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(08/13/14 1:57am)
Statement 1: Félix Hernández is the most valuable player in the American League. Statement 2: Félix Hernández is a pitcher. It has become a prevailing wisdom in the baseball fandom and media that Statement 2 makes Statement 1 somewhere between unlikely and virtually impossible. This wisdom was widely discussed when Justin Verlander was humiliating batters in 2011 and some saw fit to lower him on their MVP ballots or drop him altogether. Verlander almost certainly would have lost the award if his team hadn’t made the playoffs.
(04/08/14 2:38am)
Members of Madison’s Landmarks Commission unanimously approved plans to initiate renovations to the facade of the Orpheum Theatre located on State Street.
(04/03/14 2:50am)
We all like to rise above and pretend none of us judge a book by its cover, but we do. Oh, we so do, and we’re proud. Because this is Sparta! Or just a great line that I use absolutely any and every excuse to use all the time. What’s worse than judging a book by its cover though is when books with seemingly innocuous covers trap you. The sheer rage and nonexistent gamma radiation that courses through your veins when that happens is not fun, but a sight to behold nonetheless. We’ve all been there and there’s no shame in admitting that you enticed the neighbor’s cat to pee on that book. Yes, you were tricked that badly. We understand which is why I shall dedicate—nay construct an altar!—this week’s column to dismembering some of the many, exhaustingly many books that dare pull you in by innocent covers that hide the grisly and embarrassing details of its failure.
(03/27/14 4:43am)
So, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” came out and I saw it, but before we get to that I’d like to take a minute to frame the film with two masterpieces from last year.
(03/11/14 5:20am)
These lines find nothing about graduation ceremonies nostalgic
(03/10/14 5:05am)
The closer, for all intents and purposes, is a lot like a kicker in football. Come in at the last minute and, under immense pressure, either go out in a blaze of glory or fade into defeat.
(03/06/14 4:29am)
Rick Ross’ most recent addition to his canon, Mastermind, is a continuation of his 2009 release, Deeper Than Rap. Here, however, instead of retreading former grounds, Ross expands his expertise in the hip-hop world.
(02/25/14 6:15am)
Saturday night, under Union lights and a Badger’s roof, two of Chicagoland’s up-and-comers established their rock 'n' roll empires, if only for a night. Grunge school graduates Mutts and heartland indie rockers Empires took over the Sett’s stage Saturday, blaring their way through sets full of slow-burner jams and light-hearted indie rock, sprinkled with sharp-edged grunge and shades of punk.
(02/22/14 8:09pm)
Certain albums complement different days of the week. A lazy Sunday, filled with a melancholy for the following workweek, needs the perfect album to fill it with comfort, peace and a beautiful aesthetic. William Fitzsimmons’ Lions accomplishes all three in a grandstanding fashion. A cross between Iron & Wine and Death Cab for Cutie, Lions demonstrates how necessary raw emotion and vulnerability are in order to create a masterful modern folk album.
(02/03/14 5:55am)
Ron Paul was great. He was witty, cynical and most importantly, extremely consistent. I loved his ideas as much as anybody, particularily states’ rights on social issues with free market economics. It was a respected platform that had been reminiscent of Barry Goldwater’s ideology to, in essence, keep the government out of our decision-making process within our respective communities and states. Of course, I’m talking about Libertarians. I used to be one, and then I woke up. There is a rather dark side to this ideology in that many of its arguments can be used to cover up discrimination and other reasons for wanting complete privacy. Lets face it —not everyone who wants privacy is a pothead. The unintended consequence of the reemergence and popularity of his ideals is that once again they have been skewed and exploited by the Tea Party.
(01/29/14 5:41am)
What’s immediately striking about the Real/Surreal exhibit is how effectively it sucks you into its domain. The gallery itself, located on the second floor of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA), is as much an unnerving display of surrealistic tendencies as the art it showcases. When you first walk in, the room opens up into slanted walls displaying the pieces of the exhibit, all slightly ajar from the implied centers of the walls, and the viewer instantly feels slightly off balance.
(01/04/14 5:20am)
It’s been a couple days since the dust from the Capital One Bowl settled, and it’s never too early for a little reflection.
(11/19/13 5:34am)
(11/14/13 4:05am)
So there’s a rad thing happening in Madison next weekend. Actually, rad doesn’t quite catch it. There’s an incredible thing happening next weekend in Madison.
(10/03/13 4:43am)
OK guys, so it’s time to face some facts. There’s going to be another “Star Wars” film. We can’t stop it. And J.J. Abrams is going to direct it. That much we know.
(07/27/13 6:41am)
We entered Saturday with renewed spirits. We’d dried off and so had the world; nothing but blue skies and slightly less health-endangering heats awaited us. The plan was to get to Pitchfork at around 1 p.m. and catch White Lung and Pissed Jeans for a notably punk afternoon, but underestimating both Chicago traffic and the lunch rush threw us off and we arrived too late to do either. Instead we headed over towards the blue stage, our consistently shady bastion, to see Julia Holter.
(07/26/13 5:08am)
Every festival during the summer is obligated to some sort of inclement weather, generally either scorching heat or rain. The first day of Pitchfork 2013 unfortunately suffered from an overabundance of both to almost comical, God-rebuking degrees. There’s nothing more disheartening than walking down the road toward Union Park and reading a bank sign’s proud declaration that it’s 104 outside.
(05/06/13 4:10am)
Summer is just around the corner, bringing shorter shorts and longer nights. With classes winding down, the time is right to sexify our lives. There are so many ways to get it on over the summer, and there is never a wrong time to continue exploring our sexualities. Whether we try something new with a partner, many partners or ourselves, a general lack of homework and increased lack of long sleeves gives us the option to get down the way we want.
(04/16/13 6:19am)
Recently, The Daily Cardinal spoke with Nathan Latona of the pioneering math-rock and experimental band Tera Melos about their upcoming album X’ed Out, which is set to release April 16.
(04/11/13 5:16am)
There’s an odd stench in the air at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. No, it’s not the billow of reefer stemming from Don’s creative team. No, that my friends is the debilitating odor of death. The office is no stranger to death, but this season seems a more macabre meditation on mortality.