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(10/28/09 6:00am)
There is a moment in the Explosions in the Sky song ""First
Breath After the Coma,"" when the listener is enveloped by the
combination of sound and the song title. It may have taken five
minutes to get there, but the patience pays off. Explosions in the
Sky achieve a variety of emotions without the use of discernable
vocals, a challenge that often pays big when done right, and in
this case it truly does. But it makes us ask, ""why?"" What can we
get across in music that we can't express with words?
(10/23/09 6:00am)
As should be plainly obvious to anybody glancing at today's
opinion page, this past Tuesday Madison's Alcohol License Review
Committee rejected a proposal by District 8 Ald. Bryon Eagon to
create a permanent student position on the ALRC. The proposal had
previously been approved by the Common Council Organizational
Committee, a body akin to the Committee on Rules in the state
Legislature.
(09/17/09 6:00am)
This summer my roommate and I were thinking of movies to watch
on one of the many rainy evenings in July. I suggested the Pixar
masterpiece ""WALL-E,"" even though I had already seen it about six
times. My roommate Jared said he'd never seen it before, an
admission akin to treason in my book, so I forced him to sit and
watch with us.
(09/03/09 6:00am)
Following last Tuesday's neighborhood meeting concerning the
proposed redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel, one thing was
incredibly clear: both sides are passionate about this case. Hammes
Company president Bob Dunn, the lead developer on the project, was
given a rousing applause from his supporters following a booming
speech. The whole presentation had an aura akin to a sales pitch
from ""Mad Men,"" seeming rather hollow and soulless yet oddly
inspirational at the same time––and surely the fact that the
presentation was flanked by Bethel Lutheran Church's giant stained
glass rendering of Jesus was not lost on Dunn.
(07/13/09 6:00am)
Anybody who has ever walked past the Edgewater Hotel near
Langdon Street could tell you that it has probably lost a bit of
its original luster. Currently valued at approximately $5.2
million, the Edgewater is far from extravagant. The building is now
over 60 years old, and with that age comes a rather musty aura -
and not a classic post-war nostalgic aura, more so an aura akin to
your grandmother's unrenovated basement.
(04/24/09 6:00am)
Every time I drive home, just after I cross the border and
finally breathe that invigorating Minnesotan air, I'm greeted by a
billboard on my left that reads ""ARE YOU GOING TO HEAVEN OR
HELL?"" followed by a phone number. Most states would probably
throw you a few meatballs first or even a toll booth or two before
gettin' real on you like that, but after three and a half hours
barreling through boring Wisconsin nothingness and past indoor
waterparks listening to western Wisconsin country radio and random
CDs found on the floor of the car (R. Kelly's hip-hopera ""Trapped
in the Closet"" is full of so many twists and turns, I thought I
was going to swerve right off the road!), that billboard has a
strange way of reminding me I'm still alive. When I pass it, I like
to imagine some frantic woman reading it and becoming so concerned
about the fate of her eternal soul she violently brakes along the
side of the road, whips out her cell phone and calls the number. In
seconds, she is greeted by an automated voice that says, ""Thank
you for calling Heaven or Hell Hotline, the instant summation of
your predestination. At the present moment, you are going to ...""
and then a gruff voice from a man named Maslowski inelegantly
interjects, ""HELL,"" and the line goes dead. She probably wouldn't
find it very funny, but I always get a kick out of that.
(04/20/09 6:00am)
""State of Play"" is a terrible movie with an amazingly astute
marketing strategy. By shamelessly pandering to media luddites with
nostalgia-inducing montages of a reporter's life, it softened the
hearts of some of the most jaded film critics (it made A.O. Scott
cry, for God's sake). Although the movie itself fails to
intelligently show the lack of objectivity in reporting today,
perhaps the critical response it has received does exactly
that.
(03/26/09 6:00am)
The year 2009 has already proved to be a year in entertainment
defined by our economic hardships. Movie theaters have begun to
offer deals to entice moviegoers to show up, and escapist fare like
""Paul Blart: Mall Cop"" has done better in theaters than more
serious films. Television has felt the ripple effect of the economy
as well, with stations planning recession-themed television for
their fall lineups, such as ABC's ""Canned,"" a show about four
friends who all get fired on the same day.
(03/02/09 6:00am)
Asobi Seksu's new album Hush turns away from the band's
previously moody, shoegaze aesthetic, in favor of a more vocally
oriented pop sound.
(02/19/09 6:00am)
The year 2008 was a year of change in American film. The year
began by bringing us one of the most critically acclaimed
blockbusters in a long time with The Dark Knight,"" and an animated
feature as a legitimate Best Picture contender in Pixar's kiddie
sci-fi masterpiece ""WALL-E.""
(10/28/08 6:00am)
A statement by an Average Joe"" and subsequent response led to a
flurry of activity regarding the tax policy of the democratic
presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. The passage,
to follow, harkens of socialistic qualities often akin to communist
nations of past.
(10/17/08 6:00am)
I am greatly discontented over the abortion debate that has
taken place on this editorial page over the past week. The
arguments presented, in my view, are seriously confused. Josephson
respects the view that fetuses have equal moral value to every
human being, but can't respect pro-lifers who judge pro-choicers
for their views. This is akin to the argument that one should
respect abolitionists' opposition to slavery, but shouldn't judge
slave owners for practicing it.
(08/29/08 6:00am)
One time, in Canada, when I was working as a sliced-bread slicer
at the Wonder Loafery, I fell into one of those Everything""
conversations with an aged, eight-fingered Eskimo named Harvey.
(04/16/08 6:00am)
Breaking News: Campus on lockdown.
(03/24/08 6:00am)
The state budget repair bill is likely mired in legislative
deadlock akin to last fall's, even as the bill is set for a vote in
the state Senate Tuesday.
(11/14/07 6:00am)
All claims of deference and honor to indigenous populations
aside, there are few things in sports more offensive than the
caricatures of American Indians that populate a surprising number
of college and professional logos.
(11/12/07 6:00am)
The latest release from Sigur Rós is a bare bones, getting to
know us"" piece. The shy band least expected to go unplugged
reappears after two years with a double-disc compilation of
unreleased live rarities and fully acoustic tracks. _Hvarf/Heim_ is
the companion album to Sigur Rós' new documentary ""Heima,"" which
was filmed during their 2006-'07 tour of their home country,
Iceland, and shown at this year's Madison Popfest. _Hvarf/Heim_ is
not exactly a soundtrack, but an unveiled, down-to-earth approach
to their renowned transcendental sound. The enigmatic band invites
us _Heim_ - meaning ""home"" - to reveal subtlety and humanity of
their best-loved songs.
(11/06/07 6:00am)
Two radically different icons of rock music, both unparalleled
yet widely imitated, seem more at the forefront of retrospection
than ever these days. Bob Dylan claims, like just about everyone
else from his era, that the first time he heard Elvis was like
busting out of jail,"" the great deciding factor that convinced him
to become a musician and, in turn, a hero in his own right. It's
fitting then that the two seem to be at the peak of their second
waves of reverence in our modern times, starkly contrasting as
their methods may be.
(11/02/07 6:00am)
Depending on the viewer's eye, Wes Anderson's latest could be
viewed as either a Fabergé egg - beautiful and ornate, but
annoyingly useless - or an exquisitely made heirloom - overly
crafted but possessing genuine artistic and emotional significance.
(11/02/07 6:00am)
A Wisconsin inventor and entrepreneur has created a way to make
ethanol from cheese production byproducts.
