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Urinetown promises to offer a whole lot of laughs

Although the excitement from the election will (hopefully) be over, the wave of change will sweep into Hart Auditorium this Wednesday, Nov. 5 through Saturday, Nov. 8 when the Georgetown Gilbert and Sullivan Society presents Urinetown.

30 Rock and Fey return with all cylinders firing

Jack's back! “The Do-Over”--Thursday's third-season 30 Rock premier--opened with Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy returning to New York after his harrowing experiences working for a lame-duck Bush administration in D.C. The evolution of Jack's working relationship with Tina Fey's Liz Lemon is one of the most fascinating elements of this show.

Dylan fans will delight in official “bootleg” album

One of the joys of entering a used record store is attempting to find bootleg records--rifling through rows of CDs and vinyl trying to find unauthorized recordings featuring unreleased songs, demos, and live tracks, all of this without the consent of the artist. When pursuing bootlegs, it's always interesting to see how much unofficial material exists for Bob Dylan. His demos, outtakes, and unreleased works dwarf the official released material for most rock bands, which is to be expected when one's been professionally recording for over forty-five years.

9th edition of Mega Man blasts back to the past

There are two groups of people who may be reading this article. One will care deeply about a new 8-bit Mega Man game in the style of the classic series, and the other will look upon us as sad and pathetic dorks.

Trouble thrusts viewers into the horror of Katrina

Naureen Mohammad, 2L

A few days before one of America's greatest failures, New Orleans residents Kim and Scott Roberts bought a video camera. When Katrina started to hit New Orleans, Kim took the camera and filmed the ominous changes in weather. Trouble the Water follows their horrifying and courageous journey, interspersed with Kim's original music and haunting 9/11 calls from people trapped in their homes as the floodwaters rise.

Pushing Daisies takes viewers on a magical journey

Loretta Wiatr, 3L

In an era ushered in by shows such as NYPD Blue and The Sopranos, television over the course of the past decade has found its best, most creative shows trying to one-up each other in the "gritty" and "realistic" department. Sure, fantasies have appeared every now and then, and have even become hits. But, in the end, programs like Lost and Heroes still show human nature at its worst -- which is to say, realistically.

Fleet Foxes successfully mesh folk and rock music

Michael Zidar, 1L

In honor of the Fleet Foxes’ sold out Oct. 3 concert at the Black Cat, it seems fitting to take a look back at Fleet Foxes, their self titled debut album, released in June 2008.

Choke fails to capture Palahniuk’s raw, electric power

Seth Engel, 1L

It's impossible not to compare Clark Gregg's Choke, based on the eponymous novel written by Chuck Palahniuk, to Fight Club (1999) directed by David Fincher. Based on Palahniuk's first novel, Fight Club features a free-wheeling Brad Pitt and a nebbish Ed Norton in a film that captures the three trademarks of every Palahniuk book: homoerotic fraternity, abandonment by a parental figure, and a compulsion to assault authority that borders on obsession. Gregg's Choke, however, fails to capture the raw electric-metal power of Palahniuk's work.