The four rock stars of classical music — the Emerson String Quartet — can’t ever quite bring themselves to smash their instruments on the stage at the end of a show. Some things are just too ingrained to let go. But somehow, that’s always been the story of western classical music, granted, a 400-year-old [...]

Last weekend at UC-Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, Mark Morris Dance Group presented two beautiful and brilliant works from the company’s repertory — an experience in Morris’ genius as a dancemaker. Morris accomplishes something few choreographers are capable of: He actually improves music. With a string quartet and a jazz band, Morris builds on the gorgeous [...]

ANTHONY: I have just had my mind blown. You heard it here first, folks — the science fiction mindfuck masterpiece “Primer” is better than drugs. The film takes us into the lives of supergeek entrepreneurs Abe and Aaron, who are played with low-key conviction by David Sullivan and writer / director Shane Carruth, respectively. The [...]

The movie opens with two men, Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes — yep, it’s Wesley from “The Princess Bride,” just older and fatter) and photographer Adam (Leigh Whannell) chained on opposite ends of an old bathroom. A dead body clutching a handgun lays between them. Through a tape recorder, Dr. Gordon receives the message that [...]

“The you in the story is the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the monster is Frankenstein’s monster, they’re both dying, and they’re headed west.”
After this introduction, senior Anthony Ha spent four minutes addressing his audience as though it were a pus-oozing beast, traveling cross-country with its decomposing pal in search of precious water.
And just as [...]

Elliott Smith was 34 when he died last October from two stab wounds to the chest. But the most surprising thing about his death may have been its complete inability to surprise.
To many, Smith’s death felt sickeningly inevitable; the action of a heart-bound thrust of a knife became the ultimate validation of the [...]

Will Oremus, editor in chief of The Stanford Daily, recently (i.e. 3 a.m. this morning) sat down for an interview with Intermission co-editors Tam Vo and Tom Hanada.
WILL: So, I just edited Intermission and I was wondering . . . Did you guys intentionally fuck up so much? Like, more than usual?
TAM & TOM: Dude! [...]

If there’s one thing we didn’t learn in PWR, it’s to consider the audience when writing. Thus, instead of reviewing Jimmy Eat World’s latest album “Futures” for one generic audience, we’ve decided to provide mini-reviews for all relevant groups. If you don’t identify with any of these categories . . . well, sucks for you.
The [...]

They appear in fanzines; they tour incessantly; they sleep on my couch. Who are these mysterious stars of the underground? Stanford grads.
It’s a little known fact rock lives here at Stanford and that at least a few here live to rock. A couple of my recently graduated friends have pursued their music like the crazy [...]

I’m taking this opportunity to expose a conspiracy here on our very campus, a conspiracy that runs deep into our administration and throughout the recent past of our beloved University.
It all clicked into place during a football game when Coach Teevens once again brought out his signature 4th-down Shotgun Draw in a desperate attempt to [...]