Accent from October 9, 2008
Taylor Mcintyre

Taylor Mcintyre

The Ithacan

Ithaca's haunted past

On a humid autumn night in Ithaca, a group of about 25 walk down a dark alleyway, lit only by the soft amber glow of a street lamp in the distance. Huddled close together, they make their way down a path and toward a cemetery.

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Accent

Fans of The String Cheese Incident will have a chance to see the jam-band perform live once again Oct. 16 at Castaways. Well, almost live. Read »

Accent

 

Introduction, body, conclusion — all components to the classic essay.

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Accent

 

Cars line a gravel driveway alongside a cornfield, leading to a three-story building overflowing with vintage books and furniture. Tall glasses lay outside, filled with rainwater next to rusted pots and gardening tools. A grass lawn covered with couches, mattresses and mops extends to the open-air market known as Hub’s Place.

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Film Review

The development of documentaries during the past decade has shown a steady decline in worthwhile discourse, political and otherwise. It seems the more controversial the subject matter, the shallower the presentation — even though documentaries are receiving increasing competition from reality television and Web reporting.

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Live Music

 

The characteristically cozy Castaways venue opened its doors Saturday night to U-Melt, a progressive jam band from New York City, and local favorites The Buddhi.

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Film Review

If commercials for “Choke” give off the sense of a dark satire, the film won’t deliver. Despite inspiring performances by its actors, the quirky, low-budget project gives fans a modest, uncomplicated adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel. The film is a little better than mediocre yet falls short of spectacular. Read »

CD Review

With its sophomore release, “The Glass Passenger,” piano-rock group Jack’s Mannequin shows it is firmly planted at the top of the soft-alternative genre. The band had only itself to live up to following its authentic first release, “Everything in Transit,” in 2005. The only band that comes close to sounding like Jack’s Mannequin is Something Corporate, lead singer Andrew McMahon’s previous project.  From the first line of the first track, “Crashin,” the band takes listeners on an emotional roller coaster that leaves them feeling inspired and refreshed by the album’s conclusion.

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CD Review

Thievery Corporation’s fifth studio album, “Radio Retaliation,” is a pleasing venture into new levels of electronica, trip hop and world music. The duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton collaborates for another voyage into the imaginative, original and progressive style of music they have become known for throughout the years.

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CD Review

In 2003, Jimmy Wayne produced a top-10 debut album and four hit singles in a matter of months. Fast forward five years, and Wayne is at last releasing his long-awaited sophomore effort, “Do You Believe Me Now.”

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CD Review

For a fairly young band, The Morning Light already possesses a distinct sound. It would be easy for the band to fall in line with veteran labelmates Plain White T’s, within the often mundane pop-rock genre. Read »

Accent

 
A petite brunette stands onstage in front of a cloak-and-wand-clad audience. The air is filled with expectation, and the ambience can only be described as magical. With poise and confidence, she belts out the lyrics to the powerful and dramatic ballad, “Alone,” that she wrote for this moment. Read »

Accent

The jury has reached a verdict: Gary Gauger, guilty of murdering his mother and father  — sentenced for three years. Robert Earl Hayes, guilty of raping and murdering his co-worker — sentenced for six years. Kerry Max Cook, guilty of murdering a female acquaintance — sentenced for 22 years. Read »

Accent

 

Patricia Rodriguez can’t tell her life story without sharing her hardship. As she speaks of growing up in war-torn Chile, her intriguing green eyes convey an intensity only a victim of injustice could understand.

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Film Review

In his latest screen adaptation, Fernando Meirelles nobly attempts to capture the power of José Saramago’s novel “Blindness,” which depicts a society affected by a blindness epidemic. Through engagingly long prose, Saramago displays the greatest compassions and the darkest depths of humanity. Read »

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When a local film crew arrived early one morning in 2006, Natasha Tall was dancing around her kitchen. Shiny figurines lined her windowsill, and pictures of family and friends watched her swaying hips and gliding feet from their place on the wall. She greeted the young filmmakers — who came to her house to shoot an independent film — with a bright smile, her white teeth gleaming from behind tickle-me-pink lipstick. Singing at the top of her lungs, she had more energy than the entire crew of people less than half her age.

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Live Music

 

The stage design for Citizen Cope’s solo acoustic show caused a heartwarming mood to fall over the State Theatre before he even took to the stage Saturday night. A living room setting complete with couches, a lone coat stand, flowers, draperies and soft lighting created a peaceful mood in anticipation of what became an intimate show. Though the majority of fans were college students, the middle-aged population was also well-represented, serving as a testament to Cope’s appeal to all generations of musical tastes.

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Accent

With a recent Emmy win, nearly eight million viewers per week and its own comic book, it’s hard to understand why “Chuck” has so far failed to achieve cult status. In comparison, creator Josh Schwartz’s other series, “Gossip Girl,” receives barely a third of “Chuck’s” ratings, yet garners 10 times the hype. Read »

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