Spring Break
The Chronicle's Sports Blog
sand box
by Sam Schlinkert in Recess
So simple. So to the point. Indeed, it is fun to do bad things.
Choke: sex, strippers and scams
by Andrew Hibbard in Recess
Chuck Palahniuk belongs to a class of writers raised on film. His novels read at the same cadence of an easily-consumed blockbuster, rife with cleverness and gross-out humor.
Clark Gregg
by Andrew Hibbard in Recess
Clark Gregg is the son of a former Divinity School professor, but he hit the stage and screen instead of the books and has racked up a host of acting credits. Last week, Gregg's first directorial effort-an adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel Choke-came out and recess' Andrew Hibbard sat down in Boston to talk to Gregg about it.
New nano: smarter, slimmer and sexier
by Nancy Wang in Recess
Weighing in at a slim 1.3 ounces and available in nine different colors, the fourth generation of Apple's iPod nano ($149 for 8 GB and $199 for 16 GB) has secured its spot as the sleekest and prettiest of the bunch.
Oct. 8 DSO concert to honor Pearl
by David Graham in Recess
Sometimes it's enough to play music just to play music-the thrill of the score, the notes swirling in the air, the electricity between audience and performer.
T.I. swagger
featured review
by Kevin Lincoln in Recess
T.I. has swagger, and he's not going to let anyone forget it.
This Sporting Life
by Charlie McSpadden in Recess
Each year of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a filmmaker curates a themed series.
Joe College Day to ride again Saturday
by Tina Siadak in Recess
As the last remnants of summer fade into the chaos of midterms, Duke University Union's Joe College Day will offer students a chance to say goodbye to their laid-back days in style.
robin thicke
album reviews
by Madeline Perez in Recess
Robin Thicke's new album, Something Else, hardly reinvents the R&B genre. Instead, the 31-year-old singer is intent on bringing music back to the good ol' days of soul and funk.
ben folds
album reviews
by Leslie Griffith in Recess
"A piano's all I got/and I know that ain't a lot," Ben Folds laments wryly in "The Frown Song," the third song on Way to Normal, his first release in three years.
downtown owl
fiction
by Kevin Lincoln in Recess
Chuck Klosterman may have taken up fiction, but even in his first novel he hasn't stopped being a critic.
New boutique turns Brightleaf Square green
Vert & Vogue offers recycled, sustainable clothing, alternative to megamall shopping
by Margaret Baughman in Recess
The thought of "green" fashion conjures images of hemp tunics and yoga sportswear-the frumpy, boring garb of the neohippie, more often seen in the commune than on the catwalk.
