Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:38 p.m.
Filming will take place in Georgetown Wednesday, according to an e-mail from the Metropolitan Police Department’s second district Listserv. Shooting will occur between 3 p.m. and 3 a.m. at Georgetown Waterfront Park and at 33rd Street between Water and Grace streets.
No streets or sidewalks will be closed, but parking may be affected, according to the e-mail.
The message doesn’t say exactly what is being filmed, but the new flick starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson is the best guess. The folks over at Vox Populi seem to have confirmation on that one, plus a bit more.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 12:27 p.m.
YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT: Ah, culture! Out April 1 on Blue Note Records is what seems to be a lil’ bit of what us true intellects in the student newsie music blog biz like to call Oh-Wow-Like-Totally-Visceral-Inner-Conflict-Self-Discovery music. As in: get ready to get some major hotpants kids that still think Garden State was relevant – there’s a new outlet for your simultaneously romantic and depressing inner conflict in town! Lads and ladies, allow me to introduce the soundtrack “My Blueberry Nights” – set for release in accordance with the upcoming film by Wong Kar Wai. The film marks the acting debut of Norah Jones (re: that piano chick who stole everyone’s Grammys one time), and also stars Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman (re: um, biting my tongue, this might be good).
“My Blueberry Nights” will include an upcoming track by Norah Jones, titled “The Story.” It also includes music from jazz legend and royalty rights champion Ruth Brown, your boy Otis Redding and indie darling Cat Power.
Oh-Wow-Like-Totally-Visceral-Inner-Conflict-Self-Discovery Tracklisting:
Norah Jones, “The Story”
Cat Power, “Living Proof”
Ry Cooder, “Ely Nevada”
Otis Redding, “Try A Little Tenderness”
Ruth Brown, “Looking Back”
Ry Cooder, “Long Ride”
Mavis Staples, “Eyes on the Prize”
Chikara Tsuzuki, “Yumeji’s Theme”
Amos Lee, “Skipping Stone”
Ry Cooder, “Bus Ride”
Cassandra Wilson, “Harvest Moon”
Hello Stranger, “Devil’s Highway”
Gustavo Santaolalla, “Pajaros”
Cat Power, “The Greatest”
Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 12:23 p.m.
Last night: Daniel Day-Lewis did it. The Coen Brothers (co-directors of “No Country For Old Men”) did it. And apparently, even a GW alum ‘95 Bill Westenhofer for his work on visual effects in “The Golden Compass.”
Go ahead, win an Oscar! I swear. Like, anyone who is anyone is doing it.
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 4:25 a.m.
Hope everyone got a chance to see today’s Arts page The Scene. By the way, I’m sure you’ll notice the fresh new look to our print page– all thanks to one of the newest additions of the Hatchet’s production staff, Alex Abnos (if you can’t get the print edition, download the .pdf version from the Hatchet’s homepage.) A few facts about Alex Abnos:
- Plays in a band called “Tut Tut” – once featured on NPR’s “Second Stage” series. (Click Here to check it out.)
- Hosts a weekly radio show on WRGW, “Undeclared Rock”– featuring interviews and live in-studio performances by local D.C. musicians and bands. (Click Here to listen to his podcasts of the show.)
- Interns at USA Today
- Is a bona-fide bad-ass with Adobe Creative Suite CS3
And Now: Videos! Videos! Videos! Including the lovely Grace Potter, a preview of “Charlie Bartlett,” and a music video from Mute Math. Videos after the jump. Read more…
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 2:28 a.m.
Dear GW Kid That Understands What Is Cool and/or Worth Knowing About Culture At Large,
Check the National Portrait Gallery Feb. 24 at 7pm for one of the most relevant graff films, um, ever. Be sure to stick around after the screening for a talk-back with director Charlie Ahearn and/or to see if I want to hang out in after hours.
And while you’re there, GW Baby Sweetheart, scope Tim Conlon and Dave Hupp’s graffiti murals, a recent installment included in the “Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture” exhibition, on display at NPG until Oct. 26. Click MORE for the trailer. Read more…
Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 5:46 p.m.
(Is Rockinist Even a Word???)
I’ve always been of the frame of mind that there are just certain bands everyone needs to see. Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, The Beastie Boys all come to mind. Perhaps the one band I’m convinced puts on the best live show is the one band I have been dying to see the most. U2, without a doubt, the world’s biggest band, are of a different caliber when it comes to performing live. Or at least thats what I assume. I’ve been online the moment tickets have gone on sale and never gotten them, bought DVDs and blasted the sound to the max. I’ve tried to get close to that feeling but to no avail.
Last Thursday, I got my biggest taste of live U2 to date. I had a chance to catch a screening of U2 3D, the first digital 3D IMAX movie, at the National Museum of Natural History. In a word, it was unreal. Anyone who has been on a 4th grade field trip has probably seen an IMAX but instead of a trip Mt. Everest or to the bottom of the ocean, you are in the crowd, behind the drums and on stage with the pride of Ireland. Combine that with impeccable sound and 3D images, you’re in a different world. It’s (and sorry for the U2 pun) even better than the real thing.
The movie was shot over a series of shows in South America from U2’s Vertigo Tour. Two and a half decades are covered with songs ranging from the classics (Sunday Bloody Sunday, Where the Streets Have No Name) to the recent (Vertigo, Beautiful Day). Some highlights:
- During Sunday Bloody Sunday, when Bono sings “wipe your tears away” and reaches out to the crowd to wipe their tears away in 3D, you’ll gasp.
- The transition from Pride in the Name of Love to Where the Streets Have No Name is just unreal. The crowd jumping in 3D, the build of the drums, everything. It is awesome.
- Bono goes on a trademark whole world peace, coexist, poverty, human rights rant. When you’re right in his face, you believe him a little more. When he drums during Love and Peace or Else, as staged and corny as it was, it felt pretty sweet.
The film is playing at the National Museum of Natural History through March 1. Click here for showtimes.
Check out footage from the premier at Sundance:
Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 12:50 p.m.
This is going to be awesome. Also check out the movie’s official website, as well as more detailed info on Wikipedia.
