising, but fails
“The Way Back” tells the story of seven prisoners of war who escaped a Siberian Gulag and made their way to India, a 4,000 mile trek. This incredible journey, supposedly based on true events, should have made an enthralling film; however, the editing and directing prevented it from reaching its true potential. “The Way Back” […]
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‘Apollo Kids’ is just all right
More so than almost any other rapper, Ghostface Killah makes albums like he’s making movies. From the tough, crack-game noir of “Fishscale” to the glossy, loverman R&B of his last album “Ghostdini,” each Ghostface release has a directorial sense of thematic scope and dominating tone. With that in mind, his new record, “Apollo Kids,” feels […]
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‘Deadly Murder:’ what other kind of murder is there?
When you go to see a play with the ridiculously inane title “Deadly Murder,” it definitely does not get your hopes up that it will be a high-quality production. I mean, what other kind of murder is there? Undeadly? “Deadly Murder” was first produced under several different titles: “If/Then” and “Deadly Game” — definitely not […]
