Interested in German culture? The University's Germanic Languages and Literatures Department, in conjunction with the Center for German Studies, will be presenting German Outreach Day March 22 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom. Activities planned for German Outreach Day include the second annual Declamation Contest; a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall; and a piano concert featuring the music of Brahms. For more information, check out the German Outreach Day website.
German Outreach Day
Yeasayer - ONE (Video)
Yeasayer's new album is wonderfully accessible psychedelic pop. It's also wonderfully strange. tableau staffer Campbell Bird aptly described their sound in his review.
"If you took Animal Collective, paired them with a barbershop quartet and sent them into outer space to form a band and record an album, you might be approaching the musical oddball that is Yeasayer."
I couldn't agree more. The video for "ONE" is completely deranged, and every description I came up with for it beyond that sucked. Just watch the video. It features a guy whose face appears to be melting and someone swimming in a tank of goldschlager.
Mission Accomplished
"Girl... If you choose me, I guarantee the rest of your life will be man-drama free,
ooooo ooooo ooooo."
R. Kelly
The Pacific Looks Awesome
I often wonder what life would have been like if I had left home to battle in World War II at 18 instead of engaging in my happy life at U.Va.
The producers of The Pacific, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, sought to answer that question as truthfully as possible when they made 2001's awe-inspring Band of Brothers. The ten-part series really felt more like a movie, and has had more replay value for me than any other show I've ever come across.
We're in for another ten-part epic starting this Sunday, March 13, on HBO at 9 PM. Somehow, HBO overlooked the Cav Daily when they sent out advance copies of the show, so I can't promise that you'll enjoy it. Though, I'm gonna wager this will be worth watching.
Oscars 2010
Despite an uneven show event, viewers for Sunday's Academy Awards turned out in droves, helping the floundering Oscars achieve its highest ratings in five years, asmore than 40 million viewers tuned in to see The Hurt Locker and Avatar duke it out on the most prestigious of stages.And as tableau senior writer Dave Replogle so aptly predicted in his Oscars Preview, The Hurt Locker completely swept the night, which was full of historic firsts. Geoffrey Fletcher became the first black screenwriter to take home the Oscar, adding to thePrecious pile. And Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to ever win the prestigious Best Director title, edging out Avatar.A few highlights: Ben Stiller dressed Na'vi to present the award for Best Makeup. Sandra Bullock's gorgeous Marchesa gown and compassionate Best Actress acceptance speech. (She also picked up a Razzie this weekend for the box office bomb, All About Steve.) The Hurt Locker, which took home six Oscars.A few low points: Neil Patrick Harris and his awkward Vegas number, which didn't measure up to Hugh Jackman's previous performance. A random horror genre tribute presented by teeny-bopper stars Kristin Stewart and Taylor Lautner, and the subsequent montage that included films like Twilight and E.T. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin's lackluster tag teaming.
