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Ebullient Ditty Bops try hand at twee pop tunes

By TOM PREVITE | November 11

In the jaded and cynical world in which you've wrapped yourself, The Ditty Bops want to be your ray of hope. The Ditty Bops' saccharine-sweet self-titled ...

Reality provides TV's top material

By Staff Editor | November 11

Drama has its place. Filmmakers stuff their stock with it; novelists pour it on like gravy; Shakespeare's got it in spades. Dramatic conflict is the ...

Arts briefs

By Staff Editor | November 10

WUNC defends choice to edit questionable announcement Public radio 91.5 FM WUNC issued a statement Tuesday regarding its position on corporate underwriting ...

Masked ball spices things up

By JACKY BRAMMER | October 29

There's a new masquerade in town, and this time it's charitable. Spice Street restaurant will host "Masquerade" at its University Mall location Oct. ...

Celebrity political approval only start

By Staff Editor | October 28

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, acclaimed rapper, hip-hop mogul and star of his own reality show, has spent the past two months mobilizing his "Vote or Die" campaign. P. ...

Barebones LP's emotion too obtuse

By LEAH KONEN | October 28

It'll take more than a prayer to save this album. Panda Bear's solo debut, Young Prayer, was produced by the Animal Collective member in the wake of ...

Comedy's concept a global gaffe

By PHILIP MCFEE | October 28

"Team America: World Police" is a comedic love story about puppets and their fluids. And yet, it's only when said fluids are visible that the film is ...

Posthumous Smith LP unearths new stylings

October 28

By sheer coincidence, this review was written on Oct. 21, 2004. On this day one year ago, Elliott Smith stabbed himself in the heart. He was 34 years ...

Spoofing the WTO? Just say 'Yes'

By NICOLE BOBITSKI | October 28

"The Yes Men" is a bold documentary cataloguing a group of political and social dissidents that is taking over the World Trade Organization's identity, ...

Dolls impress packed house

By JIM WALSH | October 28

You know a band is progressive when members have to make up a genre to describe themselves. As peculiar punk duo The Dresden Dolls proved Friday at Cat's ...

Oddball folkie leads up redeeming sonic quest

By JACKIE RANDELL | October 28

Raymond Raposa is searching for something in this Cathedral. Musically and lyrically, the Castanets' major-label debut engages the listener in a search ...

Jimmy's latest guarantees dim 'Futures'

By Kristen Williams | October 28

Even if the thought of Jimmy Eat World's hit "The Middle" elicits primal screaming and a flip of the radio dial, the band's latest album offers more straight-to-radio ...

'Ghost' paints ethereal scene

By JACKY BRAMMER | October 28

Halloween is just around the corner, and with it comes the season's perennial staple: horror movies. Most are idiotic, recycled dreck that numb the ...

Hot scoop: Horror the new comedy in the US

October 28

In American horror movies, we have a tried and true tradition of peeved ghosts, sudden shock and screaming women. But, like never before, the audience ...

Japanese horror flick like others, only worse

By KATE LORD | October 28

More startling than scary, Japan's "Ju-on: The Grudge" follows too closely in the footsteps of its predecessors. The film effectively uses all of the ...

Dive recommends

By Staff Editor | October 28

"The Battle of Algiers" - A country is occupied by an imperialistic superpower seeking to maintain its indigenous population as second-class citizens. ...

Monsters of rock

By PHILIP MCFEE | October 28

Lurch forward. Form the claws. Shimmy to the left. Clap. To the right. Clap. No one's going to save you from the beast about to strike. Because, friends, ...

Former columnist responds to recent loss of position

By Staff Editor | October 27

TO THE EDITOR: Regarding Michelle Jarboe's Oct. 12 column on my firing as a columnist for The Daily Tar Heel: I should clarify that I disclosed my involvement ...

Putumayo to display international flair

By NICOLE BOBITSKI | October 26

The annual Carolina Union Performing Arts Series is scheduled to kick off tonight by showcasing the talents of a trio of highly regarded Latin divas. The ...

Legend's show draws sold-out crowd

By JIM WALSH | October 25

After much controversy and debate, the Homecoming concert opened Sunday to a sold-out crowd of 650 in the intimate confines of the George Watts Hill Alumni ...