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Windmills of My Mind

Kara Sheehan February 12, 2009
In grade school, music preferences could be summed up with two names: 'N Sync and Britney Spears. While my friends were listening to these typical pop stars, I was listening to bigger and better names. I have my three awesome older brothers to thank for it.

Improv show suffers from lack of spontaneity

Gina Cassaro February 12, 2009
Last Tuesday, students gathered in the Busch Student Center for an improvisation-based Tim Meadows comical performance that left viewers less than impressed with its lack of creativity. "[The performance] was so highly advertised, but overall, it just wasn't worth the time I spent to watch it," said freshman Jordan Graham.

Through the button holes

Will Holston February 12, 2009
The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach-helmer Henry Selick is taking audiences down the rabbit hole in his new film, but this world isn't Alice's typical wonderland. Coraline, adapted from Stardust author Neil Gaiman's award winning fantastical and creepy novella of the same name, arrives in theaters at a time when animated films like WALL-E have proven that mediums traditionally oriented toward children's entertainment can provide more bang for your buck, no matter the age of the audience, than most over-scripted, star-heavy Hollywood blockbusters.

Audiences might just be ‘Into’ this new romantic comedy

Landon Burris February 12, 2009
If it's early February that means there has to be at least one or two chick flicks in wide release, and this year is no exception. He's Just Not That Into You, based on the self-help book by the same name, follows the love lives of nine men and women living in Baltimore, all of whom are portrayed by an ensemble cast, including Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland), Jennifer Aniston (Marley & Me), Drew Barrymore (Music & Lyrics), Jennifer Connelly (The Day the Earth Stood Still), Kevin Connolly ("Entourage"), Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers), Ginnifer Goodwin ("Big Love"), Scarlett Johansson (VickyCristinaBarcelona) and Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard).

‘This show told me to push limits’

Jonathan Ernst February 5, 2009
Light flashes down on the dark streets below. A silent bank erupts with thunder from a sudden explosion. A dark enforcer appears from out of the shadows to vanquish the bank robbers. This may sound similar to the 2008 blockbuster Batman epic, The Dark Knight, but this scene actually predates Christopher Nolan's film.

Cute is What We Aim For tours and calls students to ‘Take Action’

Will Holston February 5, 2009
New York-based buzz band Cute is What We Aim For is getting back on a tour bus and hitting the St. Louis area on Wednesday. The band previously played here in November, a night lead vocalist Shaant Hacikyan remembers well. "Two of our crew members ended up spending $700 at a strip club," he said.

New line of T-shirts targeted at college students mines ‘green’ possibilities from bamboo

Will Holston February 5, 2009
A new website and T-shirt line wants college-aged women to do their part for the environment and look good doing it. Jeff Fulmer, a Tennessee-based entrepreneur, started Bamboo-U more than a year ago. Armed with a background in t-shirt marketing and a newly developed sense of awareness about issues facing the environment, he became aware of the ecological advantages of producing clothing made from bamboo fibers.

24 Frames Per Second

Will Holston February 5, 2009
I was watching the wonderful Frozen River, and I was struck by its similarities with another great little movie released last year: Ballast. Both films opened last year at Sundance to much acclaim -Frozen River took the Grand Jury Prize- and both are surprisingly self-assured and confident debut features from newly-Academy Award nominated Courtney Hunt (for Best Original Screenplay) and Lance Hammer, respectively.

Local band hits the road on new tour to support album

[email protected] February 5, 2009
One St. Louis-based band is making a name for itself. Nothing Still, made up of Emilio Hernandez (vocals), Tom Fedke (bass), Patrick Slusser (drums), Anthony Ficken (lead guitar) and Matt Kleemann (guitar), drew inspiration for their name from an encounter Slusser had with a teacher.

Contemporary Art Museum awes, disappoints in two new exhibitions

Bonnie Rosenberg February 5, 2009
There seems to be a dichotomous relationship between idea and actualization in art. Often one precludes the other, rendering a work either all style or all concept. The dual exhibit at the Contemporary Art Museum seems to fall prey, for the most part, to this clash of art's conceptual titans.

Dreadful Yawns aim to excite

Matt Smyser February 5, 2009
Behind a thick coating of informality lies a wealth of musical ideas, all ripe with amazing possibility and technicality. They come from the minds of guitarist Ben Gmetro and his fellow band mates in The Dreadful Yawns, a band that goes out of its way to be extraordinarily ordinary.

A new kind of chef

Kara Sheehan January 29, 2009
Cooking was never so twisted or spicy until Nadia G stepped on the scene. Nadia G, once a sketch comedy star from Montreal, is producing a new cooking show and wrote cookbook full of fun, kinky dishes for every occasion. "I can make fun of my cake and eat it too," Nadia said.
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