Courtesy of Tim Chingos The name Shakespeare does not generally suggest accessibility.
Courtesy of Collider.com When I went to see "The Kite Runner" (2007) I half expected it to be terrible.
If you somehow doubted the genius of the songstress responsible for such albums as "Butterfly," "Glitter" and "Rainbow," Mariah Carey is back to remind you that she's not just another diva with a five-octave vocal range and 17 number one hits -- she's also kind of clever. Carey has parodied Einstein's most famous theorem in the title of her highly anticipated new album "E = MC2," which is slated to begin its inevitable reign at the top of the charts on April 15, 2008. "Touch my Body," the recently released first single from the album, is crack-cocaine for the ears. Imagine yourself in Mariah Carey's stilettos.
A wise man once told me the "Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthin' to f' wit." With that in mind, I hope you understand the risks involved in dealing with one of the most respected acts in hip-hop music. In 1993, the Wu Tang Clan birthed a work of art so stunning and raw that it can only be described in bloated James Lipton-esque grandeur.
Editor's Note: This is the first part in a weekly series examining forgotten films. Certain movies are historical oddities.
It seems that today's preteen set is smitten with a certain Hannah Montana.
Amy Winehouse has the entire world dangling in front of her. If she weren't seeing double, trying to avoid jail, publicly fighting and smoking crack for YouTube audiences everywhere, she just might be able to reach out and grab it. Incidentally, the troubled singer, who made her name in America for saying "no" to rehab on the first single of "Back to Black" (2006), entered a treatment facility just two weeks before her astonishing five Grammy wins.
Courtesy of aquariumdrunkard.com Baby, it's cold outside.
Professor Douglas Perkins stood looming over his xylophone. "I can go faster," he said. He wasn't lying.
/ Courtesy Hot 40 Charts Hot Chip's recently released "Made in the Dark" is both frantic and relaxed -- an album that perfectly embodies the spirit of the prolific, dorky, electro-pop group from England.
Few musicians today could create a commercial success out of the soundtrack to an animated film about a monkey, but Jack Johnson is apparently one of them.
Though it may seem to many students that Dartmouth already has a thriving comedy culture, a new organization has emerged to bring more laughs to campus: The Dartmouth Stand-Up Comedy Group.
Courtesy of hop.dartmouth.edu What do you get when you combine the explosive power of funk with the colossal sound of a big band? "Ferocity," according to keyboardist Adam Klipple '92.
Courtesy of Last FM The first few notes of Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut album seem like standard prep-pop.
Courtesy of themanbookerprize.com With a sense of something like defiance, I convinced myself that I had time to read something for pleasure.
Homosexuality, racism, religion, murder -- it seems as if Macky Alston has never found a touchy subject he didn't like. After attending the screening and discussion of his award-winning documentary "Family Name" (1997) at the Tucker Foundation, however, it becomes clear that Alston's subject matter is chosen precisely for the discomfort it evokes. In "Family Name," Alston returns home to the deep south from New York City to examine a quandary that has haunted him since his youth -- the relationship between black and white Alstons in the area. "Is something a secret if everyone knows it but nobody talks about it?" Alton asks in the film. Clearly racism was a source of unease in his hometown of Durham, N.C., and Alston was completely aware of the stigma associated with this topic. "I think the fascinating thing is that those things that we have never talked about, those things that we are taught not to talk about, breed a lot of fear," Alston wrote on the documentary's website. Winner of the 1997 Sundance Freedom of Expression Award, "Family Name" is certainly more a dark horse than a flashy fan favorite.
Courtesy of CBS In the opening montage of "Welcome to The Captain," the neurotic protagonist Joshua Flug (Fran Kranz) drives toward his new home in the legendary Hollywood apartment building El Capitan, against a backdrop of palm-lined boulevards and sun-splashed beaches.
This weekend, the Dartmouth Glee Club will bring back two relics from the past: Laura Choi Stuart '01 and replicas and restorations of 18th-century musical instruments.
Courtesy of awesomecolor.net Yes, it is possible for a saxophone to produce a primal scream.