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Blog Post Archive
Playlist: Favorite songs from ‘Nashville’ so far
“Nashville” is a prime-time soap opera filled with the genre’s usual love triangles, will-they-or-won’t-theys, girl fights and family drama. But one thing that sets the show apart is the music — not “Glee”-style covers or “Smash”-like dream sequences, but acoustic … Continue reading ?
FDA: Beware of ‘black henna’ tattoos
Spring Breakers, beware. That henna tattoo might really not be henna at all. And it might not be as temporary as you think. The Food and Drug Administration warned Monday that the popular temporary tattoos, in which ink is applied … Continue reading ?
Critic’s Notebook: Cigarette, Yelawolf, Alice Smith
Notable recordings from the world of pop music. Cigarette This NoVa indie rock quintet named its lovely new album “Gush,” but each strum of the guitar feels like a trickle melted from a cube of frozen cyanide. There’s subliminal menace … Continue reading ?
Humble beginnings of Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’
As with so many things, the success of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe is best understood in reverse. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century began his career at 28 with a novel that was anything but an instant … Continue reading ?
Sheryl Sandberg and Ben Franklin lean in together
If you’ve heard anything about Sheryl Sandberg, you’ve heard that she tells ambitious women to pay attention to how they speak. Lots of people are paying attention to how she speaks. Her call-to-action, “Lean In,” debuts at No. 1 on … Continue reading ?
Happy 7th birthday, Twitter, you monster
Happy 7th bday @twitter. Thanks for broadening & cheapening our lives into an epic parade of excruciating minutiae. (Can we get a retweet?) — Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) March 21, 2013 It’s the birthday of the thing that turned us into … Continue reading ?
Trend Report: Petal power
Everything’s coming up roses — and daffodils and daisies and anemones, too. Designers with a floral fixation strew blooms on sheaths, skirts, shirts and shoes on spring runways from New York to Paris. One particularly exuberant look in Jenna … Continue reading ?
The Western Writers of America lasso the best books of the year
Once they covered the literary landscape like the America buffalo, but nowadays Westerns seem to have ridden off into the sunset. “Horse-puckey!” say the weather-beaten fans. Westerns may be down, but they’re not out. The true believers are still there, … Continue reading ?
I thought she was gay!
…..which is why it was so (ain’t gonna say it) surprising when punkified folk-rocker Michelle Shocked went on an anti-gay rant in San Francisco (of all places!). She, of the gender-bending, is-that-a-guy haircut and clothes. She, who joked that her … Continue reading ?
Critic’s Notebook: DJ Rashad, Julian Lynch, Disclosure
Notable recordings from the world of pop music. DJ Rashad Think you can keep up with DJ Rashad? He’s a pillar of Chicago juke, a style of dizzying, dazzling dance music that, if employed properly, could probably make Michelle Obama’s … Continue reading ?
10 years of the Iraq War: 10 great books
This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. Like all wars, this one has produced a library of great books. If not solace, they offer at least a measure of wisdom for those of us … Continue reading ?
Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ is already burning
There’s no mystery about what the biggest book of the summer will be: Dan Brown‘s “Inferno” is coming out on May 14, and his publisher won’t let you forget it. Today is the 10th anniversary of Brown’s phenomenal blockbuster, “The … Continue reading ?
Shakespeare Theatre Company announces additions to 2013-14 season
In addition to the five “masterpieces of the genre,” as Shakespeare Theatre Company artistic director Michael Kahn called them, STC is announcing a sixth mainstage production and two presentations to round out their 2013-14 season. “A Funny Thing Happened on … Continue reading ?
Two female Supreme Court Justices on the bestseller list
For the first time ever, two female Supreme Court Justices — one sitting, one former — have books on The Washington Post bestseller list simultaneously. “My Beloved World” (Knopf), a memoir by current Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, is No. 2 on the latest … Continue reading ?
#RIPMetronome: A eulogy in Twitter meter
#RIPMetronome: A eulogy in Twitter meter — Katherine Boyle (@KTmBoyle) March 15, 2013 We’re allowed to be anything in the digital age except terrified of it. The metronome was never worried, though perhaps he should have been. — Katherine Boyle … Continue reading ?
Fifty weeks of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
Talk about stamina: E.L. James‘s “Fifty Shades of Grey” has now been on The Washington Post bestseller list for 50 weeks. The novel and the other two books in James’s BDSM trilogy have now sold more than 70 million copies world … Continue reading ?
Luck o’ the Irish: 7 novelists for St. Patrick’s Day
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we asked some of our favorite Irish (and honorary Irish) novelists to name the luckiest thing that’s ever happened to them. No pots o’ gold or four-leaf clovers, but some delightful replies. Emma Donoghue: The … Continue reading ?
Hail to the New Pope (Francis)
At last, a pope…named Francis. Men named Francis (including myself) could kiss this Argentinian Jesuit, former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, for making this humble name august. It doesn’t matter if he had St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary in mind, or … Continue reading ?
Book of Mormon ticket sales crash Kennedy Center site again
It’s a big week for the religious crowd. Yesterday Francis was plucked from House of Cards Argentina and declared, via smoke signals, the new Pope. Mazel tov, Francis! And over at the Kennedy Center, where mega-popular musical “Book of Mormon” … Continue reading ?
SXSW: Nick Cave broods and Life Stinks doesn’t stink at all
There was no starter pistol, but Wednesday marked the first official day of music at SXSW, and it started with a bang-bang-bang. I managed to catch a brilliantly brooding set from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, a dynamite relaunch … Continue reading ?