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Members Justin Vernon, Chris Rosenau, and Thomas Wincek talk about making experimental music sound like pop and their bombastic second album, Repave.
By Ryan Dombal , August 28, 2013
Volcano Choir, from left: Justin Vernon, Chris Rosenau, Dan Spack, Thomas Wincek, Jon Mueller, and Matthew Skemp; photo by Cameron Wittig
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In the making-of video for Volcano Choir's Repave, there is a piece of paper taped to a window in frontman Justin Vernon's April Base Studios. It reads: "Don't lose the plot."
"There were times while making this album when we lost the motherfucking plot big time-- I think people actually said those words out loud," admits multi-instrumentalist Thomas Wincek. "It was just getting so convoluted." And while Repave was recorded over two-and-half-years-- with many songs changing drastically as more members of the six-man band deconstructed and reconstructed them-- it rolls over the listener with a crashing force that their more insular 2009 debut Unmap didn't explore. Only one track on the album surpasses five minutes, but nearly every song is packed with enough ideas, instruments, and words to make them feel akin to the epic anthems of Bruce Springsteen, Broken Social Scene, or even U2. And while the songs run with the most bombastic aspects of each member's other bands-- including Bon Iver, Collections of Colonies of Bees, and All Tiny Creatures-- they're still dripping with detail; they feel straightforward without actually being straightforward.
"We're not just sitting down at a piano and putting chords together," explains guitarist Chris Rosenau, who spearheaded much of the album's music. "We're cutting up a sample for the verse and then processing some weird sound for the chorus-- and then getting it to sound like a song." Though the instrumental scope and warmth of Repave comes close to matching that of Bon Iver's self-titled 2011 album, Vernon doesn't play anything on the record. "I wrote one guitar riff," he says, "but it didn't make it." So the singer got to concentrate on his voice and lyrics, both of which he takes to newfound levels of depth and variation, cycling between his upper and lower registers, and even coming off a bit like Robert Plant on closer "Almanac".
Talking about the vocal sessions, Rosenau says Vernon "basically sang on fully fleshed-out songs, but we got to be there and bounce ideas off each other and laugh and cry and all this shit while he was doing these bananas vocal things that no one had ever heard before!"
"The miracle of Volcano Choir is we all trust each other," he continues. "We have no idea what the hell is going to happen when these people get in front of an instrument or microphone, but we know it's going to blow us away."
Read on for our interview with Vernon, who we caught during a vacation with his family at Lake Tahoe. Topics include: sexuality in indie rock, finding happiness without a partner, what's next for Bon Iver, and his still-strong ties to his hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
"The term 'indie rock' is dead and uninteresting; indie rock is just as susceptible to all the gross things about people becoming total ass clowns in music, and I'm not interested in being a part of that."
Pitchfork: You've said that the Repave track "Alaskans" really set the tone for the album, and near the end of that song there's a scratchy recording of someone talking about death and dying-- who is that?
Justin Vernon: It's Charles Bukowski doing a reading of a poem on French television. I first saw it on this great documentary called Born Into This and I never forgot it. The poem starts out with him talking about showering with this woman and washing his ballsack-- all this crude Bukowskian stuff-- but by the end he's extremely drunk and crying and he can't get through it. He's like, "Make it so that I die in my sleep and not in my life." It's this incredibly powerful and manly man completely giving into the fact that he is weak and small.
So I was very stoned one night by myself, half-watching "SportsCenter" and listening back to "Alaskans" and, all of a sudden, I was like, "Oh my god, this whole outro section has to have this specific poem playing in the background." We almost went to production without it on there, though. We had to call his wife and get all this permission that took months and months-- but I love that moment. There's a Bukowski feel to some of the lyrics on the record, pretty sexual things. I'm a pretty shy guy when it comes to girls and sex, but the way that he isn't afraid of it is good, because everybody has those sorts of animal feelings. Bukowski was like the rap guy when it came to talking about that stuff, and it freed up a lot of what you'd call normal people into making it not such a big deal.
Pitchfork: Within the world of indie rock, sexuality can be stunted, whereas a genre like hip-hop is often overly sexualized; in both instances, I feel like there could be a better balance struck when it comes to talking about sex.
JV: I know what you're saying. I am generalizing, of course, but in hip-hop, it's like you get this shine for using the word "pussy" a billion times, and I think that that's weirdly healthier than not doing it at all-- even though I really hope it ends soon because, you know, how many decades can we do that? And with white dudes in indie rock-- generally speaking, once again-- there's this guilt: "Oh, we're not going to talk about that." There are plenty of people who don't talk about those things and end up having really unhealthy relationships with sex; there are decent people that I know who don't know how to treat their partner. It's been built up so hard and so high that people are afraid. There's all the tits and ass over every magazine, of course, but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about how what happens between people is so misunderstood even between the people who are having the sex. Maybe some of the lyrics on this record are my way of cracking that egg.
Pitchfork: The themes and delivery on this album also sound more steadfast, like how "Acetate" has you standing your ground on the chorus: "I won't beg for you on acetate." Whereas some of the songs that you first gained attention for could sound like you were basically begging for someone through music.
JV: The interesting thing is, with a song like "Skinny Love" [from For Emma, Forever Ago], the thing that nobody knows is that I'm singing from the perspective of someone I hurt-- I'm yelling at myself for being uncourageous and unwilling to step up to the plate in that song. It's embarrassing, which is why I ended up writing the song and it coming out the way it did. "Acetate" is coming back to myself and saying, "Life is too short, and love is beautiful and it ends and there are much deeper and more complex things to be concerned about."
That's just where I'm at these days. I'm not with anybody, I don't have time for dating. Not to get too personal, but it's weirdly harder to meet new people now. But for the first time in my life since I was a little kid, I'm not so concerned about it. I'm trying to be like, "Hey, dude, you're super happy, this is everything you've ever dreamed of-- if you don't have somebody to hold hands with right now, everything's going to be OK, bro."
Pitchfork: To me, this album has the sort of unabashedly epic feel of mid-00s bands like Arcade Fire or Broken Social Scene, which has waned recently. Do you care about bringing that sound back to indie rock?
JV: No. I didn't grow up with indie rock-- I mean, I listened to bands that are considered indie rock, but I think that term is dead and uninteresting; indie rock is just as susceptible-- if not more susceptible-- to all the gross things about people becoming total ass clowns in music, and only worrying about money and image. I'm not interested in being a part of that. I log onto your guys' website all the time because you guys have news about a lot of the bands I give a shit about, but I don't think that everyone should only log onto your website-- it's dangerous when music gets cornered by anything.
Pitchfork: I agree, and I think your openmindedness when it comes to music-- with all the different styles and artists you play with-- is indicative of the times.
JV: Well, I don't want to get myself in trouble-- and I don't think I'm super important or anything-- but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer. Becoming yourself and finding an idea. Like Steve Jobs: "Think different." Apple is not thinking different anymore, they are getting worse by the day. They've become bottom-dollar and you can see that transition easily.
It's the same with music and people who make a good first record then a shitty second record because they're scared and they want to have money and security. All the people I look up to are the ones who don't give a shit about any of that. They just care about the people around them and about searching.
Pitchfork: Would you consider another career and doing music as a hobby?
JV: It is my hobby now, but it gets to be my job, too. The whole point of being happy is not feeling like you have a job. I'm sure there are days where you're at your job and you're like, "Oh my god, this is hard." But hopefully, most days, you're like, "This is sweet. I wake up and do the things that I do and I'm usually smiling." That's how my dad is with his job.
Pitchfork: What does your dad do?
