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Sin City

by Leor Galil | 04/05/2005

Sin CityDirected by Robert Rodriguez and Frank MillerStarring Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Jamie King, Josh HartnettMore violent than Kill Bill, dark as any film noir and possibly the best comic book adaptation since Spider-Man, Sin City is the most visually stunning film audiences can expect to see this spring.Based on the graphic novelist Frank Miller's iconic series, Sin City revolves around three anti-heroes fighting for good amid the crime-infested Basin City, where even priests are deadly sinners.

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A comedian's blog: The 24-hour Improvathon

by Leor Galil | 04/05/2005

4/02/05, 9:15 p.m.-Shortly before the show began, Bad Grammer, False Advertising and To Be Announced gathered Saturday in an empty Cholmondley's carrying sleeping bags, blankets and food, and sporting their respective improv troupe shirts and pajamas.

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matt pond PA packs Chum's

by Leor Galil | 03/29/2005

Waiting in anticipation, the tightly-packed crowd at Cholmondeley's was silent as soon as the first chords emerged from the coffeehouse's meager stage Thursday night.

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Seth MacFarlane's 'American Dad'-political farce or 'Family Guy' redux?

by Leor Galil | 02/15/2005

For many viewers scouring the modern television landscape and bored by the mundanities of tired reality programs and cheesy crime dramas, something has been missing for quite some time: crass, old-fashioned political humor.

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OP-ED: Communiversity good idea, but failure in practice

by Leor Galil | 02/15/2005

In theory, it sounds like a brilliant idea: students voluntarily teaching other students anything they want.

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Machines play Mid East

by Leor Galil | 02/01/2005

You may not have heard of them, but the Dallas-born and New York-bred band The Secret Machines is standing poised to take over the world of music.Only a band combining the percussive pummel of the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl's drumming with the aural bombast of Queens of the Stone Age could have drawn such an immense crowd during such abysmal weather conditions for their performance at the Middle East Downstairs this past Thursday.The stoner rock trio has received monumental acclaim for their 2004 release, Now Here is Nowhere, which was listed as one of the best unheard albums of 2004 by Rolling Stone.

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Pedro the Lion shows their humility and talent

by Leor Galil | 11/16/2004

Somewhere between the fire alarms being set off and a chunk of the massive crowd heading toward the emergency exit next to the stage, it became hard to distinguish members of Pedro the Lion from the crowd.

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Leo makes shakin' indie pop

by Leor Galil | 11/09/2004

It was on a summer evening in Tenlytown in Washington D.C. that I discovered the musical brilliance of Ted Leo.

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Wolf Eyes' shapeless noise

by Leor Galil | 10/26/2004

Ten seconds into the first single off of Wolf Eyes' latest album makes me feel just like the title placed upon it.

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Team America' better living through puppetry

by Leor Galil | 10/19/2004

After several seasons and the musicalmovie Bigger, Longer and Uncut, you might find it hard for South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to be any more controversial.

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