Artsweek

November 29, 2001

John Coltrane | The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording | Impulse!

By Eliav Appelbaum

The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording, the first issue of John Coltrane's final captured live performance, reaches an ecstatic boiling point in the free jazz movement.

November 29, 2001

John Mayer | Room for Squares | Sony

By Patrick Wright

If this were a hard and fast rule Room for Squares would probably be pulled over for reckless endangerment. The album rides the line between following the caravan and diverging into John Mayer's own aesthetic road.

November 15, 2001

Give Me Space

By Erin James

White space, or a lack there of, is not a new complaint from young artists struggling to display their bodies of work. That dialogue is as old as the art form itself.

November 15, 2001

Out of Many, One

By Patrick Wright

Jude Narita, actress, producer and playwright, brings her own one-woman show to Campbell Hall this Friday night. Critically acclaimed, "Stories Waiting to be Told" is a performance that celebrates the lives of Asian and ...

November 15, 2001

Under Construction

By Eric Lister

The dancers enter in a line. They are wearing blazing orange safety vests with reflective stripes and wield brooms with metal caps on the end.

November 15, 2001

Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple

By Vanessa Perplies

The main theme explored is human fallibility. Single mother Betty and her son Bert attempt to reunite their family in Bangor, Maine. They travel to New York to retrieve an estranged member of their clan, but end up stayi...

November 15, 2001

Heist: Dishonor Among Thieves

By Patrick Wright

Mamet's newest modern noir, "Heist," has the muted monochromatic color scheme of its timeless predecessors. More crime than con game, an abundance of double-crossings and plot twists are still intact.

November 15, 2001

Radiohead | I Might Be Wrong Live Recordings Radiohead | Capitol Records

By Scott Davis

Radiohead doesn't know when to take a break. This latest offering is their third major release in 13 months, coming only five months after Amnesiac and barely a year since Kid A. Not that we mind.

November 15, 2001

The Avalanches | Since I Left You | Sire/Modular

By Erin James

For recording artists, the line between sampling and stealing can be very fine. And copyright infringement can be an expensive lesson learned.

November 15, 2001

Techno Animal | The Brotherhood of the Bomb | Matador

By Mr. Bell

To put it simply, this is Techno Animal: a slowed electronic rhythm with hard drums and heavy bass.

November 15, 2001

Alana Davis | Fortune Cookies | Elektra

By Cara Jennison

It's a new world, Ms. Davis - you're not the only multicultural, pop songstress anymore. While you hit it big in 1997 with "Thirty-two Flavors," there is more competition now; a catchy pop chorus just isn't enough.

November 13, 2001

Growing Old Together

By Patrick Wright

We might not walk, talk or look the the same, but I still love you baby. Artsweek celebrates a two-decade long relationship with animation.

November 7, 2001

Seasoning Your Words

By Erin James

Performance poetry, as of late, has experienced a renaissance fueled by the energy and fervor of young bards who reject the constraints of traditional poetry forums.

November 7, 2001

Waking Life: Brownia Motion

By Erin James

A 99-minute fully animated dream sequence containing numerous dream subplots, false awakenings, philosophical brainteasers and, yet, no clear story line - sounds like the perfect recipe for a Hollywood bomb.

November 7, 2001

Monsters Inc.: Out of the Closet

By Cara Jennison

A summer of animation successes and failures taught Pixar/Disney an important lesson: amazing technology can't make up for a worthless script.

November 7, 2001

Pink Floyd | Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd | EMD/Capital

By Nick Simons

Pink Floyd, the band Barrett helped to make famous with his insanity, offers Echoes, a greatest hits album, combining popular favorites with Barrett's early work.