JV: He's an arbitrator, which is like being a judge, in a way. Like if a union has a grievance-- if someone gets fired, for instance-- it will go to arbitration. It could be a players' union for major league baseball; when Derek Jeter had his first big salary negotiation and the players' union and the Yankees couldn't decide on it, they agreed to have my dad decide. He was actually the president of the National Academy of Arbitrators a few years ago. We got to go to San Diego and he gave this moving speech to all these people who are basically paid to be logical. It was pretty cool.
The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. I spent the first five years out of high school trying to make it work in Eau Claire, then I had to leave because there wasn't enough going on in town. By accident, I moved back-- my old band broke up, the whole story-- then I stuck around because I didn't have anywhere else to be.
Then it just felt like: Well, what a unique opportunity to be in town. I love townies. I value it, so to speak. That being said, I keep thinking about the kids like me who grew up in Eau Claire, and I wish they would've had more opportunities to experience culture. This town is so sleepy-- and people have every right to complain about how there's nothing going on-- but some of the people my age have moved back and are digging their heels in. I've got a friend who runs a global software company, he's got like 250 employees. He could have bought a building in Minneapolis, but he decided on Eau Claire instead. He was like, "You know what? Eau Claire made me, I better give something back."
Pitchfork: Do you have any plans for Bon Iver in the near future?
JV: There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint-- just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not. I think I need to take a long time. In the last month or so, I started to get some musical thoughts that agree with the future of what that project can be. I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, "Here comes another Bon Iver album!" I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a while to figure out.
Pitchfork: As far as doing things in an unorthodox way, it reminds me of a recent article in The New Yorker that contrasted Denmark's huge Roskilde Festival with the smaller Manchester International Festival, which is apparently more innovative and interesting.
JV: Festivals suck-- there's no way I would go to almost all of them, with the exception of a couple. Unique experiences are another reason why Eau Claire keeps coming into my mind: Here's a town that's a fresh slate, that could completely rewrite stuff because it has almost nothing to offer from a global, cultural standpoint. It would be so random to do crazy shit there because people would come to the fuck out of Eau Claire if we had weird shit going on.
Pitchfork: What kind of event would you want to put on there?
JV: Right now, my favorite idea is doing an all-night tent show starring my friend's band Marijuana Deathsquads, where everyone would wear super-loud headphones, and there would be tons of subs and lights. It'd be really dope. I'm trying to think about stuff like that: How can a show not be just a whining guy with a guitar.
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Wanted: Creative spark for iPhone games
The phrase "recession proof" has been bandied about a lot lately to describe the games biz, as people seek their own entertainment at home rather than spending on the cinema or in restaurants. And in many ways, the games industry is thriving more than ever. In 2008, Americans spent more than $21bn on games, hardware, and …
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It's true that a great proportion of iPhone games seem to be along the lines of guiding something along using the iPhone's tilt sensors. The rest are games that could have been played on the N64, or even the C64. The iPhone is just too limited a device to allow real innovation. The screen's too small and the interface is too limiting because it' requires you to touch the screen and so obscure the gameplay.
These basic iPhones games will remain popular, but only as gimmicky time killers. If you want real games, you have to go down the DS route and get the iPhone some proper titles that cost proper money. But then you'll want a better interface, and you'll not want calls interrupting you when you're in the middle of battling the end of level boss. In other words, if you can afford an iPhone and want to play great portable games you might as well just buy a DS or PSP.
just wait for OS3.0!
when the new hardware comes out with the new version of the OS, there will be even more developers.
the deeper malaise is the pesky consumers. buy a cartridge in a shop and you don't so much mind spending £20. Download something for your phone and there's no physical product except the space in memory. Add to that the fact that it's a phone (well, the iTouch isn't, but most people are buying the nano right now) and people don't want to waste all their battery charge playing games (or they'll learn the hard way) and it wasn't designed with game controls in mind, so people only expect mini-games, so they only pay mini-game prices.
The difference with the Wii etc is that they have killer apps. The iPhone's only killer app is coolness. (and some conveniences). Apple hasn't hired anyone like Shigeru Miyamoto or Free Radical. How many N64s were sold because of Mario64 and Goldeneye? (I know Rare developed Goldeneye, but most of the team left for Free Radical)
/me might develop modern text adventures, sounds cheap and easy on iPhone. oops, I was eaten by a grue :(
EA have killed the PC gaming industry
with cookie cutter console conversions of redundant recycled reruns and ceaseless series of stupefyingly stupid sequels.
Same problem that Hollywood has these days. No fucking guts and no fucking idea.
Paris, because, well, just because.
The problem isn't...
...with the iPhone (or the Touch)- it's gaming full stop.
I used to be keen when it came to gaming- I've got something like 80 games a piece for the Dreamcast, PSX, Xbox- but the prospect of playing the same titles over and over again with only increased resolution to differentiate between generations did the whole hobby in for me. You want some proof? Go back and play Doom or Wolfenstein 3D, and tell me that there's been untrammeled improvements in play mechanics between then and now. The narrative experience hasn't improved significantly since Half Life some 10 years ago. The spec for each wave of PC games gets bigger and more expensive each year, and Crysis on full is an impressive experience, but is it that much different to any one of the FPS that we've seen since Doom popped up 15 odd years ago?
Also- I disagree with the comments about the user interface limiting the game dev scene on the apple devices. If anything the Wii has shown that, if anything, a move away from the ever increasing complexity of the console controller can be fantastic- it's just devs need to look at the platforms capabilities as a whole (i.e. not just the tech spec) and work out what's best for the device.
Bigger, better and faster doesn't equal compelling. Go off and try some of the following games in Dos Box, and then decide whether modern gaming is worth the candle of running a £2k gaming rig:
Scorched Earth
Secret of Monkey Island 2
Doom Aliens TC
It shows..
... that for a game you need both gfx, a good idea and good controls. The iphone kinda has the first 2 but not the 3rd, theres only a few side scrollers i have played on the iphone that are any good, and not one yet hasn't made me think "i'll just play mario on the ds or megaman on the psp, as i can actaully control that"
The issue with touch screens, specally the iphone as theres no stylus is that you cover up the screen to control it! the multitouch works to a point but you are still limited to 2 button presses, thats forward and jump, if you need to run as well then you need to use the accelerometer which causes even more issues as its not 100% reliable.
iPhone games are currently the same as every other mobile game, fun for a bit, to make them even compare to ds and psp they need a better control system, sad but true.
killer apps on the Wii? which ones, exactly?
i don't know any serious games players that carry on using their Wii after 2 months of owning it. they all switch back to the real games on their 360 or ps3
A sea of mediocrity
There are a couple of decent, different iPhone games - Zen Bound and Sway spring to mind - but the majority are just mediocre ports (with added touch, as the article suggests).
However, the setup of the iTunes store really doesn't help. It's very difficult to filter out the dross and see what apps are really new or different. iTMS really needs some quality control barriers.
Having said that, I'll still leap at the first iPhone port of Football/Championship Manager...
Touchscreen Gaming
Of course, the real issue with playing games via touchscreen, on a screen that's only a few inches across, is that you can't see naff all when you've got your hand in the way. Electronic versons of card, board and turn-based games work to a degree because you have time to move your hand out of the way between moves to see what's happening. Try playing a FPS game (or another fast-paced genre) and you're sunk. Particularly on the iPhone, where you may be expected to use more than one digit!
The DS gets 'round this with an additional screen for control (e.g. Metroid) and the PSP doesn't seem to bother with touch at all. Both work as games machines and both do well in pretty much owning the portable gaming market.
Maybe Apple just need to put more 'proper' buttons on the iPhone..... or not.
Heart, because I love my PSP...even without a touchscreen |;o)
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That's why Ubisoft is FTW. buggy games, but they're sure different
Spore !
