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Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 by Greg Bennett
 Photo by LP LorentzIf you have heard of Hurra Torpedo, aka the kings of Norwegian appliance rock, chances are it is from an Internet video clip of their 1995 appliance-smashing performance of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on Norwegian television. Based on that clip, it would be easy to dismiss Hurra Torpedo as a one-hit, shtick-based novelty act. But take away the too-small tracksuits, (more…)
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Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 by Mudsugar
You can see the full line-up by scrolling down this page or by going directly to the ACL Festival’s website, or you can check out their cool line-up video. The Full ACL Festival Line-up:Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Massive Attack, String Cheese Incident, Ben Harper, The Flaming Lips, John Mayer, The Raconteurs, Los Lonely Boys, The Shins, Ween, Thievery Corporation, Ben Kweller, G. Love and Special Sauce, (more…) |
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Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 by Mudsugar
 Jeff Bagato speaks about a local Bettie Page fanatic at the last F.W. Thomas Performance.If you were unlucky enough to NOT have caught the first installment of the F.W. Thomas Performances last month, shame on you. If you miss the second installment this coming Monday then… uh, double shame on you? How does that go again? (more…) |
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Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 by Tyler Sonnichsen
Pick a Bigger Weapon [Epitaph, 2006] Rating: 7 (out of 10) During The Coup’s explosive full band performance at the Operation: Cease Fire rally at the Washington Monument last September, a awkward moment of nonverbal discord passed between Ray “Boots†Riley and his resident hype man. Halfway through their set, the hype man grabbed a “Bush Must Go!†picket sign from the front row and hoisted it in the air. Boots’ rock-solid demeanor, for a brief moment, turned into one of marked disappointment. It appeared that Boots, like many other patriotic dissenters, had grown tired with anti-Bush rhetoric as it has been driven into the ground since the man waltzed into office. When The Coup made waves with their last album Party Music in 2001, 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Patriot Act, the Christian Taliban, the actual Taliban, Duct Tape, domestic spying, etc. were all looming under or out of our nation-state’s subconscious. (more…)
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Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 by Kristen Ricaurte
Cyndi Lauper wasn’t kidding. It’s tried and true, it’s trite, it’s a major cliche: Money changes everything. Money is never easy to talk about. If you have it, you don’t see what the big deal is. If you need it, well … you want it. The older you get, the more money you need to get by, whether or not you want to admit it. That is what Nicole Holofcener’s movie Friends with Money is peripherally about. (more…)
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Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 by John Anderson
 Death Cab for CutieOne really can’t lose with a bill such as the one which D.A.R. boasted on Tuesday night. –Death Cab for Cutie, Franz Ferdinand, and The Cribs– since the odds are strong that the majority of the crowd will leave with, at best, a new favorite band and, at worst, newfound respect for a known quantity. (more…)
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Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 by Kristen Ricaurte
What do you think of when you think of movies set in high school? Perky cheerleaders? Sure. Unrequited love? Of course. Quirky comedies loosely based on Shakespeare? Ugh. A Dashiell Hammett inspired murder mystery with Lynchian undertones? (more…)
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Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 by Mudsugar
OUR PICK OF THE WEEKThe first installment of the F.W. Thomas Performances, a new monthly literary variety show featuring live presentations from area writers, artists and musicians starts TONIGHT at Warehouse Theatre. Don’t Miss it!
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