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October 25

The Scene reviews new records from all the big names, including Moving Units, Mates of State, Viva Voce, Clinic, Travis Morrison, The Arcade Fire, Marilyn Manson, and Hanzel Und Gretyl

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From Dresden with love

By Costa Caloudas | October 25

At face value, the Dresden Dolls - a bare-bones, guy 'n' gal, piano and drum Boston duo, channeling both Weimar era-Germany and Tin Pan Alley - seem image-conscious and manufactured. That is, until you listen to their music.

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REVISED making out

By Connie Heiss | October 25

Making out is a lost art. We received our diplomas and entered the real world, leaving behind high school days when making out meant something. Remember when gossip on Monday mornings was who spent "seven minutes in heaven" instead of who was sexiled Saturday night? What happened to those days? Kissing in college has become a means to an end, whether that end is head, sex, or scoring free drinks.

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Gellar is no Buffy in creepy horror remake

By Laura Dugger | October 25

If you're looking for a good scare this Halloween season, "The Grudge," starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Bill Pullman, is your flick. It's not a jumpy scare, but more of a tense, anxious scare. It's a very gripping film - as in you will be gripping your seat or hugging your knees the whole movie.

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Battle of the Bands: Viva Voce vs. Mates of State

By Blair Payne | October 25

The Scene compares two contemporary pop duets. In this Battle of the Bands, Viva Voce takes on Mates of State.

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Wizard's Lair: October 25, 2004

By Danny Friedman | October 25

Danny Friedman's comic Wizard's Lair for today, October 25, 2004.

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On a Sensual Note strikes chords, wins hearts

By Dyane Jean-Francois | October 25

It's another boring late night in your dorm room and you're studying or eating left-over pizza from last weekend's movie night. Knock knock. A dozen young gentlemen bearing flowers and gifts wait at your door. They serenade you until you blush. On a Sensual Note, AU's all-male a cappella group, regularly lends its voices to AU's greek organizations by providing private performances during Big/Little Week.

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Alum mixes radio career with Capitol Steps

By Dan Zak | October 25

It was the Sunday of Columbus Day weekend 1982, and several hundred Washington staffers were packed in at Garvin's Laugh-Inn on Connecticut Avenue in Woodley Park. They had come to see headliner Rita Rudner, but were treated to an opening act by stand-up rookie Richard Paul, who killed, as they say. A recent graduate of AU, Paul would parlay this auspicious debut in the professional comedy world into a long tenure with the Capitol Steps and D.C.-area radio.

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Seattle's Blood Brothers respond to 'Crimes'

By Costa Caloudas | October 25

The Blood Brothers sound angry. Listen to any one of the avant-hardcore act's several stellar LPs, and you'll hear a cacophony of screams, shrieks and cries. So why are they avant-hardcore? Because bands like the Blood Brothers and the Locust are disassociated from a movement that has been stigmatized into a genre for thick-necked weightlifters obsessed with gridiron fantasies.

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Nerdspeak: October 25, 2004

By Carrie Moskal | October 25

Carrie Moskal's comic Nerdspeak for October 25, 2004.

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The Rusty Nail: AU's Sox reaction was fair game

By Lester Russell Allen IV | October 25

Something in that Eagle article really got my attention though. The Anderson Hall resident director was "mad." How dare sports fans disrupt study sessions? Absolutely ridiculous. She thinks this is anger-inducing? Perhaps she didn't see the cover of the Boston Herald featuring the bloodied corpse of an Emerson student in Kenmore Square. That would make me mad. All the RDs have to be angry about here are loud students celebrating. We weren't lighting fires and we weren't tossing cars.

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The Hit List

October 25

The Scene compiles a list of media phenomena to watch out for, including movies, broadcasts, and personalities.

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Death Cab now a household name

By Costa Caloudas | October 21

It's every kid's nightmare. Your favorite band, the best-kept secret that (you think) no one knows about, goes big time. And suddenly it becomes a household name. That's the story of Death Cab for Cutie. A band that has quietly and consistently delivered quality material since 1997 from a little place called Bellingham, Wash.; they've traveled all over the world in a smelly little van, sleeping on people's floors to spread the gospel of indie rock.

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Out of Context

October 21

This week: a retro 3-D porn, Jon Stewart's appearance on "Crossfire," and a domesticated inmate.

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Not Quite Wrong

By Ross Nover | October 21

Ross Nover's comic Not Quite Wrong for October 21, 2004.

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Indoor Botanic Garden keeps the cold out

By Erika Viltz | October 21

As the winter months begin to creep their way back into the lives of D.C. residents, jackets come out of the closets, lunch breaks move inside, and everyone walks a little bit faster from building to building. But there is a place where the trees never lose their leaves and flowers stay forever in bloom: the U.S. Botanic Garden.

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Caught with your pants down: Sex with ex is bittersweet treat

By Jessica Bacharach | October 21

For one night, Halloween lets us be someone we're not and act out the fantasies we would normally shelter in our minds. On Halloween, we all wear masks. This Halloween, my favorite ex was costumed as the ghost of relationships past, and I was dressed as the emotionally na?ve school girl waiting to be taught a lesson in love.

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