Welcome to Nerd-vana

By Joshua Smith
INTERMISSION| I am no “Star Wars” dork. Sure, I used to have a “Star Wars” sleeping bag I would take with me to swim meets as a 6 and under, have seen the Holy Trilogy an uncontainable number of times and almost share the view of an anonymous PostSecret writer who “cried for Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode III but not for the tsunami victims,” but I am no “Star Wars” dork.

Cameron Crowe: is he the coolest person ever?

By Di Dang
INTERMISSION| INT: How do you view music in film as the medium of human emotions?

'Elizabethtown': it's no 'Say Anything,' but it's not 'Vanilla Sky'

By Di Dang
INTERMISSION| Following upon his critically acclaimed, though commercially unsuccessful, “Almost Famous,” Cameron Crowe has created another semi-autobiographical film, “Elizabethtown.

Because McCarthy was a dick

By Joshua Smith
INTERMISSION| Shot in black, white and cigarette smoke, George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” gives vivid life to a newsman’s fight against Senator Joseph McCarthy’s witch-hunt tactics in what must be the smartest movie in this pre-Oscar Season year.

'Domino' falls far short

By Sean Howell
INTERMISSION| In the opening frame of “Domino,” director Tony Scott (“True Romance,” “Man on Fire”) informs us that “This is based on a true story.

Is the Bard a fraud? We'll still love him even if he isn't Superman

By Seth Shamban
INTERMISSION| “Shakespeare” by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man who was Shakespeare by Mark Anderson (Gotham Books 2005, 598 pages) The true identity of Shakespeare has long been a mystery.

TAs, RAs, HPACs and PHEs: Roxy knows staff are where it's at

By Roxy Sass
INTERMISSION| For years now, my loyal following of readers has been telling me resident-staff relations were a hot-button topic. They should have seen inside my panties Saturday night.

Is it that hard to shut up during my favorite song?

By Caley Anderson
INTERMISSION| As this is the issue where Intermission interviews everyone, I set out at the Download Music Festival last Saturday to interview as many random people as possible about, well, concerts.

You're never too old to play with Legos... or call your mom

By Andrew Burmon
INTERMISSION| I’d been trying to put together an interview with Brendan Powell Smith, the creator of The Brick Testament — a biblical illustration series done entirely in Legos — for almost two weeks.

Your life is not complete without the joyous sounds of Jeezie

By Adam Hahn
INTERMISSION| This past week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Roble freshman Tim Fleming, aka Tim-Jeezie. For those of you who don’t know why interviewing a Roble freshman is relevant, perhaps you recall an email that may have been sent to your dorm’s chatlist around Admit Weekend proclaiming the arrival of “Tim-Jeezie,” an up-and-coming hip-hop lyricist.

Fortunately, the bouncer said 'Yeah!' Sadly, there was no clapping.

By David Blackman
INTERMISSION| Intermission is not hip. We have not reviewed or even name checked the indie blog-induced sensation that is Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!