Long before singer Joanne Shenandoah was nominated for a Grammy, she was winning Nammy awards. The Native American Music Awards is in its seventh year, and Shenandoah has been nominated for best short or long film video, which was produced by KUNM. Last year KUNM gathered Shenandoah, flutist R.
Three decades of being deeply rooted in southern Creole and Cajun music has kept Ida Guillory's band alive. Today Queen Ida and her Zydeco Band will play at Popejoy Hall for fat Tuesday. "The style of music is actually more on the folk side," Guillory said.
Not everyone who watched the Super Bowl tuned in to see how Terrell Owens would play, or who would be the first person to call the Patriots a dynasty, or were part of a select few praying for a wardrobe malfunction from Paul McCartney. Most of us tuned in to see this year's crop of commercials.
It was a television moment of unprecedented magnitude when Mini-Me, completely naked and slop-faced drunk, steered his mini motorized scooter into a corner just outside Peter Brady's room and started peeing. Da Brat was the first to see him, and her shocked, wide-eyed smile made her look like she'd been lit on fire and liked it.
By chewing the rulebook up and projectile vomiting it onto its dissenters, the Blood Brothers' album was an adverse reaction to the close-mindedness of the Seattle punk scene. Formed initially as a side project in 1997, the Blood Brothers blends high-pitched pop vocals with obscurely mellow beats that suddenly delve into hard-edged metal riffs.
It started with a couple of guys who were nuts about beats. Now Lester Fernandez and Jerry Tineo are seven albums deep and respected by both the underworld and commercial hip-hop. Tonight, The Beatnuts will perform in the SUB Ballroom. The duo said doing shows on college campuses is an old habit.
Sarah Manguso didn't think she had a career in poetry until her last semester in college. Now she is a published poet and helps college students fine-tune their craft in New York. "I actually didn't decide to be a poet until I was 25," she said. "Before that I wanted to be a doctor.
Take celebrity wars, futuristic combat armor and backstabbing high school politics, stir, and you get Rumble Girls. But the manga-inspired Rumble Girls: Silky Warrior Tansie is more than all of that. It's also a wickedly riotous critique of America's pop-culture driven media.
Class was not the only time Steve Hofstetter took notes during his years at Columbia University. As an author, comedian and nationally syndicated columnist, the 24-year-old took his college experience - everything from the all-night parties to the dining hall food - and threw in his sharp and witty observations to create his second book, Student Body Shots: Another Round.
by Billy Pinson Daily Lobo Nowhere Man's lead singer Vikas wants you to know he is still in love. He is so adamant about it, he tells listeners close to 50 times on the opening track of the band's debut album Love Asphyxia. The song, aptly titled "Still in Love," drones on with an unimaginative riff and repetitive lyrics for what seems like epic length.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Vocalist Ray Mazzola said Full Blown Chaos is hardcore. The group's latest release, Unleash the Demons, is its first full-length album. Mazzola said despite the negative connotation of "demon," the CD's title "is just another term for unlocking your subconscious.
Craig Baldwin considers his films a schizophrenic montage of audiovisuals. Or a means of telling an alternative history in a noncommercial way. Or a collage of autonomous folk art made of junk. All of this is coined culture jamming, a form of experimental art that combines bits and pieces of culture, such as the sound of a vacuum cleaner or a clip from a pop song, to create a message that questions mainstream media.
Debbie Kierst hasn't seen the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" since 1975. But she's directing the play. Kierst said the play is much closer to the book. "It has all the same characters," she said. "It's the same basic story." In the movie and book, characters leave the hospital.
by Aaron Hendren Daily Lobo Tara Reid said the media makes her appear worse than she is. Reid has been referred to by the media as a party girl. Photographs of her circulating the club scene appear often in the tabloids, and she received bad press when her dress slipped off her shoulder, exposing her breast to photographers at a P.
by Matthew Paul Bailey Daily Lobo West Coast hip-hop dropped off the mainstream radar after its dominance of the '90s. Tupac died. Ice Cube is an actor. Snoop Dogg is stable but static. Dr. Dre has not released material since '99. Now Compton-bred former Bloods gang member The Game has the expectations of a whole coast on his back.
Hawaiian-based quartet Olivia the Band offers a rehash of the same trite clichÇs in the pop-punk style. The Oahu natives say they are trying to convey a message, but the lyrics have no substance. For all their good intentions, they fail to say anything meaningful, and their self-titled debut album is unfortunately laughable.
by David Barnes Daily Lobo The Yonder Mountain String Band isn't afraid to combine traditional bluegrass with rock 'n' roll. Just don't call it a jam band. The band formed in 1998 with Jeff Austin on mandolin, Dave Johnston on banjo, Ben Kaufmann on bass and Adam Aijala on lead guitar.
The first time I saw the movie "Kids," I was 14. I had heard all of the surrounding hype - an underground movie about a group of New York City kids who did a whole lot of drugs and had sex. Everyone's mother was trying to get the movie banned from existence.
Kathy Cyman said her porcelain pottery class is the only one of its kind offered in the country. The class introduces centuries-old Japanese pottery methods, as well as the history and culture behind them. Cyman, who has taught the class for 14 years, focuses on the traditional Japanese Arita method, which is based on delicate and specific steps of porcelain sculpting.
by Kelly Brocklehurst Daily Lobo During difficult breakups, Alison James said she never got the advice she wanted. Today James is offering advice to women going through the same experiences. James, 30, is the author of I Used to Miss Him... But My Aim is Improving, a tongue-in-cheek breakup survival guide for women.
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