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(11/08/07 6:00am)
Living in a culture saturated with celebrity coverage, it's
normal for us to know the diets of people who live thousands of
miles away. The downside of this lifestyle is we neglect obsessing
over the minute details of historical celebrities who left their
mark on culture long before Entertainment Tonight began to prep the
masses for rational discourse on Anna Nicole. To rectify this
inequity, I will give a run-through of the eating habits of some of
history's most memorable characters.
(10/31/07 6:00am)
Two men - one with his eyes sewn shut and the other, his mouth.
A metal chain attaches them with a winding contraption in the
middle. One man's key to freedom"" is attached to the back of the
other man's head. The chain starts to tighten, and they have to
decide how to get the key. This is one of the many machines used in
""Saw IV,"" directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, to teach people a
lesson in the way they value life.
(10/23/07 6:00am)
Halloween and football - that's what Madison does.
(10/22/07 6:00am)
What do you get when you combine Josh Hartnett, Alaska and a
month of absolute darkness? The creepiest vampire movie ever, of
course. 30 Days of Night"" is the nerve-racking tale of the town of
Barrow, Alaska, one of those frigid places where once a year the
sun sets and doesn't rise again for 30 days. When a group of vile
vampires decides to make Barrow its playground, the citizens of
this tiny town must fight to remain alive until the sun
returns.
(10/18/07 6:00am)
The Ron Paul Revolution"" has hit Madison; at least that is what
the graffiti on Bascom Hill says. With a surprising amount of
support so far in the race - $5 million raised in the third quarter
- Ron Paul's candidacy, and the subsequent revival of libertarian
principles, shows the great rift emerging within the Republican
Party.
(10/18/07 6:00am)
Dear Sir who accosted me on Thursday evening of the previous
week,
(10/18/07 6:00am)
On a typical Thursday, Kathryn Grajeda, a UW-Madison junior
majoring in engineering mechanics, finishes class at noon and
hurries home to work. Grajeda is luckier than many student workers
- she can work from her apartment and set her own hours for her job
at Total Water Treatment Systems handling data entry and
spreadsheets. But the 10-20 hours she works in addition to a
17-credit, six-class schedule is critical, because Grajeda pays for
school entirely on her own. When she graduates in 2010, she
anticipates $40,000 in debt.
(10/16/07 6:00am)
Few bands today are able to touch the human spirit with their
music. It takes a rare degree of vulnerability, a delicate
emotional connection that transcends past the physical senses to
make the listener feel something truly soulful, as though the
artist has tapped into one's innermost sense of being. Band of
Horses are one of these few bands, and their newest release, Cease
to Begin, plays gently on the heartstrings for an experience that
is uniquely lighthearted and moving.
(10/16/07 6:00am)
As comedian George Carlin once said, more"" is an interesting
word.
(10/04/07 6:00am)
The term is IOKIYAR or, It's OK if you're a Republican."" It
means Republicans have carte blanche in attacking others'
patriotism, and represents the partisan double standard that exists
today in Washington. Last week, we saw a classic example from the
always-loathsome Rush Limbaugh.
(10/04/07 6:00am)
Though not new to the singer-songwriter field, and a member by
self-admission, Matt Nathanson - who plays tonight at the Majestic
Theater (115 King St.) - is not an artist who should be
pigeon-holed into the category.
(10/02/07 6:00am)
Back in elementary school, I remember teachers giving us an
important"" test designed to determine whether we were ""visual
learners"" or ""auditory learners"" (I can't quite remember if
there were also touch, taste or smell varieties). For some reason,
I became convinced that if I ended up on the auditory end it would
be my ticket to easy street, so I attempted to rig my test
favorably and prepared myself for a life of listening leisure. Of
course it didn't end up mattering much, as I ended up as a visual
learner after all. The funny thing is, artistically, I've actually
always connected more with what I can hear than what I can see.
(09/26/07 6:00am)
Xenophobia has arrested the ears of pop music. Today, most bands
would rather manufacture albums for pre-sold audiences of bumping
grinders, emo-whiners or vacuous bubblegum brains than recreate
their music. Why change their tune when a parrot in an echo-chamber
still goes platinum? Upon hearing The Shepherd's Dog, the new album
from Sam Beam (alias: Iron & Wine), soft and sensual folk
lullabies have transformed into dabblings of psychedelics, jazz and
even reggae.
(09/20/07 6:00am)
On Nov. 8, 2003, Westosha Central clinched the WIAA Division I
girls' volleyball championship, defeating Pius XI, 3-2. The
undefeated Falcons were led by a pair of sisters who dominated
nearly every scoring category.
(09/19/07 6:00am)
Every now and then, I enjoy a good cry. I pop in a movie
featuring growth-stunted children with lisps and incurable diseases
- and just get all emo.
(09/18/07 6:00am)
The fourth quarter was just starting on a balmy night in the
desert of electric Las Vegas. The No. 5 ranked Badgers were
trailing a UNLV team that many regarded as having little chance of
upsetting UW.
(09/14/07 6:00am)
Whenever anyone asks me if I'm excited for school to start, I
always tell them I'm just excited for the novelty of the first
couple weeks, because after that, it just becomes routine. But
recently I've started to realize that even the first two weeks are
generally the same.
(09/13/07 6:00am)
Several city officials heard residents' concerns Wednesday night
at LaFollette High School on Madison's east side about the city's
mounting crime-related problems.
(09/13/07 6:00am)
Sunday night, 2.2 million Americans witnessed one of the most
historic moments in election history. However, if you don't speak
Spanish, you might have missed it. In the first ever
Spanish-language presidential debate, aired on Univisión, the
Democratic candidates directly addressed the largest growing
demographic in the country: Hispanics. Republicans were nowhere to
be found.
(05/30/07 6:00am)
There's something fishy going on in Hollywood these days. Fishy,
as if a bunch of fish-eating birds were ascending to the highest
ranks of the film industry—in single file. The penguins are
invading. Yes, penguins. And they make Danny DeVito's villainous
penguin look like Chilly Willy.
