Prior to interviewing electronica musician Girl Talk, Arts and Entertainment editor Eric Wilson and I called Girl Talk's manager to ensure some last minute details. While speaking with him, we were presented with an odd request. Girl Talk and his roadies asked for two 30-racks of Bud Light in a can.
This Saturday evening, the New York-based Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will make its final Lafayette appearance of the season. Accompanying the group will be American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. From Mozart, to Handel, to Strauss to Rossini, Ms.
Much like the butter-saturated popcorn and the gut-rotting candy peddled to audiences across the country, summer movies are notorious for their superficial appeal but few redeeming qualities. In fact, it appears as if the majority of films released between mid-May and late August are more exercises in economics than art.
TextsFromLastNight.com is the next generation of FMyLife.com. Users can submit interesting text messages that they received from their most likely non-sober friends the night before as opposed to short stories about their awkward or embarrassing moments. The website is not as fulfilling in substance or organization as FMyLife, but it certainly provides the same level of entertainment.
Fall by Colin McAdam follows the mystery behind Fallon Fitzgerald DeStaad, the most beautiful girl the elite St. Ebury boarding school in Ottowa who went missing, and the two very different boys, Julius and Noel, who were in love with her. The Montreal-based McAdams is known for Some Great Thing, released in 2004.
Silversun Pickups are an indie-rock band out of Los Angeles best known for the single, "Lazy Eye." Their sound has been characterized by unique vocals and dreamy guitar. Their last album Carnavas was quite well received and gained the band recognition. After a brief split, the band is back together with Swoon as their highly anticipated follow-up to their 2006 debut.
In what may be an attempt to help distract the world from the Numa Numa Dance and Rick Astley, YouTube now features full-length television shows and movies in addition to user-uploaded videos. The Google-owned online video site announced in April that it has signed deals allowing it to feature TV shows and movies from several companies, including Sony, CBS, MGM, and BBC.