Pornographers' newest album pleases, but may not astound
The New Pornographers have built a reputation as some of the most ingenious creators of sparkling and supremely catchy indie pop of the last 10 years.
The New Pornographers have built a reputation as some of the most ingenious creators of sparkling and supremely catchy indie pop of the last 10 years.
We've seen this kind of artificial intelligence before: a program that "learns" from the input of its users (remember that obnoxious online 20 questions game?). What, then, is so eerie and uncanny about Cleverbot?
Courtesy of IMDB.com Courtesy of IMDB.com With HBO producing some blockbuster hits like "Band of Brothers" and "True Blood," the TV channel Starz is often considered the estranged stepchild of the premium cable networks.
At the beginning of Spring term, when my pre-med friend informed me that she had spent her break tackling "Anna Karenina" and "Othello," I began to question my qualifications for writing this column on books.
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The Festival of New Musics will culminate tonight in the Hopkins Center's Spaulding Auditorium with "A Celebration of Music at Dartmouth," a wide-ranging showcase of the student performers and composers who organized the four-concert festival.
Even though I'm a lover of Academy Award-winning films, more often than not I find myself throwing around cynical comments about the predictability of these movies as I leave the theater.
Allison Levy / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Allison Levy / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In the musical "Zanna, Don't!," one of the play's (literally) colorful characters asks "If musical theater doesn't address important political issues, what will?" This line epitomizes the goal of the Dartmouth Pride Theater Festival's directors, Chiara Klein '10 and Addie Gorlin '11, who have worked together since Winter term to organize the festival.
On the cover of Javelin's album "No Mas" (2010), a three-headed, pink-robed bearded man in sunglasses stares straight out at viewers as he shelters an attractive, forlorn-looking young girl under his arm.
<img alt="The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir gave audience members a sneak peek at the group's new album, "All God's Children," on Thursday." title="The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir gave audience members a sneak peek at the group's new album, "All God's Children," on Thursday." src="http://static.thedartmouth.com/2010/04/30/photos/4986articlephoto.jpg" /> Eunice Lee / The Dartmouth Staff <img alt="The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir gave audience members a sneak peek at the group's new album, "All God's Children," on Thursday." title="The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir gave audience members a sneak peek at the group's new album, "All God's Children," on Thursday." src="http://static.thedartmouth.com/2010/04/30/photos/4986articlephoto.jpg" /> Eunice Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Thursday night found the voices of the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir fill Spaulding Auditorium with a lively and moving program of songs, the first of two performances for the group's Spring concert.
Tuesday night the "American Idol" final six took the stage to attempt selections from guest mentor Shania Twain's catalog, begging a number of questions: Since when does Shania Twain have enough songs to constitute a catalog?
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"Imperfect Birds," the newest novel from Anne Lamott, is, I'm sorry to say, a mom book. We all know the kind suited to a book club full of moms looking for some juicy source material to start a discussion about adolescent secrecy and substance abuse.
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My opinion on musicals is evenly split. On one hand, musicals can be the source of timeless ballads and anthems, tied to a moving narrative that feeds the emotional resonance of the music.
Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Not many Dartmouth students can say they have written two one-act plays, a full-length play, a screenplay and a short film in the last year and a half, but for Tabetha Xavier '10, these are simply the major projects on a long list of recent accomplishments.
Courtesy of YouTube.com Courtesy of YouTube.com Following in the footsteps of such YouTube-stars-turned-celebrities as Justin Bieber, Los Angeles-based comedian GloZell Green has risen to fame with her critical and hilarious "translations" of popular songs.
Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff "Laundry and Bourbon," which opened on April 22 in the Bentley Theater at the Hopkins Center and performed three shows over the weekend, deftly explored the struggles of three rural Texan women facing issues from unplanned pregnancy to cheating husbands.