I was so exited when i first saw the ads loved the idea then 1 year later it comes along
I get it install it play the most imaginitive new and intresting part of the game ameba. Well unfortunatly this has no reflection on what you creature actually looks like and no matter the next level doesnt either !!
Actually none of them do
Seriously one of the strongest replay values was that you would have to start again to see how different creatures could be made from the very beggining
No no no no no
The App Store is not the solution, it is the WHOLE PROBLEM.
Saturation on the app store is at such a level that you would be an idiot to spend more than two weeks coding anything for it, because the expected return is about that. Sure, one in 100,000 developers might achieve a hit but if you like those odds you're better off buying a lottery ticket.
The indie games market has received a huge set-back with the App Store. Now games have to compete with toys for the same dollars, which are diverted away from more sensible mobile platforms or even casual PC gaming. Well it's a lot easier to design a $1 toy app than the kind of "superb-but-amazingly-its-indie" game that people orgasm over *precisely* because of its rarity, but won't pay more than $4 for in practice. Add to this the fact that accelerometers are much easier to leverage in a toy than a game, while any kind of joypad is totally lacking, and the iPhone just looks like a joke platform. Which it is, frankly.
Anyway, you media types will bitch forever about "not enough risk is being taken in games" just as you have done for the last 50 years regarding Hollywood. But like it or not, the Hollywood / AAA market is where all the money is, and it's expensive to develop for, so risks will be few and far between. As long as people keep buying, it's working. What did you say about "recession-proof"? You were referring to Braid saving the economy, or do those unimportant tedious franchised AAA games contribute at all?
nah, here's the future...
the future of mobile games is based on augmented technology, have a browse:
search for some more great examples of this on the tube...
Re: just wait for OS3.0!
"/me might develop modern text adventures, sounds cheap and easy on iPhone."
Sorry, Frotz has already been ported... :-)
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A librarian I haven't seen for a while greeted me the other day. I like him, so I tried not to wince too visibly when he asked my least favorite question: "So, are you guys still homeschooling?"
Librarians are important. Children's librarians especially are potential ambassadors for the homeschooling cause. So I had to cultivate.
Yes, we were still homeschooling.
I could see him settling in for a nice, thorough round of questioning. Did we have to register with the state? Did we belong to official homeschool groups? What about testing?
I answered as reassuringly as possible. No, we didn't have to test, but many homeschoolers choose to. Yes, we belong to lots and lots of groups. (Didn't pursue the "official" aspect of that.) Yes, the state knew we existed.
All the rest of that day, our conversation bothered us. I thought it must just be a minor case of burnout. The same questions over and over get old.
It is that. But it isn't just that.
Most homeschoolers I know do exactly what I did when civilians haul out the grill. We do everything we can to put their fears at rest. Deep down, we feel a little irritated, and then we feel a little guilty. These are fair questions, aren't they?
They're not.
They're incredibly insulting. Worse than insulting.
Here's why.
Imagine the conversation going a little differently. Same questions, different answers. Something like this:
"So — are you still homeschooling?"
[Long pause. Long stare.] "Yeees. Yes, I still have a child and I'm still looking after his education. I'm still feeding him, too. Every day."
[Looks startled, but quickly rallies.] "Oh. So, you have to register with the state, right?"
"We have to fill in about ten minutes of electronic 'paperwork' a year. It probably took longer to fill in my son's birth certificate. The birth certificate took a lot more thought."
"But you have to take standardized tests, right?"
"Don't you have to follow an official curriculum or something?"
"Absolutely not."
"But then how does the state know you're teaching your child?"
"The state doesn't know any such thing."
"But — well, how is that even legal? You say you're homeschooling, but you could be doing anything! Or nothing at all!"
"I suppose that's true. And what about you?"
"What about me? I don't homeschool!"
"That's right. Your daughter goes to school, doesn't she? I guess that means she's checking in with the government every day, in a way. But she hasn't been going to school her whole life. She was at home for years. And you registered with the state, in a manner of speaking, when she was born — for her birth certificate, and then for her Social Security number. How did the state know you were feeding her every day before she started going to school?"
"That's a ridiculous question!"
"It isn't. It's exactly what you're asking me. You're assuming that if the government isn't after me every minute, I won't take care of my child. Apparently, just having a kid doesn't give me any incentive for doing more than the absolute bare-bones legal minimum of whatever I can get away with. Speaking of which — doesn't your daughter go to private school?"
"Yes, she's an honors student at Trust Me You Can't Afford This."
"But why would you send her there? Isn't it expensive? And a long drive? There's a public school right down the street from you, right?"
"Sure, but it's not very good. This way she'll have a much better chance at getting into a good college."
"So? She'd probably get into college somewhere, if she really wanted to. You're not legally required to pay all that money and send her to private school. Why do it?"
"Because I want to offer her the best education she can get. I want her to have job opportunities."
"Oh — you want her to get a good job so she can support you."
"No, of course not! I just want her to be happy and have a good life!"
"But you don't think I want that for my child. You think that to me, being a parent means doing only what I absolutely have to — what I'm legally required to do, and nothing more. Is that what you think about the rest of my child's life? Do you think I use a calorie counter and just give him the minimum daily sustenance I can get away with? Or do you think it's possible that maybe, just maybe, I'm exactly like you? Maybe I take care of my kid because I love him and I want him to be happy? No, of course not. That's crazy talk. I mean, why would I homeschool my kid if I loved him that much?"
Of course I'll never have that conversation. But a lot of it will be going through my head now every time I get that particular batch of questions — which, since I'm a bit of a local ambassador for homeschooling, happens often.
If you're one of the people doing this kind of asking, and you notice that the person you're talking to is clenching her teeth just a bit, think about the kind of self-control she's showing. You're accusing her right to her face of being someone who only takes good care of her child because she's afraid she'll be sent to prison otherwise. And not only is she not screaming, or storming off, or telling you you've got some nerve — she's answering your questions. Politely.
Which is probably more than you'd do if she turned the tables and asked you why the hospital let you take your newborn baby home without attaching some kind of monitor to it to make sure you weren't starving it or beating it or something. You probably wouldn't be too worried about allaying her fears and setting her mind at rest and assuring her that, no, you're not abusive at all, really. You'd probably have some choice words to say to someone who accused you of being that sort of parent.
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Honest Review - V for Vendetta
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01.28.2013 - 00:17 | gcliffFIRST! FIRST! FIRST! Sorry, I had to get that out of my system. But seriously, while this did deviate from the graphic novel in a lot of ways I feel this was a much much better adaptation than Watchmen which was essentially a point by point regurgitation of a very dense and complex graphic novel that was probably not suited for a feature length film. Yes I know it was 3 hours but I saw it opening night and people in the theatre were literally falling asleep. V for Vendetta on the other hand was a tightly paced sci-fi thriller that retained most of the core themes of its source material. Sure, Alan Moore probably hated it but his illustrator, David Lloyd said in an interview that his only stipulation on any filmed version of V for Vendetta is that it was good. That it was. A very respectable choice for a favourite comic book movie.
01.28.2013 - 01:35 | IanFischYour reviewing skills have gotten a lot better.
I'm impressed.
01.28.2013 - 03:01 | AComedian
01.28.2013 - 03:02 | ArchedgarThat was entertaining.
Good job.
01.28.2013 - 03:05 | AzmarMy personal favorite comic book movie adaptation has to be Tintin and The Secret of the Unicorn.
Your Honest Reviews are glorious. You do a real good job.
I kinda miss the good ol' busting though... any BB Returns soon ?
