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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It's a small tragedy that most jazz aficionados only know jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal as some cat who Miles Davis really dug. Jamal is one of the most distinctive and artistically genuine jazz musicians. If fans know him as a Miles influence, then non-jazz...

8 / 10 For ten years, George Clooney has been one of Hollywood's most fascinating leading men. He's the kind of movie star who can carry big-budget capers like the "Ocean's Eleven" series and then be just as convincing in meatier, Oscar-worthy movies,...