By Broadside Interim Asst. Style Editor Pearson Jones

You would expect more from a bunch of Ivy League graduate students.

The quartet, known as Vampire Weekend, took a four-year degree from one of New York’s most reputable college, and gambled it away on a self-produced EP carried by a former lead singer of a comedic rap group.

By Broadside Style Columnist Andy Minor

Two summers ago, at the Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts, Steven Patrick Morrissey, famed lead singer of The Smiths and his own successful solo career, played a birthday concert for me. Well, it wasn't really for me, but it was on the day before my birthday, so I'm going to consider it a birthday concert.

It was an amazing show, probably one of the best I've ever seen, even considering Morrissey has a bit more gray hair and a few more chunky pounds than he did in his heyday. He interacted with the crowd, danced around stage, even took his shirt off, though the shirtless maneuver was about 20 years too late. He also played a beefy set containing songs that spanned his entire career—Smiths and otherwise—which says a lot because everyone knows
Morrissey hates The Smiths and his associations with them.

By Broadside Staff Writer Kristen White

The world famous Lipizzaner Stallions have performed all over the world, including North America, South America, Great Britain, Europe and Australia. Now, they’re coming to perform at the Patriot Center on Friday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. There are 12 to 14 stallions in this particular showcase, with Troy Tinker acting as the master of ceremonies and Gary Lashinsky behind the show as the producer, according to the company’s Web site.

By WGMU Music Director Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson.

Check out WGMU's top 20 record albums for this week.

Who knew Craigslist.com could make a killer band? Find out why DeVille has got Tierney swooning over them with their soulful and rock 'n' roll sound on her talk show.

By Connect2Mason Information Director Miguel Perez.

Come get your fix of local music this Wednesday, Nov. 19 at the Johnson Center Bistro. WGMU, Mason’s internet-radio station, will be hosting a free concert headlined by Fairfax Station-based rock band Ringleader along with bands Numa, The Frustrations, Safety Word Orange, No Compromise, and others.

The show will start at 6 p.m. at the Johnson Center Bistro. Read on to learn more about the featured bands.

By Broadside Reporter Jonathon Vaughan. Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight.

Q: The thing that really struck me about this movie were the visuals of the slums in Bombay. How did you go about trying to show them to the audience?

A: You’ve got to find a vividness that will lure people in there, so they have no alternative but to go on the journey with you . . . I love motion; I think movies are about motion. That’s how it began. That’s what made people gape at it. I love action movies, even stupid ones, because they’re about motion and movement and that’s why we’re addicted to them. We’re connected to this forward motion energy in movies. It’s different than books that are so reflective or poems that are so introspective, [film] just charges forward, I love that about films and I’ve always tried, if I can, to have that feeling in a film of putting you there, and making you run as well.