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The Kills | No Wow | Rough Trade/RCA

For the Kills, executing their minimalist sonic blitz with nothing more than a guitar, a drum machine and a lyrically unflinching fuck-you resolve is all in a day's work, and however miscalculated the...
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Kaiser Chiefs | Employment | Universal

When you hear the first measures of "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" off of the Kaiser Chiefs' Employment, don't be fooled. You haven't accidentally put in a Roxy Music CD, nor have you magically b...
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New Order | Waiting For The Sirens’ Call | Warner

On the album's first track, "Who's Joe?" New Order gains the disdain of rock critics across the land by quoting Jimi Hendrix; asking, "Hey, Joe. What you doing?"
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This winner of the 2005 Oscar for best documentary gives a grim look into the notorious prostitution rings of Calcutta, India, while attempting to enlighten and educate future hookers everywhere.
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We Be Playin

When Artsweek first heard about mtvU taking over the airwaves here on our campus, our first thought was: "What do they want from us?" I figured by this age we were too old to be sucked into the tradit...
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Moby @ Campbell Hall

Generally, pop stars don't frequent academic discussions. One cannot imagine Fatboy Slim or t.A.t.U at a political forum - and if this actually happened, I think we'd all scream and run for the rafte...
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Dave Barry @ Campbell Hall

Dave Barry is a very unusual usual guy. He strolls out on the stage before a packed Arlington Theatre and says he will introduce the Arts & Lectures spokeswoman who will introduce John Cleese, who wil...
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Head On |

German writer/director Fatih Akin is certainly no stranger to fiction that is out of the ordinary, taking part in German film projects ranging from writing and directing an organized crime thriller in...
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Sin City | Sinfully Delightful

An icy blonde dame stands on a balcony outside some swank party. From the shadows emerges a man who, with the manly curtness characteristic of so many strong and silent types, instantly sweeps her int...
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Moby | Hotel | V2

Electronic musical mastermind Moby has spent the majority of the past 10 or so years in hotel rooms either doing press junkets for his past albums, book releases, restaurant openings, winning Grammy A...
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Acoustic Alchemy | American/English | EMI

My, what one can do with a nylon-string guitar these days. Originating from the simple concept of two classically trained players taking a stab at melding all sorts of disparate musical genres, Acoust...
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Bear Puddin

What do you get when you compile eight of the top art students at a university and give them the chance to create and organize their own show? The answer is part classical and part modernist, a little...
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Be Kind, Please Rewind

Samara Morgan first crawled out of TV sets - and into the hearts of American moviegoers - in 2002's "The Ring." The video cassette-born villainess apparently spooked audiences enough that her creators...
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First Sick? Twisted? Hilarious? You Bet Your Ass!

Are you one of those people who thinks cartoons are dumb? When someone says animation, do you think singing crabs and midgets with pickaxes? Well, prepare to have all your preconceived notions about a...
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Beck | Guero | Interscope

Nearly 10 years after the release of Odelay, Beck finds himself reinventing the art of reinvention and excelling in the self-deprecation that made "Loser" the definitive slacker anthem of the early '9...
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