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Okay, okay. Artsweek is a little late. So sue us. We're well aware that every reputable publication has already published and shelved their year-end best of/top 10/New Year's issue. But, you know what...
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"The Triplets of Belleville," a surreal animated romp from French director Sylvain Chomet, only lasts 82 minutes, but every scene brings beautiful but harsh images together with a stunning soundtrack.
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The new record, Splinter, is also aptly titled in that it is insignificant but extremely annoying. Even the degenerate middle-schooler who thought that "studpiddumbshitgoddamnedmotherfucker" represent...
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The dark branches of the trees on the poster for "Big Fish" contrast against their light background. This sort of coupling has become a chromatic trademark for director Tim Burton.
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Having already made a sizable dent in the U.K. charts, 1970s-influenced hard-rockers the Darkness have brought their product stateside, and what an in-your-face product it is.
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At the risk of sounding presumptuous, Ryan Adams could very well be the rock and roll messiah. Eager to take chances and blend genres, Adams has some major musical muscle in his corner.
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1) The Rapture | Echoes | Strummer/Universal
2) The Shins | Chutes Too Narrow | Sub Pop
3) The Snake The Cross The Crown | Like a Moth Before a Flame | Waste of Time
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Sure, there are plenty of film festivals and filmmaking competitions taking place all over the country in any given week. But, how many of those festivals willingly give directorial reign to 10 random...
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In the closing scenes of "21 Grams," one of the main characters lies in a hospital bed and recalls the urban legend that the 21 grams a human body supposedly loses at the moment of death is the loss o...
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Palm Pictures has released a three-part series called "The Director's Label," showcasing the work of three directors of music videos and short films.
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It seems rather unfortunate for your latest greatest hits CD to be released while you are being charged with child molestation, but such is the life of Michael Jackson.
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Look, it's like this: Johnny Cash is my god and I don't think that I can do his new box set any justice.
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1) The Stills | Logic Will Break Your Heart | Vice/Atlantic
2) Erase Errata | At Crystal Palace | Troubleman Unlimited
3) Bouncing Souls | Anchors Aweigh | Epitaph
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Here at Artsweek we relish the fact that we are trendsetters, or at least like to think we can spot a fad before it hits the mainstream. Each week we slave away into the wee hours of the morning, like...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
