Thanks to the accumulating-interestingness principle of adulthood, Assistant Arts Editor Garth Brody’s pedagogical options haven’t depleted: they’ve exploded.
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Tags: Garth Brody, Senior Columns
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Tim and Eric disgust and delight
The garish lowbrow sheen that coats every frame of Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar movie is both a misdirection from the satire’s brunt and a crucial aspect of the aesthetic.
Tags: Film Reviews, Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
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‘Start Making Sense’ recaptures Talking Heads energy
Taking their name from the iconic Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense,” “Start Making Sense” will play Talking Heads covers at the Iron Horse tonight.
Tags: concert, Iron Horse, Start Making Sense, Talking Heads
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Getting in the maximum amount of dates on V-Day
Valentine’s Day, like any other consumer-driven holiday, can and should be approached as a competitive sport. Fortunately, unlike gift-based holidays like Christmas, the surest path to a Valentine’s victory doesn’t have to be paved with begrudging magnanimity.
Tags: valentine's day, zoe's fish house
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Facebook Timeline changeover causes concern as total switch looms
Reports say that all Facebook users will be forced into having their profiles become the Timeline. Has Facebook, with all of its creativity, finally crossed the line?
Tags: Facebook, Facebook Timeline, Mark Zuckerberg
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Judie’s restaurant provides variety
Collegian columnist Garth Brody reviews Judie’s restaurant in Amherst.
Tags: Judie's, restaurant, review
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Six chilling flicks
The holidays have come and gone, and with them go the last vestiges of seasonal sentimentality. We’ve reached the cruel heart of winter, that interminable stretch between now and April during which Mother Nature treats us to her most brutal conditions: black ice, freezing winds and scraping the frost off the windshield in the morning. [...]
Tags: 30 Days of Night, Deadly Night, Dreamcatcher, Misery, Silent Night, The Shining, The Thing
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Scared to death: the morbid cultural forces behind Halloween
Professor Kirby Farrell discusses the sociological motivations at play in Halloween’s spooky symbolic language. What are we afraid of?
Tags: English Department, halloween, Kirby Farrell, special issue
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Andrew Bird Makes “Bein’ Green” Look Easy
Andrew Bird, armed with a violin and a tenor voice that makes listeners swoon, brought his playfully neurotic brand of indie folk to the Calvin Theater Thursday night.
Tags: Andrew Bird, The Lazy Projector, The Muppets
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Andrew Bird whistles his way to NoHo
Indie folk multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird headlines the Calvin Theater in Northampton tonight at 8 p.m. Opening act Dosh will perform alongside Bird.
Tags: Andrew Bird, Calvin Theatre, concert preview, Dosh
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