BANG! A solitary shot is fired as Ken (played by Cory Rasmussen) and Chris Gorman (Erin Shepard) pull into the driveway of Charlie Brock, a prominent New York City politician. However, timing is not Brock’s virtue, as it is the day of his tenth wedding anniversary, and the incident has also included his wife leaving suddenly, and all the kitchen help of this well-off couple to be MIA as well.
November 18, 2009
Playing many roles in his ten year career, John Mayer is constantly the guitar-playing chameleon: From the young heartthrob in Room for Squares to Continuum’s wild mashing of guitar rock, blues, and folk aesthetics.
However, in his newest release Battle Studies, the musician approaches a role he never envisioned, the role of aging, glossy, ingenuine crooner.
November 18, 2009
It was all just too much to handle. The 600,000 people became unruly, pushing over the fence that separated the paying ticket-holders from the ones wishing to see the second iteration of England’s Isle of Wight Festival for free, setting fire to a part of the stage where Jimi Hendrix performed.
November 9, 2009
“I could use a story…”
And with that Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s fame starts listeners on an adventure through the treacherous seas to the land where the wild things are.
October 21, 2009
he Flaming Lips’ newest release, out this week, is brave, bold, and the biggest risk the band has taken in years. Unfortunately, it does not make for a good record. Embroyonic is as much of a delight as it is a chore, making their noise soundscapes more of an exercise in patience than a euphoric mixture of tones the band has produced in the past.
October 14, 2009
I knew what everyone was in for the moment Zach Galifianakis walked on stage, wielding two red cups, an apple, and a bottle of water nestled in his breast pocket. Galfianakis, star of the Summer Blockbuster film The Hangover, outfitted in a full beard and what he deemed the “homeless professor” look walked and grabbed the microphone swiftly off the stand, saying to the packed crowd at the Campus Recreation Center, “If any of you yell shit, I will rape you in the parking lot.”
September 15, 2009
There is something to it; the smell when you walk inside, the questions that get answered from people that have a passion about the subject you thought inconceivable, the searching through a labyrinth of stacks, thumbing through the hand-written dividers that transport you to another world.
April 14, 2009
Most viewers are letting a touchdown pass slip through their very fingers and they do not even know it. NBC’s Friday Night Lights, in its third season, has been wowing critics from coast to coast, but has been not converting on fourth down where it counts in its viewership, and now it has been struggling just to stay alive.
April 14, 2009
Narrative Art infiltrates downtown Lowell in the current exhibit “Show and Tell,” currently on display at the Revolving Museum. The exhibit shows the art of the story across multiple generations and artistic styles, creating a memorable experience for those who love both art and the story.
April 7, 2009
Behind the glitz, glamour, and dance-filled jams of moe. playing at the adjacent new House of Blues near Fenway sat a band on the brink in a venue that is about to be shut down.
April 7, 2009