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...changing lights and blinders (reminiscent of a Kiss concert) behind the bandstand. Death Cab took the stage with no memorable flair; their hope for humility was almost respectable.Words to describe the show and the music that followed hardly offer a fair portrait of the evening. The band only struck off-key chords a half-dozen times. But they were choreographed with kaleidoscopic lighting. The songs were splayed out well and encores were accordingly well-placed; a good mix of old and new kept the crowd awake, heads bobbing, colors flashing. But it is difficult to describe the epic songs, reasonably...

Author: By Adam C. Estes, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Death Throes for Indie Cuties | 10/27/2005 | See Source »

...edge by admitting that making the prequels was “like any creative endeavor—there’s a lot of ego, a lot of shit you’ve gotta put up with.”But he’s certainly not an awe-struck Star Wars fanatic, either. “The first time I saw ‘Star Wars [Episode IV: A New Hope],’ I wasn’t a sci-fi freak or anything,” he recalls, and he doesn’t seem to have...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rick McCallum Reveals Next Steps for 'Star Wars' | 10/27/2005 | See Source »

...says with a smile. “Everyone at school loved it and wanted me to make bandanna ties for them.” Shemtov spotted an opportunity. After painstakingly making a number of sample ties at home, he pitched them to a manufacturing company and soon struck a deal with Takashimaya, an upscale Japanese department store in Midtown. Right then and there, the store bought his line, which includes a pink and green “double tie,” a kimono tie, and a bold metallic mesh tie. In the last year, the local overachiever has gone...

Author: By Sachi A. Ezura, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Working the Business Suit | 10/27/2005 | See Source »

Dear FM’s Amateur Ethicist, I bought a friend a number of gift vouchers to About Hair. Recently, I learned of the prostitution allegations Cambridge police have levied against the shop, and I’ve been struck with guilt. Should I tell him about the shop’s dirty goings-on? Should I be concerned for him or his safety? I feel really embarrassed about the situation. Thanks, Ms. Worried at the Breakfast Table Dear Ms. WBT, I understand that you’re concerned that you patronized a shop that may have broken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Amateur Ethicist | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

SENTENCING REORDERED. For MATTHEW LIMON, 23, who was convicted in 2000 of having sex with a 14-year-old boy and sentenced to 17 years in prison; by the Kansas Supreme Court, which unanimously struck down a state law setting harsher punishments for underage homosexual sex than for underage heterosexual sex; in Topeka. The court ordered equal sentencing, saying "moral disapproval" did not justify the treatment of Limon, who would have received a maximum of 15 months in jail if he had had sex with an underage female...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 31, 2005 | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

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