Signed to Def Jam in 1985, LL Cool J has been its diamond in the rough. LL Cool J (Ladies Love Cool James) wrote the first love-rap, “I Need Love,” in 1985 and still romances the ladies with tantalizing hits and a ripped body. He’s not only a rapper,...

Ryan Huff gets situated in his producer’s chair. He adjusts his headphones and taps his foot. “Ten seconds,” he says into the microphone. The man on the other side of the glass nods, puts on his headphones and situates himself. It’s 7:09 p.m....

Today - 7:30 p.m. - Sleeping Beauty arrives @ the O’Connell Theatre, Stevens Building. - 7:30 p.m. - CAB Fine Arts presents Late Night Catechism, a humor show with a pseudo-nun, @ the Carl Sandburg Auditorium, Holmes Student Center. - 8 p.m. - Santaland...

It’s easy to poke fun at Elton John, whose name has become synonymous with the modern-day power ballad. Composing songs for Disney soundtracks and starting petty feuds with Madonna don’t exactly lead to rock credibility. On this album - his first...

Flash back to 1988 for a second and turn on your classic Nintendo Entertainment System. Now take those repetitive high pitched frequencies set against The Legend of Zelda and add lyrics to the mix. How does that sound? Not too hot, right? Mates of State...

Animation never looked so real! “The Polar Express” is about a young boy (voiced by Tom Hanks) who, excited and attentive, lies in his bed, hoping to hear the sound of Santa’s sleigh to restore his slipping belief. It’s five minutes to midnight...

Director Brad Anderson has done the unthinkable - he persuaded Batman to lose 63 pounds for the sake of a low-budget film. After talking with Anderson, director of the new film “The Machinist” which opens tomorrow in Chicago, he insisted that persuading...

Peter Blumenstein, known as Big Bear to his friends, is a sweet-natured artist. His work is on display in Neptune Central’s Artist of the Month display case. Originally from Bolingbrook, Ill., Blumenstein transferred from Joliet Junior College. Although...

Ask any psychologist about Nature vs. Nurture and you’ll start a debate. But now, you can argue it with rock critics, too. Did The Zutons and The Coral independently develop a fondness for ’60s pseudo-garage psychedelia, or did one band influence...

For me, the 2003-04 academic year is the year of the lasts. Seniors live on borrowed time. Every moment of whimsy, surprise, disappointment or comfort that I experience within 60115 this year is something to cherish. Except one thing - registration. Just...

The Late Night Players brought their comedy skits and improv maneuvers to the Carl Sandburg Auditorium Tuesday and made about 100 students and faculty laugh at the campus they call home. Beginning with an introduction of the members and segueing in to...