Accent from April 30, 2009
From left, Ansel, assistant professor of music performance, Komaromi, professor of marketing and law, and Machan, professor of writing, describe what their outfits say about them.
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Beauty & brains
Long striped skirt? Check. Gold coin earrings? Check. Rainbow-colored shoes? Check. As Katharyn Machan, professor of writing, puts on her outfit in the morning to wear to her classes, she runs through this list in her head.
Accent
Weekday routines can blur into a stale monotony. What mark many of our college experiences are the weekends and how we spend them. This is part of a series of narrative accounts that capture pieces of the social scene in Ithaca.
In this snapshot, Senior Writer Jen Nevins follows die-hard music fans to a show.
The car stereo is blaring tunes by Perpetual Groove, but the sound is trivial against the choir of five excited girls packed in the black SUV. Their chatter resonates above all else, high against the roof of the car, on top of their dancing, moving, talking, singing.
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In this snapshot, Senior Writer Jen Nevins follows die-hard music fans to a show.
The car stereo is blaring tunes by Perpetual Groove, but the sound is trivial against the choir of five excited girls packed in the black SUV. Their chatter resonates above all else, high against the roof of the car, on top of their dancing, moving, talking, singing.
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Accent
To the unobservant eye, Home Dairy Alley is a dark, empty gap between
Maté Factor and Center Ithaca. But beyond this breach is a
paint-chipped door leading to a hidden gem: Cinemapolis, Ithaca’s
nonprofit independent movie theater. The two-screen theater is as
mysterious and interesting as the movies it shows. Read »
Accent
Combining the fashion and anticipation of the Oscars with the drama and flair of the Tony Awards, IC Players and Triple Threat Theatre will host the first Gorges Award Show on Sunday.
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Accent
“C’mawwwn in,” Johnny Wilson says in a cordial Southern drawl. He sits behind the steering wheel of his GMC van and imparts his first lesson of cab driving.
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Film Review
Remember that movie where a woman sets her sights on a married man,
convinces herself they’re meant to be together, then goes after the
guy’s wife? Audiences have seen this story play out a million times —
and not just on Lifetime. From “Fear” to “Fatal Attraction,” the
“jealous-lover-goes-bananas” plot has been beaten to death in
Hollywood. But with a few plot twists and a carefully constructed cast,
the old premise can still prove entertaining, as evidenced by its
latest incarnation, “Obsessed.” Read »
Film Review
Of course “17 Again” starts with a shirtless Zac Efron. And of course he is playing basketball. Much to teenage girls’ dismay, however, Efron is not accompanied by other pubescent basketball players/singers and Kenny Ortega choreography. Instead, Efron finally takes a step out of the halls of East Side High and into the halls of a high school that operates without random spurts of song and dance.
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Film Review
Like most action movies, “Crank: High Voltage,” the sequel to 2006’s
“Crank,” has gunplay, car chases, gallons of blood — and Jason Statham.
But those are just a few of the many ingredients thrown into the
boiling stew of chaos, amorality and violence that is the movie, which
goes beyond the limits of an action flick. Read »
CD Review
At some point, all great artists have one big question to answer: Is there anything left to prove? When faced with this query, most musicians choose to retire. Sometimes, however, there are those few people that haven’t seen over the horizon yet. Being better than everyone else means nothing if one’s not satisfied. It’s this reasoning that helps legend Bob Dylan triumphantly carry on with his latest release, “Together Through Life.”
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CD Review
Taylor Hanson has certainly grown up. Leaving “MMMBop” and his brothers behind, Hanson joins forces with James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins, Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick to form Tinted Windows. Their debut album doesn’t disappoint.
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Multimedia
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