01.28.2013 - 03:10 | Wicked J - VindicatedI was wondering when someone was gonna review this movie, and I have to say I'm both happy and sad. I'm happy that you gave it high marks and reminded me of how I felt when I first heard of it. Before I saw this movie, the only comic I ever read was a Green Lantern comic back in 3rd grade. After this movie, I dove into comics Rosie O'Donnell into a pool full of KFC gravy.
Though it makes me sad when I realized after reading the book and loving it so much that I actually brushed the movie aside. I can understand that there was a lot of great things from the book that were taken out to make it more appealing to casual movie goers and that kind of irritated me...
Not to mention I kind of made a lot of anti-Bush assumptions in the movie and assumed the Wachowski brothers were adding their own agenda into the movie ( Just to make it clear, I never was a Bush fan, nor will I ever be ). But when I watched your review, you made me remember how bad-ass this movie was, and it breaks my heart to think I had to sell my Blu-Ray copy for grocery money.
Anyhoo, great review dude.
01.28.2013 - 03:35 | Linklex7 - Great reviewAnother reviewed hit right out of the park. Great job, Erod. I always loved this movie too as well as the comic. People have to learn that being 100% faithful to the source material isn't always the best choice (sometimes it can be). Look at the Blade movie franchise. Blade 1 was nothing at all like the original comics. Actually it could be argued that Blade Trinity was the movie that felt closer to the source material, (with its inclusion of Hannibal King, the Nightstakers, Blade's slightly more colorful costume, and Dracula) than first 2 movies were and look how that turned out.
01.28.2013 - 05:48 | Flaggermus
01.28.2013 - 06:23 | KorahnThe way I see movie adaptations of previous works is in the same way Douglas Adams created every iteration of Hitchhiker's Guide (Radio, then miniseries, then books, then movie for example, are all different in a lot of ways but same basic storyline).
A straight 1:1 adaptation might be too much "been there, done that" if you've experienced previous works, but when a movie changes some elements yet retains many of the others, you get something familiar AND new.
Not to say that always works out, but sometimes you get greatness.
01.28.2013 - 06:37 | PontyMythonThis might just be me, but I never felt V was portrayed as entirely on the side of light. evie, our audience stand-in, is quite obviously repulsed by a lot of what he does. the comparisons to the count of monte cristo help a bit since the whole point of that story is that revenge is all consuming, and not a thing to be admired or romanticised, which is why V knows he has to die for the regime to truly be over. his ruthless methods are just as much a problem as theirs
01.28.2013 - 08:29 | MetalMike007I saw this when I was 15, loved it; saw it again when I was 20, could barely get through it. I'm a huge comic fan, but my dislike for this film is not mainly because it's not very close to the book; in fact, I think that to be honest, "V for Vendetta" may have been a solid Alan Moore story like "From Hell," but it wasn't particularly amazing.
No, my problems with the movie are more because the story as portrayed in the film is so ludicrously black and white - every single person working on the side of the government is sleazy, corrupt, racist, homophobic, and downright idiotic, while V is honestly held up on a pedestal (which, by the way, is one change that I think is a huge deal - the book recognized that V was not just a "freedom fighter," he's a terrorist whose actions kill innocent people, because he thinks that's worth it).
But on a more fundamental level, I cannot stand the message and main argument of the film - somehow, not only is "Big Brother" able to be taken down by a bunch of people standing around in masks (which, again, is never in the book, because Moore never had such adolescent populist utopian views about people), rather than action through elections and the democratic process, or by actual revolution, but also that vigilantism is apparently laudable in a modern society. It's a really juvenile revenge-porn view of the world that could have only been produced during the Bush era, and yet seems so alien from our world and our times only EIGHT years later.
And that brings me to another point - the original story was meant to be an indictment of Thatcher-era Britain, but the Wachowskis twisted it into what they wanted it to be - a one-dimensional "Up Yours!" to the Bush administration. You would NEVER find a theocratic ruler in the UK today like that seen in the film, and even in 2005 British society had a far higher regard for LGBTQ people than the people seem to have. The only real connection to the UK is possibly the anti-Islamism portrayed, since the UK does have a huge problem with radical Muslim immigrants, and subsequently anti-Islamism is a big problem. In any case, I've talked to several friends of mine from the UK about this film and all of them seem to agree that this film seems nothing like the real UK, but the US, which was what the Wachowskis wanted it to be all along.
And don't even get me started on the Evey "torture is okay" subplot.
01.28.2013 - 16:19 | thorondragonyeah, he never killed innoccent people in the movie. just becuase three officers were murderous bastards, that means all those cops he sliced to ribbons were evil too...... oh,and when he had convicned all of those people to walk into the parliament, he was not gambling with their lives at all........ your points are invalid.
from where i stand, this alternate version of v just had a different mindset compared to the comic. the v of the comic was a total anarchist, full of vengeance, not caring if innoccent person or otherwise died. however here, the v of this story, i think is just the smarter v.
there is no such thing as anarchy. it does not exist. for everything in this world has a system and or governing body. a wolf pack is in fact a form of society, if beyond primitive. even if you just have a tribe they will make a set of rules to make sure that they do not kill themselves, and thus positions to enforce and or protect said rules will be formed. larger the body to be governed, the larger the power and reach of the governors.
someone must always be in charge for as a social species, we know by instinct that we will act if we know there is no repercussions for our actiosn. justl ook at what some teenagers will do. and look what happens when passion drives us. how many humans have been murdered by their own kind because of the passion of a hating crowd? and ther was no one there to guide them? or worse, guide them down the wrong road.
01.30.2013 - 06:42 | Shlecky"every single person working on the side of the government is sleazy, corrupt, racist, homophobic, and downright idiotic, "
...You realise that this includes Inspector Finch and Delia Surrige? If the BTN counts then all those people V held hostage and put at risk were also government employees, not to mention Dietrich. And what about the military officer who lets the V supporters pass rather than fire on civilians?
01.28.2013 - 09:59 | ShleckyV for Vendetta is right up there with Batman Returns as one of my favourite films. For the record, I believe in a concept called Death of the Author - that is, an author's interpretation of his works are no more valid than anyone else's. If you came away thinking that V was obsessed with revenge and using freedom as a cover, so be it. If you think he's a genuine freedom fighter, so be that, too.
01.28.2013 - 10:28 | Jegsimmons
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01.28.2013 - 11:34 | grkpektisThe only problem i had witht he movie is that they took out my favorite scene, the doll burning.
01.28.2013 - 13:28 | The Imagination of AliceI imagine they changed it from 'Susan' to 'Sutner' because it sounds more imposing. Given how this film likes to play with black and white with little gray, I think that explination makes sense.
This is a wonderful review, by the way. I also really enjoy this movie, but I have a hard time pointing out what I do or don't enjoy about something, at least, within the medium of film. I reviewed books for several years, and can do it in print mediums, but that's not the point.
Great review, thank you.
01.28.2013 - 14:56 | CassaveThis movie is like Sylvesters Stallone's "Judge Dredd". They got the whole damned thing wrong.
This comic is about fascism in the future U.K. and was influenced by the Thatcher years. They turned it into an anti-Bush movie. It doesn't work.
Is it going to take another 17 years before somebody can do it right, just like "Dredd"?
01.28.2013 - 17:17 | TheBechtloff
01.28.2013 - 18:52 | sunnylOk, I want to see this now.
01.28.2013 - 22:24 | FiangI'm glad we share the same opinions of this movie. It's one of my favorites because it's quite different even as far as movies go. It's smart and that's why I like it. It's not just a popcorn film. It's one that forces you to think about politics. Normally, politics in general are hard to digest, but this movie makes it easy for you. It addresses the more important things and reminds its viewers to just keep aware of what its government is doing and not to just take it all in stride, which is what Evey was doing in the beginning.
