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The Arrivals prepare listeners for a ‘Zombie Raid’

By KEITH CAMERON | October 25, 2007

"Zombie Raid" - The Arrivals Now that it's the weekend before Halloween, prepare for a "Zombie Raid." If you're at all able to find the elusive track by Chicago punk rockers The Arrivals, then prepare for the living dead. "Zombie Raid" isn't one of those...

Horror movies are for boys who never grew up

By NYSSA BULKES | October 25, 2007

I hate Halloween movies. Love the holiday, love the costumes, love the candy, but the movies annoy me. The genre is so reminiscent of ninth grade, where all the guys tried to out-gross each other by seeing who could go the longest without showering or...

Say Anything defends genre

By TONY MARTIN | October 24, 2007

Rating: 9 / 10 Say Anything is back with a new album, "In Defense of the Genre," a two-disc record about drugs, girls and everything in between. Max Bemis, singer and songwriter for the band, must be one messed-up guy, because he made a really good CD....

‘Halloween’ – AFI

By TONY MARTIN | October 24, 2007

The Misfits are only a half-decent band with a handful of bearable songs. Today's track is a cover of one of their best, "Halloween." Davey Havok, before becoming the fifth member of "Sex and the City," used to be a shaved-head guy whose haunting voice...

The days of sticoms have come to an end

By CHRIS KRAPEK | October 24, 2007

The traditional sitcom - the staple of American television - is dead. A decade ago, there were 13 sitcoms in the Nielsen Top 30 television ratings. Now, there is one: "Two And A Half Men." The days of laugh-tracks, unforgettable theme songs and the polite...

Freddie Krueger: Exposed

By PATRICK BATTLE | October 23, 2007

Full Name: Frederick Charles Krueger Working Name: Freddy Krueger First Appearance: Wes Craven's "A Nightmare On Elm Street" (1984) Sequels: 7 Wardrobe: Rugged jeans, black-and-green striped sweater, brown fedora, bladed leather glove. Scars and Marks:...

Horror films no longer scary, just gross

By PATRICK BATTLE | October 23, 2007

Anyone who has seen a horror film in the last decade can identify the increase in graphic violence. The horror movie genre is brushing away the scares and putting blood and guts in their place. Gore has replaced terror as the dominant force of entertainment...

‘Kim’ is twisted creation by brilliant mind

By PATRICK BATTLE | October 23, 2007

Track of the Day: Eminem - "Kim" There exists a song in the universe of hip-hop that no one can dance to. A rational person will never be witnessed blasting this from their dorm room or their car. It is a song that, in hip-hop, occupies a level of insanity...

‘Hobbit’ would do more harm than good

By TONY MARTIN | October 23, 2007

Peter Jackson has been on the shame list since "King Kong." He has always come off as self-important and needs to be in charge of everything. Now, he's trying to bring "The Hobbit" to the big screen. Sound awesome? Hardly. Entertainment Weekly reported...

Track of the Day – Footprints

By KEITH CAMERON | October 22, 2007

‘Footprints'-Miles Davis If you want to hear Miles Davis at the top of his game, look no further than "Footprints" from classic 1966 album, "Miles Smiles." The tune, written by Davis' saxophonist Wayne Shorter, is played with the typical freewheeling...

Rendition brings torture issues to cinema

By PATRICK BATTLE | October 22, 2007

Rating: 9 / 10 Gavin Hood's "Rendition" is a film where simple legalities form an unstable foundation of misunderstanding, lies, and deceit. Reese Witherspoon plays Isabella El-Ibrahimi, a wife and mother whose Egyptian-American husband Anwar (Omar Metwally)...

Bring back the vinyl

By TONY MARTIN | October 22, 2007

There are a million ways to appreciate music, but there is nothing better than vinyl. People can talk all day about mp3s, or even CDs, but vinyl provides an all-around better experience and listen. Smaller bands, which may or may not be worth your time,...