Stephen Colbert's first crack at literature, "I Am America (And So Can You!)," is one of the most offensive right-wing propaganda-filled books ever written. It is also one of the most brilliant and downright hilarious political satires that humankind...

With the stress of midterms hovering over everyone, the perfect ‘calm down, life-isn't-that-bad song' is Corinne Bailey Rae's February 2007 hit, "Put Your Records On." Bailey Rae knows all about balancing the pressures of college, dating and working....

7.5 / 10 Ah, the Golden Age. Has it really been almost 500 years? "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" came to theaters Friday, and it was the 1500s all over again. Well, at least it felt like it as I sat in an empty theater. Maybe it was plague related. No background...

Track of the Day: Atmosphere - "Don't Forget" This past summer, rapper Slug and his sidekick producer Ant (together known as the underground duo Atmosphere) released the ninth volume of their Sad Clown Bad Dub series, titled "Sad Clown Bad Summer." The...

Wow, has it been 10 months already? This year has rocked unmercifully hard. If you want to know what the three best '07 releases are so far, bet the barn that these songs should be on everyone's lists. 3. Bomb the Music Industry! - "I Don't Love You Anymore"...

Despite a small audience, the quintet Georgie James played loudly and warmly at the House Cafe on Sunday. Sundays are inherently not good days for a rock shows, especially in a college town. A good number of students are either recovering from the previous...

The title track of St. Vincent's (nee Annie Clark's) debut album from this year is both utterly sweet and utterly twisted. It starts with Clark's pleading voice, singing "Marry me John / I'll be so good to you," and it's hard not to fall for it. Then,...

Despite a small audience, the quintet Georgie James played loudly and warmly at the House Cafe on Sunday. Sundays are inherently not good days for a rock shows, especially in a college town. A good number of students are either recovering from the previous...

The NIU Marching New Orleans Jazz Band, a new student-led combo, hasn't been so lucky in avoiding attention. Instead of rehearsing in the fluorescent-lit, linoleum-tiled rehearsal rooms of the music building, they rehearse on the sidewalks, roads and...

Rating 7/10 "We Own The Night" is a clichéd, retread of crime movies that have been reproduced countless times with the same results. There is nothing new or original and the two hour runtime could have very well be condensed into a script for "Law...

9 / 10 Over the weekend, Tyler Perry introduced his second romantic comedy of 2007. Perry moves from the focus of "Daddy's Little Girls" (his first release this year) and highlights the joys and hardships of marriage in his latest film, "Why Did I get...

8 / 10 As easy as it is to love and admire Radiohead, it's very difficult to envy them. For more than a decade, the Oxford-based art-rock band has made a career of exceeding expectations, both commercially and artistically. There isn't a name in all of...