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...Viglione told the audience near the beginning of the workshop. Viglione then passed out drumsticks to the audience. He taught the proper way to sit, hold the sticks, and even a few exercises to get started. “A lot of it comes down to finger-work,” he said, while demonstrating a drum-roll that looked like a lot more than finger work. The Dresden Dolls was born in 2000 when Viglione met singer/songwriter Amanda Palmer at a Halloween party, an appropriate beginning for a duo that draws partial inspiration from the “Rocky...

Author: By Abigail J. Crutchfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Dresden Doll Drums Out Life Lessons | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...leadership remains deeply venal and inept. Corruption has become so endemic, the families of those killed in sectarian violence are sometimes forced to bribe officials at the Baghdad morgue to release the body quickly. An Iraqi may point to a government building now, but it is usually with a finger of accusation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq Then and Now: What's Been Won and Lost | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...becomes 9 ft. tall. In one scene a nubile oracle dances in a trance, her hair and her flowy, filmy wrap swirling surreally around her otherwise nude body (300 earns every inch of its R rating). There's something odd about the image that you can't put your finger on, until Snyder explains that the dancer was actually performing in a tank of water and was then digitally placed in the scene: "She looks like she's in pain, but she's really just holding her breath. Which works for the scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Art of War | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

...almost seems like Justin Timberlake drew influence for his now-infamous “Saturday Night Live” skit from a piece currently at the Busch-Reisinger museum.Entitled “Finger Box,” the work is featured in the museum’s new exhibit, “Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus,” which opened Feb. 24. “Finger Box,” by the artist Ay-O, is simply a cardboard box instructing the viewer to insert his or her finger into a hole in order to discover what hidden...

Author: By Abigail J. Crutchfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Two Visions, Accidentally Colliding | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

...that defining moment. The moment when the spotlight shines solely on you. That singular instance where you realize that you, after the many hours of work and dedication, finally made it. And now, as your mouth is too numb to speak and the joy sets upon you, your index finger, raised high into the air, expresses all that needs to be said...“We’re number...

Author: By Vincent R. Oletu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Outright Title Within Crimson's Reach | 2/27/2007 | See Source »

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