Tuesday, May 15, 2007

‘Sky Blue Sky’ supplies perfect summer soundtrack

By Caitlin Kelly, The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Maybe of late I’ve been anticipating my upcoming sophomore summer a little too much, but from its title to its ambling pace, Wilco’s “Sky Blue Sky” is the quintessential summer album. Opening track “Either Way” sets the mood with its sunny, mellow picking-and-piano instrumentals and lyrics full of indecisive devil-may-care declarations that define the hazy days of summer. From there proceeds a solid, if not particularly ground-breaking album, one that is easily Wilco at their most accessible and comfortable. More »

‘Black Book’ fuses morality and carnage in erotic thriller

By Allison Ruderman, The Dartmouth Staff

In one scene from “Black Book,” a blonde-bobbed, lipsticked woman flirts with a Nazi officer in his bedroom, wearing little but her garters. Seeing the woman’s dyed roots, the officer angrily suspects she is Jewish and recoils from her touch. But this girl is no brainless seductress. After a pause she has her suitor touch her breasts and hips in turn, asking him, “are these Jewish?” More »