Billy Bob Thornton has not censored his usual personality to promote his upcoming PG-rated children's movie. For example, Thornton doesn't apologize for his public displays of affection toward women. "Show me a man who doesn't like to drink and doesn't like women, and I'll kiss your ass," he said.
Will Smith's latest release is filled with tracks that plead for hip-hop to take him seriously and others that were obviously written for his recent movie, "Hitch." The first song on Lost and Found sounds like the theme song to a '60s TV program about a superhero rapper.
by Noah Armstrong Daily Lobo There were mixed reactions on Friday to Christopher Hampton's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." During intermission, one theatergoer said the play would be better if the best parts weren't hidden behind screens. This was true of the performance and the acting at several points.
Royalty Life Records was created in part in the UNM dorms. Lameck Lukanga, also known as Humble, and Byron Davis established the hip-hop record label. With the help of residents in Redondo Hall, his dream is now a reality. "Me and B came up with this idea sitting in a garage," Lukanga said.
The lyrics of the group Tw12lve are the played-out chants of gangsta rap. Money can't buy these MCs love, but they'd rather be a thug rollin' on dubs, goes the battle cry of the group who, without love, will probably never make the money to afford one rim let alone enough to roll on.
Politically conscious hip-hop and Valentine's Day will merge in this year's third annual Breakin' Hearts Festival. Cyrus Gould, a member of the League of Pissed Off Voters, had an idea for a Valentine's Day show three years ago. "Three years ago, before Valentine's Day, there wasn't really any jams happening," he said.
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.
Most people remember Shel Silverstein for his poems about sidewalk endings and generous apple trees. But the writer also penned plays for Playboy magazine, and this weekend, the Vortex Theatre showcased these risquÇ shorts. "Shel's Shorts" was introduced as a play for mature audiences and opened to a scene where a convenience store employee leaves a sign up while he uses the restroom.
Listen to any song on Ki's five-track album Powdershy, and you will surely be reminded of radio rock sensation Linkin Park. Ki, which has been described as a post-hardcore band, explains on its Web site the inevitability that the band will leave its "fingerprints in the world's ear.
Some rock stars shouldn't make solo music. Gwen Stefani is one of them. The first 20 seconds of her solo attempt Love Music Angel Baby sound promising. Stefani's first track, "What You Waiting For" begins with fading applause followed by a piano and vocals intro.
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