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RoadTrip A New York Avenue State of Mind
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TITLE BASIC STORY SAMPLE GRAB GRADEWHAT YOU’LL LOVE
BORAT BY ALEXANDRA LAMBRINIDIS — 20TH CENTURY FOX
“He was struck by the clammy
coldness of the nylon [sheet]; it
had a human feel, like a loose,
chill cowl of bloodless skin.”
— In Quirke’s morgue-centric world, evenbedding has morbid associations
Banville has a poet’s ear
for an illuminating turn of
phrase and an intuitive
sense of suspense that
transcends some credulity-
straining plot twists.
The best-selling author
of “My Sister’s Keeper”
spins a suspenseful
small-town drama out of
a horrifi c shooting at a
school committed by a
long-suffering student.
Husband-and-wife singers Win Butler
and Régine Chassagne sound great
weaving in and out of these
rich, well-developed
tunes.
“I don’t want to fi ght
in a holy war/I don’t
want the salesmen
knocking at my door/
I don’t want to live in
America no more.”
— “Windowsill”
The harder the band tries to re-create Fela’s
sublime sound, the more it feels like tiresome
idol worship.— C.R.
Seeing the hatred that
lies just beneath
American politesse is a
little disturbing. And there’s a
good chance that some viewers
will be plenty offended. — Greg Zinman
There really isn’t enough danger to make
the game truly compelling.— Evan Narcisse
The punishingly long and
tedious tutorial will have you
thoroughly bored by the time
the adventure really begins. — Christopher Healy
Gamers tired of sit-and-think puzzlers
will be refreshed by the dizzyingly
high-speed, nonstop motion.
The experimental design, immersive fl uidity
and spare, haunting music combine for a
hypnotic experience.
A dynamite cast
picks up the slack
storytelling, and
Linklater and Schlosser
provide an excellent com-
mentary track.
Sacha Baron Cohen, far
right, brings his horrifi cally
naive Kazakh journalist Borat
Sagdiyev to the States for a little cultural
fact-fi nding and the chance to meet
Pamela Anderson.
After nearly a decade
together, the umpteen-
piece Brooklyn ensemble
continues in the footsteps
of late Afrobeat
pioneer Fela Kuti.
This downloadable PS3 game
allows players to guide a
microorganism that has to
survive, grow and evolve in a
watery world.
Big band (eight
members) meets big
expectations (its last
album was an indie smash) by combining
big hooks (Springsteenesque) with a big sound
(orchestral arrangements galore).
Neon BibleArcade Fire
Merge
$14.98
Nineteen Minutes By Jodi Picoult
Atria
$26.95
The debut crime novel from the Booker Prize
winner fi nds alcohol-sodden Dublin pathologist
Quirke in the middle of a
Catholic Church conspiracy.
Christine Falls By Benjamin Black
(a.k.a. John Banville)
Henry Holt
$25
The fi lm’s naked wres-
tling match is one of
the most outrageous
sequences in recent
cinema. The disc also
has a host of funny
deleted scenes.
“Suffer for your
righteous mind/Suffer, suffer for your
intelligence/Suffer, suffer for your
proud impatience.”
— “Sanctuary”
Despite Antibalas’s peacenik
platitudes, the dynamite horn
arrangements on “Beaten Metal”
sound like the score from some epic
Hollywood battle scene.
“This isn’t about good people versus bad
people. It’s about the machine that’s takin’
over this country. . . . That’s all it cares
about: a few more pennies a pound.”
— A rancher (Kris Kristofferson)sets a burger advertising exec
(Greg Kinnear) straight
The game makes innovative use of
PS3’s motion-sensing technology
by having players twist and turn
the controller to navigate.
Picoult approaches
the troubled (and
troubling) psyche
of the high school students with
empathy and respect.
Richard Linklater’s fi ctional
take on Eric Schlosser’s
fast-food exposé sutures
together animal rights,
the horrors of late capital-
ism and immigrant
worker woes.
The long-running (and recently lagging) Sonic
series gets a boost from the motion-sensitive
controls of the Wii; players will be physically
bobbing and weaving throughout.
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Some may not be
able to stomach a
harrowing and very explicit
slaughterhouse sequence.— G.Z.
