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Saliva pleases with energetic southern rock
For those of you who are still unaware of the southern rock band Saliva, you must be living under a rock.
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Lite-Brite, big hair bring out best, worst of 1980s
Remember when the Tigers won the World Series and the Pistons were actually good? It's been almost 20 years, but the memory still lingers fondly in my mind, somewhere between Lite-Brites, leg warmers and the original Frogger game. Ah, sweet memories of the '80s. I can still recall the first movie I saw in an actual theater.
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'Deathrow' offers combination of distractions with fighting, sports
The future is brutal, deadly and filled with vulgar threats of derogatory goodness. The Xbox exclusive "Deathrow" is an arena sport from the year 2219 that features a consistent flow of blood and total disregard for others as it quenches the violent hunger of prime-time viewers. It's basically part football, part basketball and a caboodle of ultimate fighter.
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Eminem surprises with Detroit setting of '8 Mile,' adds acting to list of talents
The biggest test put to Eminem in the making of his first film was whether he could act. But being in a number of music videos has proved to make it easier for him to perform on camera. Eminem adds a new talent to his repertoire of rattling off offensive lyrics.
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Taylor plays 'amazing' show
Despite being more than twice the age of the average college student, James Taylor still rocks out with a young soul that overflows with timeless music. Not a seat remained vacant Friday night at Breslin Center as the crowd's diversity further demonstrated music's alluring magnetism to unify multiple generations for the same yearning love of melody.
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James Taylor makes Breslin Center stop today
Grammy award winning artist James Taylor will be playing today at 8 p.m. at Breslin Center. With a career spanning three decades, Taylor released his 14th studio album "October Road" following a five-year break, and toured Europe in September.
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Students make music for 'U'
Jeff Kitson started preparing nearly 11 months ago for tonight's performance, a music recital he estimates will last no more than 45 minutes. "There were moments way back then when it was, 'Oh my gosh, is this thing ever going to get here?'" Kitson said.
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Lansing pottery festival offers clay decor
If you're looking to liven up your decor, remember, clay has character. A collection of 35 area artists will showcase and sell their work this weekend at the Greater Lansing Potters' Guild's annual fall sale.
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Hogwarts, magic offer 'U' endless entertainment
Not since Ronald Dahl has there been a children's book that can capture the imagination the way Harry Potter has.
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Weekend guide
Friday • The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing, presents Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies at 8 p.m.
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'Chamber of Secrets' opens this weekend
Just one year ago, the Harry Potter phenomenon hit American theaters with the first of four movies. Back then, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" did well at the box office, pulling in $90 million in the first weekend.
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Las Vegas native Clockwise creates annoying, unoriginal rock
Hailing from the city of sin, neon lights and a never-ending silver river of flowing slot machines, Clockwise has emerged from a music scene that goes virtually unnoticed. Never in a million years would anyone expect a band to rise out of Las Vegas without pawning its instruments somewhere along the way to keep feeding the addiction that is gambling.
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MSU Scuba Club discovers a new world underwater
Decked out in scuba gear and protective head gear, Katie Frank glides through the water to intercept a pass. Out of the corner of her eye, she spots teammate Nick Kwiatkowski on a breakaway farther up the pool. Using her specialized wooden stick, she leads the orange, lead-weighted puck to him. He cradles it on his stick and maneuvers past a few opponents, who cut through the water with awesome effort in an attempt to block Kwiatkowski's path. One player is forced to stop and rise up from the 5-foot-deep water to blow some water out of his snorkel, but returns to the game within a few seconds. With little effort, Kwiatkowski fakes left, then flips the puck toward the metal goal. As the puck nails the back right corner of the goal, the players stop, in mid-action, and almost instantaneously rise above water to discuss the play. Following a short break to catch their breath, they line up at opposing ends of the lap pool in IM Sports-Circle.
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Student hopes to reach 'U' with alternative Internet zine
Greg Mercer admits he loves to write, but after attempting to get the things he wrote published, he came to the conclusion he had a style that wasn't "mainstream enough." Instead of constantly attempting to publish his material in other outlets, he decided to put together his own online zine, Punkt, which is free and accessible 24 hours a day. "I wanted to have something where I could reach as many people as I could and that's why I chose to do it online, in a press form," Mercer said. An online zine is a publication that is only available on the Internet. Punkt launched on Oct.
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Whats happening?
Events • The Department of Romance and Classical Languages will show the film "Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train," also known as "Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train," as part of International Education Week at 5:30 p.m.
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Ebony fair to make Wharton Center stop
The Lansing/East Lansing chapter of Links Inc., a black women's social organization, is sponsoring the 45th Annual Ebony Fashion Fair at 8 p.m.
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Fat Joe's 'Loyalty' fails to stand out
On Fat Joe's fifth album, "Loyalty," Joe makes sure everything he does is big. He's livin' large, pimpin' out while in charge and representing New York City to its fullest by not crushing it.
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WEB ONLY: 'Crimes' steals hearts in theater production
Theater graduate student Jay Burns picked a winning combination by staging relationship-oriented "Crimes of the Heart" in the Auditorium's intimate Arena Theatre. Playwright Beth Henley's grown-up sibling rivalry of the three McGrath sisters, Lenny, Meg and Babe, is perfectly placed in the middle of an audience, whose members sit on all four sides of the action.
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The Used pleases Detroit crowd with screaming vocals, energetic antics
Detroit - There's something strangely intriguing about the Utah-based band The Used. On a night that should have deterred most fans, a seemingly endless line abided for more than an hour outside the State Theatre on Sunday in the vigorous downpour of a cold November night. Hundreds eagerly waited to see a band that's striking the music scene with a scorching blend of crashing rhythms, majestic melodies, undisguised lyrics and kinetic vocals. The far too pretty venue, with its historically bewitching charisma of crimson reds and subdued yellows, a cathedral ceiling and numerous pillars, was quickly engulfed in inky blackness as the bluster of happy fans erupted.
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WEB ONLY: Monks share tradition, culture with 'U'
Early Thursday evening, the meditative sand mandala that took four Tibetan Buddhist monks almost a week to create was destroyed at Kresge Art Museum.A crowd of onlookers watched as the mandala was dismantled, a process that is meant to symbolize the impermanence of life."This light, this house, this tree is changing," said monk group leader Alais Thupten Tsondu, known as Venerable Tashi.