For a vampire, Eric Elbogen is pretty subdued. He doesn't speak with a creepy accent, his hair isn't slicked back and his bushy brown beard gives him an appearance more befitting Amish Pennsylvania...
Joss Stone's latest release, Introducing Joss Stone, opens with the lines, "You see I know change/I see change/I embody change/All we do is change." This introduction is spoken aptly enough by...
Memory Man is the third full-length album and second U.S. album release for British singer/songwriter Matt Hales, better known as Aqualung.
Warmly lit with comfortably padded seats and a massive projection screen, the Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium is not your ordinary classroom-but then again, Documentary Studies 129 is not your...
Zack Snyder's beautiful and brutal 300 solidifies the emergence of a new film genre: the graphic novel movie. The genre, which includes V for Vendetta and From Hell, is completely different from...
Thank God-Arcade Fire's sound is still fierce, fresh and monumental. Although the band's sophomore release, Neon Bible, can't quite emulate its sensational debut album, Funeral, it comes pretty...
What better way to make the transition back from Spring Break in paradise than through an evening of fanciful and imaginative theater? Broadway at Duke will complete its 2006-2007 season with the...
When Claire Robbins came to the Women's Center last fall, her predecessor left behind an unidentified black and white photo of five women walking through a Duke archway.
While staying true to its classical roots, Air has incorporated a distinct oriental sound in its latest album, Pocket Symphony. The band's fifth full-length effort, the record marks the French...
300, the graphic novel and inspiration for the new movie by the same name, is a vividly illustrated tale of Sparta's last stand against the armies of Xerxes in 480 B.C. The account of Leonidas and...
Although a late-night trip to Cosmic Cantina or a quick stop at one of Durham's roadside taco trucks has gastronomic merits all its own, Mexican cuisine is far from being limited to post-party...
Wendy Ewald, a senior research associate at the Center for Documentary Studies and a MacArthur Fellowship recipient, said she has long been fascinated by the discrepancy learning disabled children...
recess' Bryan Sayler recently had the chance to seek an audience with the king himself, 300's Gerald Butler, who plays the leading role of Leonidas. Leonidas is a pretty imposing character, what...
Halfway Home is Comedy Central's attempt to recreate the offbeat humor of Reno: 911! from the criminals' perspective. Although it doesn't pretend to be a reality show like Reno, Halfway Home...
Like a good college student, Zack Snyder, director of 300-a fictional retelling of the Greek Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.-did his research.
The band self-described as having "the hardest name to search in Google," !!!, has created another dance-punk gem with Myth Takes, its third release. After taking the indie dance scene by storm...
Many words can be used to describe Rjd2's third studio album, The Third Hand, but the one that comes to mind the most often is disappointing. The album finds Rjd2, an accomplished hip-hop producer,...
It's rare for Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to come down on the same side of anything this time of year. But in the heat of the athletic rivalry, the two schools' music...
All-girl nu-metal group Kittie's latest album, Funeral for Yesterday, is a pathetic mess. Lead singer Morgan Lander (think a goth version of Courtney Love who was called fat one too many times as a...
Usually a trip for Indian food results in a samosa or a curry, but juniors Sonny Byrd and Greg Laird brought home something much more-the seeds of Stella by Starlight. "We were talking about music...
