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(01/26/11 6:00am)
Wisconsin's I-94 corridor generally consists of a lot of prairies
and farmland, but not much else. But for Madisonians, one of the
benefits of living along this long stretch of concrete is the fleet
of bands who stop in Madison while travelling between Minneapolis
and Chicago. This weekend one of the Twin Cities' top acts will
roadtrip down our favorite interstate when Tapes ‘n Tapes stop for
a show at the High Noon Saloon Friday at 9 p.m.
(01/20/11 6:00am)
As if the title isn't already an indication, ""Blue Valentine"" is
quite depressing. The story will depress you, the performances will
depress you and the lighting will depress you. This review will
probably depress you by association. Needless to say, ""Blue
Valentine"" isn't for the weak of heart, or anybody without a
sufficient tissue budget. But for those who can take it, ""Blue
Valentine"" is an absorbing and haunting love story of a
relationship's beginning and end that won't be forgotten anytime
soon.
(01/19/11 6:00am)
Tonight comedy fans will rejoice with the return of NBC's Thursday
night lineup. Despite the network's recent struggles and
questionable programming elsewhere (I'm looking at you, ""The
Cape""), NBC has compiled one of the most solid evenings in
television with its latest Must See TV bloc. But sandwiched right
in between ""The Office"" and ""30 Rock"" is the sadly forgotten
""Parks and Recreation,"" a show regrettably assigned to midseason
replacement status that really deserves more love.
(01/07/11 6:00am)
Every movie has a theme, but some movies are more thematic than
others. ""Rabbit Hole"" is one of those movies. Search through
""Rabbit Hole"" for plot and you'll find some, but not much.
Examine it for showy camera work or snappy catchphrases and you'll
come up short. What you will find is grief, and you will find that
in spades.
(12/29/10 6:00am)
(12/09/10 6:00am)
The Common Council can be a dangerous place to tread. Meetings
covering topics like the Edgewater Hotel and the Overture Center
can run all night, angry citizens constantly harp at alders and the
inquiring eyes of council critic Brenda Konkel are always watching
over.
(12/08/10 6:00am)
Todd: Hello?
(11/30/10 6:00am)
This Saturday, Robert De Niro will be hosting ""Saturday Night
Live."" It will be boring, and being Saturday night, you will
invariably have better things to do and ignore it.
(11/16/10 6:00am)
Banking is complicated. This was the biggest hurdle facing ""Inside
Job,"" the comprehensive documentary breakdown of what has come to
be known as the ""Great Recession"" of 2008. The film has an hour
and a half to try and explain the largest economic debacle of the
generation in a simple, movie-friendly fashion, and that is no easy
task. But somehow it is successful. If only director Charles
Ferguson could have managed to make the movie interesting as
well.
(11/16/10 6:00am)
Well, Conan's back.
(11/07/10 6:00am)
You're in Atlanta. Your wife is in Los Angeles and will be giving
birth to your first child in a week. Getting to such an important
event should be as simple as catching a cross-country flight,
right? Not if you are Robert Downey Jr. and you live in a Hollywood
buddy road movie. In that case, you will somehow end up on the
federal no-fly list, be forced to drive across the country with
Zach Galifianakis and end up getting into numerous bizarre and
life-jeopardizing events along the way. This is life in the movie
""Due Date.""
(11/03/10 6:00am)
One more round of midterm elections is in the books, and it was a
sweeping victory for Republicans nationwide. While the GOP victory
may not have been as dominant as many had projected, the
Republicans were still able to take the U.S. House of
Representatives, grab a lion's share of the country's governorships
and oust Democratic senate stalwarts, including Wisconsin's own
Russ Feingold. But here in Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District,
Democratic Representative Tammy Baldwin didn't even flinch.
(11/03/10 6:00am)
I have never walked out of a movie before. Generally, two hours
spent watching the most poorly made movie is a more pleasant
experience than the best two hours spent wasting time at home. In
order for me to even consider abandoning the theater, a movie would
need to transcend badness and connect with me on a truly offensive
level. That is the situation I ran into with ""Saw 3D,"" a movie I
would have skipped out on without regret had I not been bound by my
movie critic duties.
(11/03/10 6:00am)
Television has never been particularly friendly to zombies. For
one, zombies tend to be accompanied by a significant amount of
blood and gore, making networks afraid to touch them with a 10-foot
pole. Another strike: Zombie infestations generally result in
apocalyptic scenarios, and the apocalypse is a bit of a downer.
Viewers like happy TV, and civilization as we know it coming to a
violent, ghastly end is not a particularly happy thought.
(10/18/10 6:00am)
For the last several years, I've mocked the show ""Two and a Half
Men"" to no end, accusing it of being the worst form of television
comedy. But this whole time, I've been a bit of a hypocrite, as
I've never actually watched an entire episode. So for the sake of
fairness, I decided to give the show a chance and streamed an
episode online. And not only was it terrible, it was worse than I
could have imagined. The following is a minute-by-minute recap of
my experience.
(10/14/10 6:00am)
As overused and meaningless as the term ""hipster"" has become,
there is no doubt that Madison has a thorough selection of bars
that cater to the demographic. Usually these bars craft a nice
little hipster image through a jukebox full of indie music,
T-shirts with sardonic catchphrases and a beer selection for those
who think Spotted Cow isn't classy enough.
(10/14/10 6:00am)
Every college town has a bar called The Library. For example, the
University of Minnesota has a large, Church Key-esque bar called
The Library right in the center of Dinkytown. So what The Library
has isn't particularly special, be it in the country or even in
Madison for that matter.
(10/08/10 6:00am)
Pop culture seems to have taken on a new philosophy toward
vampirism. ""Twilight"" takes vampires and turns them into the
glittering female fantasy that is Edward Cullen, the emotionally
abusive stalker of every girl's dreams. ""True Blood"" caters to
the other gender with copious shots of Anna Paquin naked and angry
vampire hate sex. These projects continue the legacy of Ann Rice
novels, which gave goth kids a special little fantasy world and
provided Hot Topic with a reason to exist.
(10/06/10 6:00am)
As it sits, ""Mad Men"" has two episodes left in its fourth season.
But until recently, this season has had little in terms of plot and
a lot of establishing the new setting of Sterling Cooper Draper
Pryce and its characters' new roles within it. But the action has
been very contained, with plotlines involving Don Draper's true
identity and a budding relationship with an SCDP consultant, Joan
and Roger's briefly rekindled and rapidly unkindled romance and the
very survival of the new firm only rolling into view recently.
(10/06/10 6:00am)
I can understand why my fellow members of The Daily Cardinal
Editorial Board would want access to as many court records as
possible. We are journalists and it is our job to get all necessary
information out to the public.