W-S
music fest kicks urban blues
By
Aaron Bokros
Jan.
18 will see the kick-off of the project with a night of blues at the
Millennium Center downtown. The festival, which has been dubbed "Kickin’
The Downtown Blues", is headlined by international blues legend
Taj Mahal, who is joined by several other national acts as well as seven
local bands.
Cast
makes 'Tenenbaums' Anderson's finest film
By
Ernie Hatfield
Wes
Anderson’s latest film, The Royal Tenenbaums, is a crowning achievement,
the magnum opus thus far in the filmmaker’s young career. Often
referred to as a ‘cult’ favorite after the underground hit
Bottle Rocket and the more widely acclaimed Rushmore, he has made a
giant leap with his latest effort.
Trip
to Hitting Zone recalls Little League memories
By
Ethan Dougherty
At
the Hitting Zone in Winston-Salem, located at 1612 Stratford Road across
from Hanes Mall, even batters who got more praise for their hustle back
to the bench after a strikeout than their hits can swing until they
get the solid base hit that had previously eluded them.
Estonian
Philharmonic replaces Prauge Symphony
By
Taylor Kennamer
The
powers that be behind the university’s annual Secrest Artist Series
recently announced the cancellation of the Prague Radio Symphony’s
performance, which was scheduled for Jan. 31. Secrest
Series planners have already booked a replacement, which comes in the
form of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber
Orchestra.
Radiohead
flies high with recent live disc
By
Jay Cridlin
I
Might Be Wrong rocks exceedingly hard, a staggering compliment given
that (1) few live albums are able to capture such electricity, and (2)
the entire musical universe was unaware that Radiohead still remembered
how to rock.
'Sex
and the Campus': Video teaching pelvic exercises may leave viewers unsatisfied
By
Brandy Jones
According to The Womanly Art of Loving’s Sexercise Website,
Sexercise is "a precise technology of women’s exercises that
when correctly applied can bring about tremendous sexual pleasure for
both partners."
'Vanilla
Sky,' 'Ocean's 11' top holiday film releases
By
Jennie Loughridge
Several
excellent movies helped provide a much-needed break from the hectic
holiday season. Before seeing Ocean’s 11, I thought that the hype
surrounding the movie was going to leave me disappointed in the end.
I quickly realized that Steven Soderbergh’s film was going to be
far from a let down.
Portable
Players catch up to MP3 frenzy
By
Elizabeth Turnbull
Several
companies, though, have now come out with a variety of MP-3 friendly
options, and they range from more traditional CD/MP3 disk players to
almost space age 20-gigabyte portable hard drives.