01.28.2013 - 23:15 | cosmosblue772I believe I read the graphic novel before watching the film, just to prepare myself did the same with Watchmen. And honestly I have some issues with it, like how V had fallen in love with Evie in the movie. This does humanize him, but at the same time it felt forced and really they should have made the relationship platonic in some regard. But I will admit it was a beautiful film with really good performances, and if you want to contest with people who believe Nathalie Portman can't act, put on this movie (or Black Swan if this isn't available) and you'll be able to prove them wrong. I'm looking at you Mr. Plinkett. :)
01.29.2013 - 00:32 | BeatsOfGevaudanCast is the past tense of cast, not casted.
01.29.2013 - 04:40 | DacquoisOh man... some of those clips made me remember how I felt when I saw / read it the first time and I cried a little...
Also, you picked the only correct choice for music over the end credits. xD
All around this was a review very well put together.
Oh, and I gotta dig up my copy of the comic. Thanks for reminding me.
01.29.2013 - 10:09 | TheMadJayWomanI have vivid memories of seeing this in the theatre - and being woefully let down.
I appreciate the need to make certain changes in adapting written material to the screen, and there have been many good films made that took basic elements from a book and then created an equal but separate work. This was not one of them.
You can't make major changes to characters motivations and development and still maintain the same power as the source material, which is a major problem with Evey here. The Washowski's need to modernize her and make her the rebellious offspring of members of an underground movement severely undercuts her transformation into V's disciple.
For all the talent involved (thank you for know who John Hurt is), this movie was a mess. Stephen Fry's Jay Leno/Benny Hill chat show mash up is just awful to sit through. And most egregious - THE ENDING IS A 'THREE AMIGOS' RIP OFF!
01.29.2013 - 22:54 | alejokatana - WTH, you blocked your fanI`ve seen all your videos and you blocked me on youtube
01.29.2013 - 23:04 | howniceWhat do you expect from Hugo Weaving? Who is more charismatic as Red Skull when he is using Hugo Weaving's face than his Red Skull form in Captain America movie (the good one).
01.31.2013 - 03:01 | darkdigidestinedi love this movie it is fucking awesome!!! now i need to find my copy so i can watch it
01.31.2013 - 13:31 | Forlourned - In regards to your Batman 3 movie ranting..Nerdgasmic whine from start to finish that I can't seem to find the link to. It was just in the video queue.
I know most don't watch the extras in their DvDs, but it's important to know what went wrong and why. More so in regards to the first movie because the main actor (forgot his name and not important here) crowed much over how he learned how to fight for that movie.. before he put on that costume to discover he couldn't do SHIT in it! If you'd payed attention to the second flick, you'll note he's wearing the original suit and waddled and shuffled thru much the the first appearance. Burtons' batman onward suffered this to the last horrid movie too. They tried to make him more flexible in the second act of the second movie, but the suit still fought back. It's sad that research was never made and the waddling batman was what we got for it.
Another problem with the first movie is the director himself - HE. IS. NOT. AN. ACTION. DIRECTOR. - ('Inception' is another good example of that) and his movies are proof for it. I suspect the superdude flick will have dozens of minutes of "self reflections" despite Snyder(sp) being the director b/c of him being a "producer".
Catwomen was pretty clear about why she wanted that eraser program since she made at least TWO mentions in TWO scenes about it and WHY.. Did your NerdRage blank out them?
When I watched the flick in the theater, the Connery voice was Very noticeable at the beginning, BUT it stopped when next I heard from him. I played the movie on the Blu-ray and noticed they ADR'd out it so it's permanently gone now.. unless you have a illegal cam copy of it.. are you still watching it that way?
As a Complete story, Nolan did an admirable job of making a comicbook story into a Mature story w/ a Beginning ~ Middle ~ End arc that to this day no other director has managed to do... So... Grow up just a bit more please.
In fact; I suggest you read the Batman novel : 'The Forensic Files of Batman' and experience a mature take of the bat it's quite a novel read~
01.31.2013 - 16:08 | PsychoticFinnMy own opinion on the movie adaptation on V for Vendetta is pretty much the same BB. It's in fact one of my top five favorite movies, while I do want to take people's words on it and go through the comic book too (I've only become interested in comic books recently).
Could it be V's alliteration inspired all of your ending lines in your reviews? ;)
02.08.2013 - 23:10 | nugoThere are three things i need to get out of the way before i put my views across. First, i have never read the comic (although after seeing this review i will try to.) so i can't comment on the adaptation aspect. Second, i am British and i do think that this film is to american in how it is executed and the views i express ar those of a Brit but may not be those of my fellow countrymen . Third, Erod i love your reviews even when our opinions differ an i respect your views on this film. I really really didn't like this film, don't get me wrong the acting for the most part was top notch and i am a huge fan of most of these actors especially Steven Fry but the main problem i have with this film is the way it so blatantly glorifies Guy Fawkes, a man who was an atrocious person and a terrorist who should i no way be glorified (also he was not the ring leader in the gunpowder plot Robert Catesby was and Folks was one of the more minor conspirators) and he should not be considered a hero, although from what i learned in this review the comic doesn't portray him in this way, it would be like glorifying the underpants bomber. Another thing that is that i don't think that american fully understand the real story behind the gunpowder plot and i don't mean that as an insult in anyway shape or form but i think there is an ignorance to the cultural aspect that these events, in Britain on the 5th of November we celebrate the failure of the plot and we burn effigies of Guy Fawkes because of his treason and as a Brit i find it kind of insulting that the he is made into a hero, it would be like making Benedict Arnold. the second gripe i have with this film is Natalie Portmans attempt at a British accent, again don't get me wrong i think she is a great actress and her preferment in V was ok i just can't get over the accent and the inconstant of it, one minuet its Cockney the next it sounds like shes just come from the west end and it bugs the hell out of me. The thing is i do watch this film if it is on and there is nothing else i want to watch and it is a good action film with some powerful moments and a great cast preforming well (for the most part) but contrary to what Erod said i HAVE to turn my brain off to enjoy it. i fully respect the views of everyone else who has commented and those of Erod and i ask that you please respect mine, Thank you and sorry for the length of this rant i just needed to get my views across


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Recent Ethics Scholarship at Fordham
Across diverse disciplines, Fordham is the home of vibrant faculty and student scholarship and activities that enliven and renew university, community, and national dialogue on the dignity of the human person and the advancement of the common good. This page highlights recent contributions the Fordham community has made to finding new means of furthering the moral responsibility of persons and the moral integrity of the University's overlapping communities of inquiry, instruction, and faith.
* indicates Fordham University faculty member affiliated with the Center for Ethics Education
Jason Morris*, Associate Professor of Biology, recently published an article "Substance Ontology Cannot Determine the Moral Status of Embryos" in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, based on work he presented at a CEE Faculty Ethics Seminar.
Maureen O'Connell*, Associate Professor of Theology, has published a new book entitled If These Walls Could Talk: Community Muralism and the Beauty of Justice. In addition, she recently published an article in Commonweal entitled Catholics and Racism: from examination of conscious to examination of culture, which stemmed in part from the March forum, Cura Personalis: Faculty Voices Against Hate Speech on Campus.


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It's been discussed often here and elsewhere, the idea that the Phillies can sell off a few seemingly expendable pieces while simultaneously buying and contending. The deeper you look into it though, the harder it is to buy into that thinking.
Let's start with Michael Young, who many think can be traded and replaced by Kevin Frandsen. Those who favor that move see Frandsen and Young similarly, and in reality they are. Both are .280-.300 hitters with gap power who play below-average defense at third base.