The book’s momentum wanes after the violent
fi rst act, and the mostly thin cautionary tale that
follows feels a bit like an after-school special.— Sara Cardace
At times, Butler apes the Boss so hard you have
to wonder if Courteney Cox will jump onstage to
join him for a shimmy.— Chris Richards
Though the pages do fl y by, this is one thriller to
read and savor more for its evocative whole than
for any blockbuster payoff.— Reviewed by Adriana Leshko
“He imagined what it would have been
like to start running at the sound of the
gunshots, to feel people pushing behind
you like a tide ... to realize too late you were
trapped, like a spider’s prey.”
— Detective Patrick DuCharme surveys the crime scene
“May George Bush drink the blood of
every man, woman and child in Iraq!”
— Borat goes a little overboard while addressing a rodeo crowd
The little blue type-A hedgehog zips into the
world of “Arabian Nights” to stop an evil genie
who’s planning to erase the book’s famous tales.
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BoratRated R
20th Century Fox
$29.99
Fast Food Nation Rated R
20th Century Fox
$27.98
SecurityAntibalas
Anti-
$16.98
Flow PlayStation 3
Rated Everyone
Sony
$7.99
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Driver beware: Seventy-one accidents occurred at New York Avenue
and Bladensburg Road NE in 2004.
A mini-Mall: The National Capitol Columns standon Ellipse Meadow at the U.S. National Arboretum.
Feast on Moroccan fare and watch belly
dancing at Marrakesh Restaurant.
DJs spin hip-hop, reggae and Afrobeat atAvenue club and lounge.
Abe Lincoln prayed in his own
pew at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
(Look for the plaque.)
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Start hereHecht’s is gone, butthe company’s art decowarehouse lives on asa historical landmark.
The National Museum of Women inthe Arts, now in its 20th year, celebratesachievers in film, music, literature and more.
Inspired by the masterpieces at the Corcoran Galleryof Art? Then take a class at its College of Art and Design.
The flapjack jazz breakfast at UnitedCerebral Palsy of Washington and NorthernVirginia serves a different specialty pancakeeach month. The next breakfast is April 7.
What’s inside this hulking warehouse?Celebrities and other beautiful peopleclubbing at the posh Love.
Drink if you like the Capitol CityBrewing Company, the first brewpub in Washington after Prohibition.
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WHERE: New York Avenue in Washington.
WHY: The art of women, meals that sing and Capitol ruins.
HOW FAR: 5.5 miles.
O ften it’s hard to say, “I W New York Avenue.”Commuters headed into the city from Marylandpass through a gantlet of auto repair shops andfast-food restaurants. If the grease doesn’t pro-vide enough danger, there’s always the intersec-
tion at Bladensburg Road NE. The crossroad was the city’smost crash-prone in a D.C. government study. But once youget past that tough New York reputation, culture and beautyawait.
The street, which starts just outside the District at the Bal-timore-Washington Parkway and ends by 18th Street NW, ishome to a museum dedicated to female artists. The NationalMuseum of Women in the Arts features works by nearly 800women, including Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo.
For another unique cultural experience, try live music withbreakfast. Gospel choirs rouse diners at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art’s Sunday brunch. And saxophones jam at the flapjackjazz breakfast at United Cerebral Palsy of Washington andNorthern Virginia.
New York Avenue even has its own version of Central Park.The 440-acre U.S. National Arboretum is an oasis of gardensand woods, where the rush of cars becomes a distant memory.D.C.’s Stonehenge — 22 towering sandstone columns —stands in a meadow in the center of the arboretum. The pillarsare a testament to the city’s early civilization, circa 1800. TheNational Capitol Columns were originally part of the East Por-tico of the U.S. Capitol but were removed when additions wereconstructed on the building in 1958. The columns sat in stor-age for three decades and were moved to the gardens in 1990.
Stone ruins have often been the last vestiges of long-gonesocieties, but New York Avenue doesn’t seem to be going awayanytime soon. — Phuong Ly
Road Trip maps are available online at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as are addresses and
hours of operation (be sure to check before you go). Havean idea for a trip? E-mail [email protected].
MAP BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; PHOTOS BY PHUONG LY FOR THE WASHINGTON POST AND BY JAICEE PHOTOGRAPHY
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