Given that Jay-Z will be headlining John Paul Jones Arena in a few days, it seems appropriate to revisit the career of one of mainstream rap?s most ubiquitous talents.
Turntablism is an art. It involves beat mixing, song juggling, pitch adjusting and, of course, record scratching.
Our economy is in a downward spiral, and it seems that everything suffers these days. One exception though, is Saturday Night Live, which has seen a huge increase both in demand for ads and in ratings.Thanks to the political environment, Saturday Night Live ratings have shot up 46 percent over the last year, while shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are only up 16 percent from last year.
Annuals, an indie-pop band from North Carolina, released their latest album Oct. 7 and ironically named it Such Fun.
John Ogden?s aboriginal photographyAustralian John Ogden has had an eclectic career
Even if you?re just a casual fan of The Streets, it is safe to say 2006?s The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living was a disappointment.
Dance is often described as the expression of the mind and the soul through the body. The upcoming Strands of Motion dance performance weaves this concept with religious stories and messages to form what the drama department hopes will be an inspiring and intriguing performance.Fourth-year College students Ashley Romanias and Jake Pasko choreographed two of the dances for this second-annual Fall Dance Concert, and also will dance in the performance.Romanias? dance is based on the description of Adam and Eve from Genesis, the first chapter of the Bible.
In the mid-?90s, few bands in the world were as big as Oasis. Their albums Definitely Maybe and (What?s the Story) Morning Glory?
In 2005, Art History Prof. Paul Barolsky and Studio Art Prof. Richard Crozier came together to create a collage of objects found in the Charlottesville area that eventually went on display under the name ?Trash and Treasures.?As Barolsky recounts, he and Crozier had been sharing an office for three or four years.
I?d be hard-pressed to give any movie with both Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio a bad review.
We live in a world where many people look to Hollywood starlets, macho athletes and hip-hop artists for their heroes.
Waking up at the crack of dawn every Sunday for church. Reciting nighttime prayers at the side of my bed.
Purchase tickets for the Virginia Film FestivalStudents hoping to attend the upcoming Virginia Film Festival may purchase up to $15 worth of tickets using their Art$ Dollars.
Victor Pelevin?s latest novel, The Sacred Book of the Werewolf, is a crisp satire of modern-day Russia, told from the perspective of A-Hu-Li, a 2,000-year-old werefox ? not to be confused with the werewolf referred to in the title.
T.I. is not as visionary as Kanye West, not as bankable as Lil? Wayne and not as influential as Jay-Z, but do not let these small details take away from the fact that T.I.
There is a pretentious young filmmaker in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People who Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) finds particularly loathsome.
Sorry to upset Rage Against the Machine fans, but if you buy this album and expect to hear the type of face-melting guitar solos and wailing lyrics that Tom Morello became known for as the lead guitarist for Audioslave and Rage, you will be sorely disappointed.
Ben Folds? newest album Way to Normal ? released Sep. 30 ? is the latest in Fold?s collection of music with complex lyrics driven by his signature piano lines.
?Imagine a moment when artists are asked to invent a new language of Art to convey a new way of being in this modern world.?This challenge is posed by the press release for the new El Lissitzky exhibit at U.Va?s Art Museum.
TV on the Radio is more than just a band ? it is a generational phenomenon. Just as The Beatles spearheaded the free-wheeling hippie spirit of the 1960s and Nirvana embodied the apathy of the early 1990s, TV on the Radio articulates the claustrophobia of the new millennium.