But there are a few problems with that. First, you have to consider how hot Young has been for the last six weeks. He's hit .321/.355/.500 over his last 39 games with 17 extra-base hits. It's not an empty batting average, Young has been keeping the ball off the ground and hitting it with authority.
Young's increased production does increase his pricetag -- teams like the Red Sox, Yankees, Reds and Dodgers are in on him -- but it would be tough to trade that away. Young has consistently solid at-bats and is one of the few players on this team capable of laying off borderline pitches and fouling tough ones off. You need that at the top of the order after Jimmy Rollins.
One must also consider what the Phils would lose if they were forced to play Frandsen everyday -- an extremely valuable bench bat. Frandsen leads the majors in pinch-hits (12) and batting average as a pinch-hitter (.364), and is second in RBI (9). If he has to play everyday, who is the first right-handed bat off the bench? John McDonald? Erik Kratz? Yuck.
With Papelbon ... yeah, you trade him if it makes sense. "Makes sense" has a few meanings. For starters, you must receive a close-to-major-league-ready prospect. It should be a position player. You must also -- if you hope to contend -- turn around and deal for a Tom Wilhelmsen or a Steve Cishek, two guys who have very good stuff, elite strikeout rates and experience closing and setting up.
The problem with that, though, is the cost for Wilhelmsen or Cishek, or any effective, young reliever who is cost-controlled through 2017, will be enormous. That would mean you're probably offsetting whatever you get for Papelbon with what you give up for Wilhelmsen or Cishek. Papelbon is better, but he's also about $10 million more expensive per year.
There really isn't a gray area here. You buy or you sell. If the Phillies go 4-2 or 5-1 against the Cardinals and Tigers, Ruben Amaro Jr. should add those two pieces -- outfielder and reliever -- by July 31. If they go anything less than that, you have to enter sell-mode and just hope for the best. The Phillies were a .500 team last year and have spent 2 of 99 games over .500 this year. It would be time to be realistic.
If the Phils sell and make a Bobby Abreu-less run like they did in 2006, that's great. The point is it will be very difficult to sell while also buying and expect it to make a positive short-term difference. Long-term, sure, it might. But if you're still thinking 2013 playoffs, you have to be realistic about what Young and Papelbon provide and how ill-equipped this team is to lose its most patient bat and best relief arm.


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- Address:
827 Slaters Lane
Alexandria, VA 22314Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
AmericanPrice: $30 and under
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.rusticorestaurant.com/
- Phone: (703) 224-5051
- Hours of Operation:
Brunch: Saturday - Sunday: 11:00am - 3:00pm; Lunch: Tuesday - Friday: 11:30am - 3:00pm; Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 5:30pm - 10:00pm, Friday & Saturday: 5:30pm - 11:00pm Happy Hour: Sunday - Thursday: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: American, Gastro Pub
- Executive Chef: Evan Buchholz
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
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A word from Rustico
Rustico is the quintessential neighborhood pub on the edge of Old Town Alexandria. The menu features seasonal, hearty American fare from a wood-fired oven and grill, including pizzas and rotisserie meats, along with other rustic cuisine using the freshest local ingredients available. There's also no mistaking Rustico's love for barley & hops! The bar's focal point is a custom galvanized inverted T bar with 30 brilliant taps book-ended by two massive coolers holding more than 400 different types of ales, lagers, ciders and stouts.Continued
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70 reviews since July 30, 2014
- Food4Service4
- Ambiance3.9Noise LevelModerate
neighborhood gem (49)fit for foodies (28)vibrant bar scene (28)good for groups (24)great for lunch (18)hot spot (16)kid-friendly (15)special occasion (15)great for brunch (14)great for outdoor dining (13)romantic (9)late-night find (9)notable wine list (6)Show More
- Great pizza, beer, patio — and dog friendly!DrawPastTenseVIPDined on 11/23/2014This is our go-to spot for when we want to grab lunch on the weekend after taking our mutt to the Shirlington dog park — a bit far from there but totally worth the drive. The weather was (still) OK to sit outside this past weekend so we enjoyed a corner spot along the railing and split a beet salad, fries, a margherita pizza and a couple beers. (The fries came in handy for rewarding our dog for patiently hanging out on the sidewalk side of the railing). Our server, "Aaron C." was fantastic — (very) good looks aside, he gave spot-on advice on which beers to try and there wasn't a long wait for anything — he even made sure our dog's water bowl was never empty. The great service overall is just one of the many reasons we're regulars. Thanks Rustico!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A bit Rusty(co)TomKDined on 11/21/2014Ordered the pork chop & went with chef's medium-rare recommendation. It actually was closer to rare so sent it back to finish cooking. The beer selection is impressive though.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Perfect meal all 'round!NeroDined on 11/20/2014We always enjoy Rustico. Beet salad- a definite favorite! Scallops- gigantic. Burger- wonderful meat. Salmon- so tasty.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- NoisyBrunchtimeVIPDined on 11/20/2014Good food But The hard surfaces make Rustico Unpleasantly loud
- Dinner dateOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 11/15/2014We had a great dinner with our friends at Rustico.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointingMarciaJVIPDined on 11/11/2014I love Rustico. Great beer list and good food in the past. I had not been there in awhile. I was so disappointed on my recent visit. I ordered a Farm Market salad to share with my dining partner. We got the large. I had to actually ask the waitress if it was the small. $12 for a salad that said it had kale in it and it had two leaves on top. I guess that counted as the kale. I have been to restaurants that if you say you are spliting something, they take the serving and make two portions. Would it really be that difficult for the kitchen to do that. I guess it would of highlighted the size of the large even more. Doing this is a nice service to your customers. The waitress was just not that pleasant either. We did order other food so don't know why she just had such a distain for us. I can honestly say it has been taken off my list of places to go. Major attitude and smaller portions is not what I look for in a dining experience.
- Cold, Wet Pizza!RWinDCVIPDined on 11/9/2014This was my first time visiting Rustico. Unfortunately, the food was really bad. We ordered a pizza and it was cold and soggy :-( We were running to a concert afterwards or I would've definitely pushed for another pizza. I will not be back.
