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These days, filmmakers are testing out new and exciting ways to draw viewers into their narratives. Take the recent insurgence of 3D films. But where some grumble at the enhanced technology forcing viewers out of the movie, the folks behind Split/Signal decided to try an ear-popping way of marrying audiences with screened images. On Saturday night, The Center for Arts at the Armory played host to eight teams of filmmakers and musical acts, each group meticulously merging sound and picture, celluloid (or, in this case, digital) frame for musical note. more ›

Coming from North Adams, western Mass.'s wilderness outpost of contemporary art, the Books delivered their thoughtful concepts to the ICA on Friday night* via a Postal Service of gentle electronica and indie (soft) rock boy vocals. Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong also brought several closets' worth of tightly-edited found footage to match their pop musique concrète. A mood of inexplicable optimism pervaded, in the split-screen video of animals stampeding forth into an avant-garde National Geographic documentary, in the birdsong stitched together into makeshift jazz, and the virtuosic solos built from archived laughter. more ›

Once upon a time, we gave you weekly music picks. We're trying to bring that back. Each Monday we'll tell you where to go—and, sometimes, where not to go—for decent tunes this week. We'll try to strike a balance between local bands and visiting acts. And what a fortuitous week to begin: the Rock 'n Roll Rumble brings us lavish local talent all week long. Got other suggestions? Send 'em in. more ›

With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we'd cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news of so many dead coming out of Virginia Tech, and with so many of the victims and their relatives from the D.C. area, we felt it important to pay... more ›

Don't forget Saturday is the Bostonist Anniversary Party at the Kinsale. In the interim please feel free to rev yourselves up with some of the great music rolling down the pike. Monday 3/20: Editors Neo-post-punk brits Editors (a la Joy Division & Bloc Party) with appropriately asterisked Stellastarr*. Roxy. Editors: Myspace | All Sparks.ram | purchase Tuesday 3/21: The English Beat, Westbound Train, The Sterns, and DJ Ford E. Buxworth More than just a... more ›

Why do the dreamboats always roll into town when Bostonist goes away for the weekend? (Boozy better be worth the bus ride.) Tonight at 7pm, David Rees will be chatting with the Harvard kids. Rees is the genius behind Get Your War On, the clip-art comic that blends equal parts sarcasm and hatred for the Bush administration. GYWO appears regularly in Rolling Stone, and Rees donated all the proceeds from the Get Your War On II collection to help clear landmines in Afganistan. Bostonist met Rees in 2003 at a Million Year Picnic signing, and we're still swooning. more ›