Archive for ‘February, 2010’

Egypt opens U.S. door to Middle East, ambassador says

U.S.- Egypt relations must continue to be strengthened now and always, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States Sameh Shoukry said Wednesday evening in Boston.

Free fallin’

With 17:41 left to play in last night’s game at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, the Boston University women’s basketball team seemed set for an easy victory. The Terriers had momentum on their side when a 3-pointer by freshman guard Mo Moran capped a 15-3 run and put the team up, 41-18. The tally in the win column was all but written in ink.

Catching up with The Antlers

Brooklyn-based band The Antlers has been supporting its most recent release Hospice internationally for the past year.The MUSE recently caught up with front man Peter Silberman to discuss his success in the last year.

Wild Beasts create a rich, darker effort with Two Dancers

Wild Beasts, a British band signed to Domino, has been getting a lot of buzz lately about its recent album Two Dancers, especially for its two singers’ distinctive and trained voices: Hayden Thorpe’s falsetto and Tom Fleming’s tenor. They played a show at the Great Scott in Allston last night, and The MUSE had the chance to ask the drummer, Chris Talbot, a few questions via email.

Scorsese gets creepy in Shutter Island

Many have compared Martin Scorsese’s current predilection for casting Leonardo DiCaprio in his films to his previous collaborations with Robert De Niro. Scorsese and De Niro’s collaborations &-&- Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and the underrated King of Comedy &-&- were essentially character studies; portraits of a single person whom De Niro portrayed with varying degrees of psychosis. Yet there is a marked difference between those older films and Scorsese’s new work with DiCaprio, including Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed and the duo’s latest, Shutter Island.