Arts

The Great Misdirect
Between the Buried and Me
Victory Records

4/5 stars

I am by no means a metalhead. I’ll listen to the odd song a friend shows me, but it’s a rarity to find me headbanging alone. For this reason I review Between the Buried and Me’s new record with a grain of salt.

Mot Dit editors would like you to judge their book by its cover.

For the fourth issue of Carleton’s Francophone literary magazine, Morgan Faulkner, one of the founding editors, and her team broke with their tradition of putting (painted art?) on the cover and opted instead for a photograph of a woman painted with bright colours to catch the eye of potential readers.

“I think this is our best issue yet,” she said.

On a barren stage, two characters of little literary significance flip coins and futilely debate the possibility of a coin landing on heads 92 consecutive times – which it has, according to the exasperated losing party.

“There is an art to the building up of suspense,” he said. Such release-free suspense forms the backbone to their comically tragic tale.

The BQE
Sufjan Stevens
Asthmatic Kitty Records

4/5 Stars

The BQE, Sufjan Stevens’ latest album, is quite simply an orchestral ode to one of North America’s most poorly planned freeways.

Stevens is known for drawing his musical inspiration from an array of sources, thus it’s not surprising that The BQE is a celebration of New York City’s Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Carleton student, Charlie Taylor, will be performing with the Charlie Taylor Banned at the Mayfair on Dec. 10. The Charlatan’s Larissa Robyn Johnston spoke with the comedian/musician about eating off silver platters, running around in briefs and a bowtie, and Ho Ho Hos.

The Charlatan (TC): Quite a few of your song titles – like “Never Been Too Drunk Too Drink” and “Eternal Hangover in Hell” – are about booze. Describe your relationship with alcohol.