- Great RecoveryjustdjDined on 11/5/2014One of our party of four had a problem with her main course being too greasy and too salty. Our wonderful waitress (Gloria) removed the dish with no hesitation and offered a replacement entrée (which was refused because the pork cheek appetizer had been so amazing and filling!), the manager came over to apologize within minutes and to offer a free dessert (which was accepted). When the time came to choose dessert, she couldn't decide between an ice cream and a sorbet, and was assured that she could choose both! Rustico clearly has a plan for the rare occasion when something goes awry and it was a pleasure to experience it in action. Thank you!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always a Good MealMavenLovesFoodDined on 11/5/2014Rustico is my go-to place to take friends, know that we'll have good food, very good service, and a general good time.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- wonderfulAnneDined on 11/3/2014We dined there Monday November 3. The food was absolutely delicious! Our sever was so helpful and knowledgeable. I will definitely recommend this restaurant to my friends.Special Features:
- Solid Service, Menu Needs HelpallyVIPDined on 11/2/2014It was our 1st time here and we had a great server in the bar section who was incredibly knowledgeable about beer and wine and suggested a few pairings for my not-usually-out-of-the-box-beer boyfriend. he was thorough friendly and definitely on top of his game. the food, however, left a little to be desired. i know the menu had just changed but nothing seemed great except for the pizza which i didnt eat since i'm gluten free & the new pizzas were questionable because of the toppings. risotto tater tots were cooked less than al dente, my BF couldn't finish them. side of root vegetables were undercooked also. we asked for the fries to be cooked well done and some were very soggy, and came out of the kitchen a minute after we had ordered them.Special Features:
- Neighborhood gemThadVIPDined on 11/1/2014Huge selection of beer, great pizza though not enough choices, the other food items look pretty good although our table-neighbor's scallops smelled fishy at 3 feet away. Service was slow but they were slammed. Every neighborhood needs a comfortable go-to spot and this could be it but maybe not worth driving more than 10 or 15 minutes to get to.Special Features:
- fabulous!Cindy116Dined on 10/23/2014especially love the caesar salad and pizza. don't miss the smores cheesecake and pretzel bites either!!Special Features:
- Been there 8+ years for a reasonOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 10/23/2014The interior ambiance is reason alone to go. However, the excellent beer selection, quality food and hip atmosphere makes Rustico a worthwhile casual dining destination.Special Features:
- FitzFoodDined on 10/13/2014Good food. Amazing fried brocolli, really. Great beer list! Delirium Tremens anyone?Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- 1st timerbreakfastMANDined on 10/11/2014looked online and wanted brunch....haven't had before eating out....nice place, food good....ordered our food and my wife plate was lukewarm (they gladly fixed another)....also had biscuits with my meal and would have been nice to bring out at least some butter (had to ask for it)...server was cool and nice place to eat....good scene, comfortable....would mos def go again and try their pizza.......nice wine list and good beers to choose from......Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great place, delicious foodDukestreetDined on 10/5/2014All our meals were delicious. They also have a few gluten-free options. Service was excellent as well.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great pizza, expansive beer menuOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 10/3/2014Overall had a good experience. It was a bit noisy, but it was a packed Friday night. Nothing overly excessive that made the experience miserable. Loved the deep fried hard boiled egg and the carrot hummus app. Was equally happy with the beer selection. It is vast and they offer many selections (some that are very pricy). Mushroom pizza was delicious. Fresh dough crust and fresh toppings.Special Features:
- Special occasion - special serviceweluvrusticoDined on 10/1/2014Itb was out 7th anniversay, so we decided to go back to the restaurant that was the site of our first date. GREAT idea. Rustico (Alexandria) went out of its way to help us celebrate - attentive service fro our waitress (Olga), special appetizer gift from the chef (the best fried green tomatoes ever) and a dessert with a candle. Perfect acknopwledgement of the occassion without too much fuss. Thanks to all - a wonderful experience we hope to repeat (at least) every year!Special Features:
- Neighborhood GemOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 9/21/2014I can walk to this restaurant, which is a first for me, and I appreciate that! The ambiance was just ok (there was a baby crying) but our server was great. The food was outstanding--special occasion--birthday dinner--top sirloin--yum!Special Features:
- Not comfortable seatingLovesRestaurantsDined on 9/20/2014When we arrived, the sun was at a level where it came directly through the windows of the restaurant. The blinds had been pulled, however, they are not completely sun-blocking. The first table the hostess took us to would have had the sun directly in my friend's face. When she mentioned that, the hostess remarked, "Not for long." I asked about another table (blocked by the sun) and she told me they were all reserved. The table at which we were seated still was uncomfortably bright, due to sun, but it wasn't face on. For me, this set the tone of the evening. Luckily, our waiter was quite good and we enjoyed our meals very much.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not perfect, but nice experienceartgirlDined on 9/11/2014We ordered the deep fried deviled eggs after reading a recommendation here, and they were disappointing. The egg whites were rubbery, and the center seemed like a regular hard-boiled egg yolk... not deviled at all. Still, the risotto tots were tasty, and the salted beet salad was wonderful. We also appreciated that there was a gluten-free pizza crust option available, and it was delicious. Service was pretty good until a large party arrived, and then it diminished greatly. Our server did not seem to be very happy tonight, until she brought our change, and then we saw a smile.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Marc1090Dined on 9/6/2014Try the Pastrami Ribs, amazing dish very different twist on Baby Back Ribs. Love this restturant!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- lekiliDined on 9/5/2014There was not much air conditioning so the restaurant was very hot and uncomfortable! They do not have a lot of high chairs. My friends were informed by the host that they were all out of high chairs and no booster seats but we were first on the list for a high chair. This was not true. We watched new tables be seated with a high chair. The food was pretty good and our server was nice!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- 09/04/2014OpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 9/4/2014Great food. LOVE the deep fried deviled eggs. Bartenders are super knowledgable and genuinely interested in their customers. This won't be the last time we visit.Special Features:
- Nice spotTrying2findgoodindianDined on 9/2/2014Great fries, burgers were good (but too much juice dripping). Long beer list.
- Beer and Flat breadsHStreetYuppieVIPDined on 8/24/2014We went here for brunch and sat outside on the patio. There seemed to be some confusion with getting our table, but besides that, it was a great meal. Huge beer list and lots of different flat breads to choose from. Would recommend the restaurant to my friends.Special Features:
- GFgirlGFgirlVIPDined on 8/23/2014We love the gluten-free pizza and the beet salad is great, also! Love the selection of wines and gluten-free beers.Special Features:
- An Experience Unlike Any OtherfessmiqDined on 8/23/2014Words can not express how amazing, awesome and a fun place Rustico is. From the insane beer list to the amazing culinary offerings, this place has it all. But it's the service and personality of the Rustico team that sets it apart from all the others. This crew delivers an experience that is unlike any other experience I've ever had. My family (including two small children) only wish we didn't live three hours away as it would be our second home, but for now, it is the only place we'll dine when visiting the DC area. The extremely knowledgeable, friendly, passionate staff is so impressive that you can tell they are all in on delivering an exceptional experience to all of their diners. Rustico is a must experience time and time again.Special Features:
- Nice selection of beersMikeVIPDined on 8/21/2014Deep fried deviled eggs threw me off but we tried them anyways and they were fantastic! I'll never look at deviled eggs the same again. The hostesses were in my opinion wasting the oxygen I could've been breathing. However our waiter made up for their incompetence. Overall the food was very tasty, seasoned very well, and appropriately portioned. Not the biggest variety of food but they had all the main proteins people look for with a larger selection of pizza, which I wasn't expecting. It doesn't give you the feel of a pizza joint. I would have given it a higher rating had the hostesses not irritated me.Special Features:
- An off nightSusanDined on 8/18/2014I have enjoyed Rustico over the years but this time (a Monday night) was a bit off. I was warmly greeted by a host and seated right away. But my dining partner's soda was flat and our service was very slow. The food was good but we had to wait forever for our server to pick up our check and to get refills. This is unusual as everything is normally top notch. I'll go back but perhaps on a busier night.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- For beer loversFoodie65VIPDined on 8/12/2014If you love beer-they got a whole menu! I like their roasted beet salad and pizza, they also have a good burger. Not a huge selection-but something for everyone:)Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Rustico FantasticoPoetArlington47Dined on 8/10/2014The superb food makes up for service that is a wee but tardy and rather loud noise levels.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great brunchbkluverDined on 8/9/2014Rustico's brunch is a favorite of ours, so when our two teenaged grandsons were visiting, we took them, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed everything. Best French toast he'd ever eaten, 17-year-old said.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Sleepy lunch, great foodOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 8/9/2014The Calypso pizza and sweet prosecco made for a delicious combo when I met an old friend at Rustsico for an early Saturday lunch. Service was attentive and warm. Flavors in pizza were scrumptious.Special Features:
- Fantastic neighborhood findRustico1Dined on 8/6/2014Great restaurant with a menu that changes regularly and new items added accordingly. Fantastic wood fired oven pizza and a beer selection that is second to none.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 492 reviews are from the Rustico reviews archive.
