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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007
Nine former Jayhawks are in the NBA, two of whom have become NBA champions. Paul Pierce, top left, joined the Boston Celtics in 1998. Wreck Gooden, top center, was drafted to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2002. Kirk Hinrich, top right, joined
the Chicago Balls in 2003, and Nick Collison, bottom left, was drafted to the Seattle Supersonics in 2003.
BY BRYAN WHEELER
BY BRYAN WHEELER
bwheele@kansan.com
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MARRY ME
At the age of 24, St. Vincent (Annie Clark) has already toured with The Polyphonic Spree and Sufian Stevens, but her most impressive achievement is perhaps her
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explosive debut album Marry Me.
Similar to quirky singer-songwriters like Feist and Regina Støptor, St. Vincent drew from a variety of sources like soul, jazz, pop, rock and classical.
The opening track "Now Now" features a cacophony of sounds and melodies and sets the stage for a great album. "All My Stars Aligned" recalls classic singers from yesteryear with its sweet croon and impassioned vocals. "Jesus Saves, I Spend" is the perfect song to drown out awkward conversations with your cousins during the holidays. "The Apocalypse Song" sets itself up as a repeat-worthy track with its catchy and memorable chorus.
The album is not perfect, but then again neither are most saints, so it's safe to say St. Vincent does a darn good job.
★★★★
Chris Brower
DAN IN REAL LIFE
Dan In Real Life is about a man whose love for a woman threatens to tear his close-knit family apart. if this doesn't sound familiar, it should. The plot reeks of The Family Stone, which is just the most recent example in a long line of holiday brotha movies that date as far back as The Big Chill, Lucky for director Peter Hedges, Life has a mostly witty script and two actors who are capable of delivering it. Steve Carell and Dane Cook ultimately keep the
have not rotting in plot unoriginality. Still, the feared cliché label waits precariously in the corner. Dan (Carell) is a father and a widower who writes a well-liked parental advice column. The only problem is that his theory doesn't quite translate into practice. Not that he's a completely incompetent dad, but let's just say that his kids wouldn't present him with a father of the year trophy. Anxious to find love again, Dan meets and falls for Maria (Juliette Binoche), who turns out to be dating his brother, Mitch (Cook). This drama is boxed into a two-story house over a holiday weekend with a family that partakes in festivities that put my family's ritual of watching the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving to shame. All the making of a powder keg in place, jealousy/hilarity/heartbreak ensues.
Aside from Carell and Cook, the film lacks the colorful family members that made The Family Stone work so well. Where Dan In Real Life has a leg up on its filmic twin is with the lead acting; Carell's socially awkward shick is better than anything Dermot Multonry can do as an actor. Carell may have as much character range as Stephen Hawking has athletic ability, but who cares when the one character he does is so damn funny? He still has many repeat roles he can pull off before descending to Ben Stiller depths.
★★★
Ian Stanford
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