Barbershop Makes the Cut
There has been a great deal of controversy over the movie Barbershop, and the controversy seems to focus solely on fragments of dialogue delivered by Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer).
Eddie speaks his mind in Calvin's Barber Shop on Rosa Parks, Rodney King, Jesse Jackson, and even Martin Luther King Jr.…
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The Beer TasterWelcome to the second edition of The Beer Taster. My goal is to inform you of the premium beers, along with the cheap party beers. Since there are several quality beers out there, I am open to all suggestions.
John Courage Amber:
This week's premium beer is John Courage, the best thing to come from England since the Beatles. For all true beer drinkers, this is a solid five-star beer worthy of consumption at any part of the day. However, if you drink beer just for the end result, then this beer is also good for you.…
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Hendrix grad on the verge of making the big time
On August 31 in Memphis, Lucero played to their biggest crowd ever. The crowd had gathered to see just them. Seven hundred people showed up. While the energy level at the show in the Young Avenue Deli was intense, something about Lucero made a crowd that large almost unsuitable.…
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The Beck is Depressing
First impressions are tough. At least with a bad first impression, you can make up for your previous mistakes, but when you start out as strong and charming as rock superstar Beck did in the mid-90's, even the slightest misstep can have fans and critics alike pining away for the musician of yesteryear.…
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The Fawning SychophantThe Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
" 'As you will no doubt know,' said my father, 'in old apartments there are rooms which are sometimes forgotten. Unvisited for months on end, they wilt neglected between the old walls and it happens that they close in on themselves, become overgrown with bricks and, lost once and for all to our memory, forfeit their only claim to existence.…
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His eyes are bright, music dark
Bright Eyes is back with its fourth album. Bright Eyes consists of a cast of rotating players and the singer/songwriter/creator Connor Oberst, who brings them all together. Oberst and his cronies hail from the plains of Lincoln, Nebraska.
This newest release is a collection of contradictions.…
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Entertain Me
The ethical theory class brought to class recently a CD or song that provides the soundtrack to their life. I found this assignment fairly intriguing and started thinking about the soundtrack to my life. If pressed to come up with just one or two songs, I'd have to say Neil Young's album Harvest best provides the soundtrack to my life.…
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