- Love!LeitchDined on 7/25/2014We frequent rusticio and every time they deliver on great food and service!Special Features:
- loud and crowdedOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 6/30/2014Not the place for a quiet anniversary dinner. However the food was excellent and the beer worthwhile. The server attempted to make the dinner as romantic as possible.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Slow and spotty serviceMPreDined on 6/29/2014This was our third time at Rustico, the location is convenient and we needed a place where our 18 month old wouldn't disturb the peace and Rustico is good for that. The past two times the service has been so slow that we got free refills on our soft drinks. This time, the service was slow, the hostess was not friendly and had us put our high chair directly in the late afternoon sun (saying that's the only place it could go) and when we asked for a new table so my son and I weren't blinded by the sun and they didn't accommodate. Overall I was unhappy, the food was okay, maybe go here for the bar. If you have little ones who get impatient after an hour between ordering and receiving your food, go elsewhere!
- No AC and very poor serviceAwfulDined on 6/18/2014They decided to not turn on the AC despite it being 95 degrees out. I was there with clients from out of town and chose Rustico based on my many previous positive experiences there and knowing the food is always good. It was somewhat embarrassing given we had had a rough day of meetings. Service was terrible. Waited for 20 minutes for drinks only to be told that their mint wasn't up to par and could they get us something else (another 15 minutes passed before the drinks came). Our waitress was great but it was clear they were understaffed.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Judge requiring Bales to undergo sanity review
The military judge overseeing the case of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales says he will require Bales to undergo an official review of his sanity before he can present any mental health defense to charges of massacring Afghan civilians.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales deferred entering a plea Thursday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to 16 counts of premeditated murder and other charges related to a nighttime attack on two villages last March.
But the judge took up arguments over whether Bales can present a mental health defense or testimony from mental health experts, given that he has not yet participated in a "sanity board" review.
The judge says Bales needs to participate if he wants to present a mental health defense, but he has made no decisions about the conditions of that review and what information from it is turned over to prosecutors.
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For more information, please see the St. Martini Lutheran School Web site.
Address of school for orientation: 1520 S Cesar E Chavez Dr.
Address of service site: Kosciusko Community Center, 2201 S 7th St, Milwaukee, WI 53215, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
Transportation:By bus: Walk to Wisconsin and 14th. Take the 14 bus towards Southridge and get off at Bow and Pearl. Walk approximately one minute to St. Martini.
By car: Head west on Wisconsin Ave, turn left on N 17 Street, turn left onto Clybourn St, turn right onto 16th street, 16th street turns slightly left and becomes Cesar E Chavez Drive and St. Martini will be on the left.
Approximate Travel Time By Bus: 13 minutes
Approximate Travel Time By Car: 5 minutes
Orientation: Monday September 8th at 3:45pm or Thursday September 11th at 3:45pm at St. Martini School.
Days/Hours of Operation: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 3:45- 6pm and Wednesdays 3-5 pm
Description of Agency/Activities: The mission of St. Martini Lutheran School is to provide a safe Christian school focused on educational success, leadership development and spiritual growth. St. Martini Lutheran School was established in 1883 and serves the Hispanic community on Milwaukee's near south side. St. Martini Lutheran Church contracted LUMIN in 2009 to operate the school and work together to accelerate the growth of Christian education in St. Martini's neighborhood. Total enrollment is 219 students, including more than 200 that participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.
Student Role in Agency: Students will be volunteering in the after school program. St. Martini Lutheran School serves a Latino population grades K4-8. Service Learners would be tutors and mentors to the students along with assisting in games and activities.
Commitment: Orientation, plus students expected to go for a 2-hour timeframe once a week or they can do 1 hour one day a week and 1 hour another day of the week.


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MOK, so I was never too sure what my work was exactly, but never mind that. All I know is that I spent six years worth of Sunday afternoons filling up this space with tales from that weird vector between information technology and the alternative-weekly mind-set. That, or cracking foul on Microsoft and AOL. And amazingly enough, for each week I'd undertake this sordid enterprise, I'd get this fat check from City Paper. Well, not phat fat, but fat enough to cover the next round. And in the end, that's all that matters.
But that's all over now. I'm throwing in the towel, cashing in the chips, going legit, selling out to The Man, taking to the skies, returning the rental. This is the last week I'm writing this column. And I've got such a short-timer attitude, I don't even care if I mix my metaphors six ways to Sunday.
Am I done yet? Can I go? The word count says no. Siiiigh. OK. Well, I guess I could reflect back on the many stories I've covered and distill some greater truths from them. And I tried doing this. Honestly, teacher. But the truth is, I've already written about everything I've ever wanted to write about, in every conceivable style I could think of to write about it. And I've been grateful for the soapbox. But now this space needs to go to someone who'll appreciate it.
As for technology, I guess it all comes down to this: Technology is nothing new. Technology, or the art of applying science to some practical end, has been around ever since some hut-dweller discovered that he or she could plant all those leftover wheat seeds in orderly rows out back, rather than wander around and gather the wheat from wherever it happened to grow that year. There will always be clever people who'll think up ways of making life a little bit more enjoyable through the use of scientific observation, if only to amuse themselves--just as there will always be people who will use such marginal improvements to extort pelts from, or exert political influence upon, the rest of their tribe. Be the first in your clan to learn the secrets of astronomy and you can either delight others by explaining the movements in the night sky, or wait until the next eclipse and scare everyone into believing you have an in with the Sun God. That's the technology game.
So there you go. All that and a bag of chips. The other thing I did learn was that Baltimore, for its size, is blessed with more than its fair share of industry-renowned info-tech folks, including artificial-intelligence expert Tim Finin, hypertext fiction pioneer Stuart Moulthrop, New York Times/BYTE magazine tech reporter Peter Wayner, Slashdot editor Robin Miller, privacy advocate Kathleen Ellis, and her husband, Unix guru Jon Lasser. There is also Advertising.com's mastermind John Ferber, Cool Tool's Sean Carton, and many others I never got around to interviewing. If you want to learn about what makes computer technology tick, you could do worse than be stuck in Baltimore.
In fact, it was meeting people like this that actually made me proud, at least once, of being "Cyberpunk." See, I've always hated the name of this column. The name was chosen by then-CP editor Sono Motoyama, bless her AOL-newbie heart. Calling oneself a "cyberpunk" negates the very qualities of anarchic tech-savviness it supposedly endows. If you have to say it, you ain't it. Why not just call the column "Fonzie," for chrissakes?
But like I said, there was once I really did get off on the title. It was just after I completed a story for Baltimore magazine, that proverbial graveyard of ex-City Paper writers. A fellow CP alum, Van Smith, and I were tasked with profiling the movers and shakers of Baltimore's info-tech scene. Although our story was only published last January, I now cringe over how optimistically we wrote about those companies, many of which later slashed work forces--including at least one, Gr8, that still may not have issued some of its workers their final paychecks.
Anyway, one of the side articles I did for that package was a list of up-and-coming computer geniuses, the smart young people whom B-mag felt would be heavy hitters in the info-tech world. To find these people, I first systematically called all the area universities asking for their best and brightest. But as time got short, I gave up and just picked a lot of candidates off the top of my head whom I happened to know over the years from this column. They were the loudest voices in the local tech scene-- some I had written about, others had become my friends, all were smart enough for inclusion on such a list. After the story was published, I 'fessed up to my editor about my personalized selection process. She rolled her eyes at the favoritism.
"What kind of criteria is that, just choosing people you already know?" she asked.
"It's a perfectly credible one," I replied confidently.
"Why?" she asked.
I paused for dramatic effect, and then stated the obvious: "Because I'm Cyberpunk."
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