Arts & Entertainment
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Kevin Lo Earlimart Treble & Tremble Few obituaries, tributes or theories about Elliott Smith will properly capture what he meant and continues to mean to his fans.
Love Me, Mr. Darcy
Jane Austin started it. Helen Fielding's modernized it. Now, director Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like Beckham) has taken the novel Pride and Prejudice (as well as women's perpetual lust for Mr. Darcy) and injected some good ol' Bollywood in it.
Grammy predictions
Record of the year Will win: Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris -- "Yeah!" You might hate it, but it loves you. Should win: Ray Charles & Norah Jones -- "Here We Go Again" It's Ray.
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Kevin Lo Ambulance LTD "LP" The first time you play LP, skip track one. It's a wonderful track, but you won't realize it until later.
Spring movies and such
As far as movies are concerned, the first few months of any year always suck. Since major studios tend to release their Oscar contenders in the summer and fall, all they can serve the hungry nerds now are mere table scraps.
From Petty Theft to Selling Toner, and All the Rocking In Between
The story of Tommy Stinson might just shape the way music-lovers handle telemarketers forever. The one-time Replacements bassist and current solo artist recently made some easy cash selling toner over the phone for a major telemarketing company.
Charlie, You So Crazay
Remember your quirky and obnoxious imaginary friend who liked to throw spaghetti and cut people's hair while they slept?
We're not singing
A Love Song for Bobby Long aims to be an off-kilter yet heartwarming tale, but mostly it just plants itself in the middle of Crazyville and refuses to leave.
My power, my pleasure, my pain
Any good musician wakes up in the morning with this thought in his head: "Today, I'm going to write the greatest song in the world." This mantra is what drives anyone in the business. But, when Seal wakes up in the morning, he says, "Today, I'm going to write the greatest song in the world.
BUT They Were so cute!
And you thought Bennifer was the break-up to end all break-ups. It may have been a week late, but Hollywood gave celebrity gossipers the best Christmas gift imaginable a couple of weeks ago.
Hilary swank looks like a man...
Million Dollar Baby is the conventional movie that everyone's sure to like a lot, but not to love.
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Kevin Lo Rogue Wave Out of the Shadow On the wacky and feel-good "Kicking the Heart Out," Zach Rogue sings, "If music is my lover, you are just a tease." Judging from most of the lyrics on the Bay Area band's debut, Rogue has a witty and biting sense of humor.
Assault on our intelligence
Jean-Francois Richet's remake of John Carpenter's 1976 film Assault on Precinct 13 could almost be billed as a parody of the typical action flick.
Apple Reveals iPod shuffle
Posters reading "Life is random" lined the walls of last Wednesday's Macworld expo as Steve Jobs and Apple unveiled their newest product in the ubiquitous iPod genealogy.
Basketball a la Carter
In 1999 Ken Carter, head coach of an inner city high school basketball team in California, created a large controversy when he locked out his undefeated team because they were doing poorly in school.
Warm-up songs
Cold weather got you down? Throw these warm-weather themed songs on your iPod and make snow angels in the Quad.
Reviews
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Singing to a different poon
This article appeared in the December 9th joke issue. Misty Beethoven: The Musical is destined for Oscar glory.
Hot sticky sugar sweet
This article appeared in the December 9th joke issue. While interning at Vivid Video, I happened upon a script featuring one of my good friends in a, ahem, special movie.
