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Marriage done Perry style

By Lindsey Kastning | October 14, 2007

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...

Radiohead releases album to the masses

By Andy Mitchell | October 14, 2007

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...

Track of the Day: “Int’l Players’ Anthem (I Choose You)”

By CHRIS KRAPEK | October 11, 2007

When Nas said hip-hop was dead, he obviously hadn't heard the mind-blowing collaboration between two of the genre's most decorated entities, UGK and Outkast. "Int'l Players' Anthem (I Choose You)" is a well-polished and unique, a breath of fresh air for...

Straight-to-DVD movies often disappointing

By CHRIS KRAPEK | October 11, 2007

The straight-to-DVD market has exploded into a juggernaut void of talent. Movies are supposed to be seen on the big screen, but when it comes to the overall production of making a film, it's a tiresome, stressful and above all, expensive process. I was...

Fifteen minutes is a little longer these days

By NYSSA BULKES | October 11, 2007

Isaac Hanson (from Hanson) went under the knife to remove a potentially deadly blood clot from his lungs. Wow. I haven't heard about him since I knew what "MmmBop" meant. It's good to hear his lungs are all spiffy. The last thing we need is another sob...

Brooks and Dunn album has perfect bar song sound

By LINDSEY KASTNING | October 10, 2007

Staff Writer 9 / 10 On Oct. 2, Brooks and Dunn released their latest country album called "Cowboy Town." With 11 tracks on the album, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn manage to use the familiar twang of the true country voice to depict what country music should...

Battle digresses hip hop head do’s and don’ts

By PATRICK BATTLE | October 10, 2007

Staff Writer There's a lot of confusion these days about what is and what isn't good hip-hop music. What is apparent is that there are three sides. There are hip-hop heads -- those who appreciate the art in good hip-hop and shun commercial phenomena that...

Track of the Day: “What I Got” by Sublime

By HERMINIA IRIZARRY | October 10, 2007

Staff Writer While many children today jam to hits off Radio Disney, my gateway to music was whatever played on my older sister's giant boom box. Being that she was older (thus representing all things cool) I believed in whatever she listened to, whether...

Emergency guide for pending zombie attacks

By TONY MARTIN | October 9, 2007

If a zombie apocalypse ever occurs, run to your bookie and take the zombies and the points. Most art forms that involve the flesh-eating undead are usually pretty good, even if only for novelty value. Because Halloween is slowly creeping up on us, video...

‘Anthem’ of the day

By TONY MARTIN | October 9, 2007

The Gaslight Anthem - "We're Getting A Divorce, You Keep the Diner" Some songs that are too lyrically vague make me mad. I can't seem to figure out what some bands are trying to express, which makes me feel like I'm missing something. This song would...

Movie goers won’t seek ‘The Seeker’

By PATRICK BATTLE | October 9, 2007

5 / 10 Apparently, it is possible to make a movie so lacking in rhythm that it plays out as a very rough cut of itself. "The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising," based on a novel by Susan Cooper, follows the character Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig). He is the...

Songs of ’07 that more than just rocked

By TONY MARTIN | October 9, 2007

So far, this list has been filled with songs that some have liked and some have hated. Now that the countdown is ending, it's time to really separate the songs that have ruled 2007 from the songs that just rocked. 9. Minus the Bear - "Double Vision Quest"...