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Through Being Cool
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Saves the Day get ready for their close-up. Read more
Days of our nights
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006The fallout continues. All Tomorrow’s Parties, an indie kid’s wet dream scheduled for Oct. 19-21 in L.A., has been postponed until March 15-17. The Sonic ... Read more
This Week’s Attractions
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Connie and Carla Opens Fri., April 16, at Metro and other theaters Or, My Big Fat Drag Musical. After the massive soccer-mom embrace of her ... Read more
La Femme Difficile: A Tribute to Claire Denis
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Claire Denis retrospective isn't easy viewing. Read more
Sell-ebrate the ’60s
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Hold onto your history books; the US Postal Service (with help from its faithful fans) has delivered the latest installment of “Celebrate the Century”—the century ... Read more
A Spot of Sherry
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Every wine book for beginners devotes some space to sherry, so we all know that sherry is one of the world’s great wines. But how ... Read more
Against the Grain
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006FRIDAY DANCE Against the Grain George Balanchine may have said that “ballet is woman,” but this festival of choreography and performance by men contradicts his ... Read more
Fest-O-Rama
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Jewish, African, and Irishhave We forgotten anyone? Read more
Salt of the Earth
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006They are the Boggs, they are, and they ain't no bluegrass band. Read more
Nobody’s Angel
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006With a new CD that draws on her troubled Northwest past, country revivalist Neko Case seems poised for stardom. But can this fiery former punk ... Read more
Not if but whenThe valuation of this company (see “Amazon.c(abo)om,” 10/21) has
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Not if but whenThe valuation of this company (see “Amazon.c(abo)om,” 10/21) has fascinated me since I started following the stock movements—just a crash waiting to ... Read more
Time bombs in the sky?
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Boeing 767s flew with flaws, claim whistle-blowers. Read more
Mansfield Park
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Austen updated, but not quite enough. Read more
Rockers (and Jazzmen and Bluesmen) Uptown
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006AUGUSTUS PABLO King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (Deluxe Edition) (1976, Shanachie) East of the River Nile (1977, Shanachie) Rockers Meet King Tubbys in a Fire ... Read more
Gross generosity
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006The next time you pick up Eat the State! or The Washington Free Press—if you’re crafty enough to find a copy in this town—thank a ... Read more
Surrogate Suppers
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006You don’t have to take Womyn’s Studies 101 to realize Thanksgiving amounts to a big colonial luau. We came, we saw, we overstayed our welcome ... Read more
Falling Down
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006Patty Griffin, “Cold as It Gets” (ATO; 2004). Arlo Guthrie, “Presidential Rag” (Rising Son; 1974). Marianne Faithfull, “Working Class Hero” (Island; 1979). Nick Cave, “Red ... Read more
More Cushion for the Pushin’!
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006A newly chubbed-up newlywed wrote in recently lamenting the changes the extra weight had wrought in her boudoir [Dategirl, June 27]. She wondered if I ... Read more
Music, Film, and More
Published 7:00am Monday, October 9, 2006WEDNESDAY MUSIC THE TRÜBY TRIO From bossa breakbeat and broken jazz to ’80s synths and soouuul-train funk, this German crew lays out a warm vibe ... Read more