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Sage Francis' 'Healthy Distrust' for pop-rap

By Ravi Dinesh | February 17, 2005

Sage Francis' new album A Healthy Distrust is, simply put, the future of underground rap. A Healthy Distrust is the finest political rap album to come out since Dead Prez's Let's Get Free, and could possibly revive rap the way Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus or Black Star's self-titled debut did in the late '90s. Possibly the most brilliant lyricist in recent times, Francis blends his own brand of complex wordplay with a solid flow that is often lost on many indie MCs. Francis' unorthodox style flaunts the conventions of rap music.

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Tasvir's Third Time is the Charm

By Caitlin Stapleton | February 17, 2005

The third-annual Tasvir: Festival of South Asian Films will be a diverse and glittering mix of things familiar and things new, of things both tragic and blissful and, most importantly, of things truly powerful. Tasvir, founded in November 2002 by then-undergraduate Bilal Qureshi, screens films of the Indian subcontinent this year, touching on themes of partition, cultural conflict and human compassion.

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Lagwagon 'Dives' into Live album

By Molly Seltzer | February 17, 2005

Season changes stress me out. The transition from one type of weather to another forces me to reorganize my closet and puts unnecessary strain on my sinus cavities.

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Twisted Branch is Totally Tea-licious

By James Darragh and Ann Hopper | February 17, 2005

With classes in full swing and midterms looming in the not-so-distant future, the time has come to finally crack open the books and hunker down to study.

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Irish band The Frames reaches out to American audience

By David Moltz | February 17, 2005

When considering internationally successful Irish rock bands, U2 and Thin Lizzy come to mind. Some bands, however, find success closer to their roots.

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'The Mikado' delights, pokes fun in one-off performance

By Mariko Fritz-Krockow | February 10, 2005

The Mikado is possibly the most popular English language opera of our time. As a Japanese girl living in the U.S., I often had heard the stories surrounding this piece while growing up, so I was looking forward to seeing it.

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Band together, Battle to the End

By Tim Ciesco and Molly Seltzer | February 10, 2005

"I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day." At some point, most music fans feel the need to embrace these immortal words from KISS.

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The Pietasters: drinking band with soul

By Leah Nylen | February 10, 2005

With their unique blend of punk rock, reggae and soul, The Pietasters have been playing since 1993, everywhere from the Warped Tour to the occasional frat party.

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Spring '05 videogame preview

By Preston Gisch | February 10, 2005

After tuition, books and a meal plan, cash is scarce at the beginning of any semester -- and this semester is no different.

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'Hotel Rwanda': Chaos captured

By Ruo Jia | February 10, 2005

Films, when provocative, ask questions of their audience. Films, when insightful, ask questions of themselves. In Hotel Rwanda, a searing account of the 1994 genocides in Rwanda, Director/Screen-writer Terry George raises questions about moral weakness, colonial legacy and social implosion.

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Decadence Meets Romance at OXO

By James Darragh and Ann Hopper | February 10, 2005

Love is in the air. This Valentine's Day, don't take a chance on dinner at any old neighborhood standby -- this is the night to splurge.

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Trail of Dead:'Worlds Apart' from average thrash band

By Molly Seltzer | February 10, 2005

It's not often that I feel the need to call things beautiful. Beaches, babies and beauty queens don't do much for me, but ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead's new album, "Worlds Apart," is in fact, beautiful.

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Nuanced acting, great set 'dazzle' in latest Live Arts drama

By Meta Pettus | February 10, 2005

In The Dazzle, now playing at Live Arts, two brothers' obsessions and eccentricities result in a lifestyle as chaotic as their over-stuffed mansion. Loosely based on a true story, The Dazzle depicts the lives of Langley and Homer Collyer and the events preceding their demise. Homer, a former lawyer, and the neurotic Langley, a potential concert pianist, were notorious pack-rats, who accumulated over 137 tons of assorted objects in thirty years.

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Valentine's Day

By Ruo Jia | February 10, 2005

For Lovers Manhattan Day Trip So, let's say Santa was really nice to you for X-mas, or your employer hooked you up with a sweet almost-tax-day bonus, and you want to show your snookums just how much you really care in an over-the-top manner.

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Bright Eyes shines in two new albums

By David Moltz | February 3, 2005

Bright Eyes unleashes its newest effort with an unexpected twist, the story of a harrowing plane crash.

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Starr Hill hosts tsunami benefit concertwith local, national acts

By Eliza Edel | February 3, 2005

This weekend, Starr Hill is rocking out for a cause. While the venue regularly delivers solid entertainment, this weekend it will change gears to also make a difference.

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A Few Good Brews

By Mariko Fritz-Krockow | February 3, 2005

If there's one thing college students should know, it's beer. Though the University has slipped out of Playboy's "top 25 party schools" list, with a little searching students can still find anything from great music to local brews any night of the week. So, in hopes of finding the best local beer, the Tableau staff sampled the two best brewpubs in Charlottesville: South Street and Starr Hill. Both locations offer great beers in a thriving social scene, but no two bars in Charlottesville could be further apart in atmosphere.

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Miyako: where the wild ingredients are

By James Darragh and Ann Hopper | February 3, 2005

Sushi is everywhere. From the Pav to the Teeter, the food formerly known as raw fish has gained a foothold in the American diet.

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Fiery Furnaces crash and burn

By Molly Seltzer | February 3, 2005

Each time I play The Fiery Furnaces' EP, I wince -- any charm the album offers is lost amid disjointed lyrics and a lack of musical intuition. The EP is flaky and immature.

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University Symphony presents

By Stephen Davis | February 3, 2005

Charlottesville is known for many things: the University, fine dining and clean air among them. However, Charlottesville is quickly gaining a reputation as a metropolis with an illustrious classical music scene.