Beautiful Garbage, the oxymoronic title of Garbage's new album, is a perfect description of the popular band's latest experimentation with noise. A rock and pop hybrid flavored primarily with pop hooks but spiced with just a pinch of dark electonica, Beautiful Garbage has achieved new heights in the group's signature sound of thrown-together styles.
Having not been to a recent concert at the glorified cow palace known as Tingley Coliseum, I was a bit nostalgic to know that I'd be seeing the Merry Mayhem Tour there, which featured Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie along with relative newcomers Mudvayne.
Comedian Margaret Cho says her goal when she takes the stage at Popejoy Hall Friday is to make people both laugh and walk away looking at life in a different way.
The Southwest Film Center will present five films from Argentina this weekend during an Argentine Film Festival sponsored by the Latin American and Iberian Institute, SOLAS and the Media Arts Department.
The India Students Association will hold a two-day Indian Classical Music Concert, including a demonstration and lecture Saturday and Sunday.
Singer/songwriter Shannon Gibson says she has come to understand more than ever that each coin has two sides and all things in life usually have both a positive and negative impact.
Certain books just make you want to curl up with them, wrapping yourself in the homemade colcha you've had since you were five. But not this book. Nor should it.
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the words "country music?" Do you conjure a beer full of tears, running over your own cow with your truck or dueling banjos?
Meandering Downtown towards the Sunshine Theatre on Saturday night, I was consumed by a jumble of thoughts and expectations.
In response to the letter from Adam Collingsworth published in the Daily Lobo, I have to point out that I said the attacks on the Sept. 11 were the "most vile and cowardly attack one can imagine."
From an audience of topless feminists in Oregon to prestigious heads of state at the White House, the Reduced Shakespeare Company has been exposing just about everyone to their infectious humor.
Local nonprofit modern dance company Keshet is growing fast, and with a recently beefed up internship program...
Wow. It's not easy to describe a 20-year-old band with album names like Locus Abortion Technician and Hairway to Steven. Trying to sum up a group that has been pigeonholed as everything from acid-fueled metal to jazz to industrial; a band that has collaborated at one time or another with every industry outsider from noise gurus Ministry and offshoot Revolting Cocks to trailer park rapper Kid Rock is like summing up current world politics in one sentence. In a word: impossible.
In a year of cinema dominated by dreck like "A.I." and "Planet of the Apes," jaded science-fiction fans no doubt perked up when hearing of "K-Pax," a promising-looking example of the sub-genre starring none other than Kevin Spacey.
Directors Allen and Albert Hughes use skillful artistic vision to create the haunting, fancifully dark atmosphere of "From Hell" that rests atop a mystery which can almost be called intelligent. The new Fox thriller is not merely a jumpy, gory Halloween movie, but one where Johnny Depp tangles with Jack the Ripper. The filmmaking is emotionally powerful, though the story is unbalanced and could use a bit of careful development.
Young Joe Gonsowski carries Musical Theater Southwest's otherwise uneven rendition of The Who's "Tommy," with passion that is evident in his heartfelt expressions and determined movements.
From start to finish, "The Resurrection of Lady Lester" is a jazz story. The motifs are all there: booze, poor living, exploitation and incomprehension of the artist - gotta love this kind of music, eh?
John Irving's newest novel begins with a detailed account of his protagonist's left hand being mauled off by a circus lion. Though a tad crude, the first chapter sets the stage perfectly for the bizarre story that unfolds in the following 300 pages.
Charlton Pride kicked his 10 year cocaine addiction with the aid of a recurring dream during which he led a reggae band. The son of legendary country singer Charlie Pride, formed Charlton Pride & Zion Reggae Music in 1995.
The black metal band Marduk has been dubbed "Sweden's most vile act," because of its desire to create the most blasphemous music known to man.
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