Calling all performers: Borders Books and Music, 2520 Sycamore Road, now offers live music from 8 to 10 p.m. every Saturday. Just what does Borders offer that other area music venues don't? "It's hard to compare Borders to other venues, because the set-up...

wish that I liked Alanis Morissette, just like I wish that I could drink a cup of coffee in the morning without having to go potty directly after. But I just can't. Listening to Morissette's newest CD, "Under Rug Swept," makes me grind my teeth and remember...

Music labels are trying hard to replicate the mammoth success of pop stars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. In one of many industry-wide efforts to find the next star, record company MCA spent $2.2 million on 18-year-old Carly Hennessy. Her debut,...

Waiting. We find ourselves waiting for many things - the weekend, our next birthday, graduation, our first job above minimum wage. As we sit and wait for these things to happen, our lives are being lived without proper participation or consent. We are...

Spring break is nearly upon us and while arrangements already have been made, you always can plan ahead for next year. All you need to know are your options. The popular places for travel? Cancun, Mexico, to name a few. Sandy beaches, warm weather, strangers...

The scene plays out on the walls of romantics everywhere, a posterized snapshot with so much symbolism that a surrealist would drool. On the poster a lanky and worn young man stands defiant. Clad in clunky Nike sneakers, a deteriorating Clash T-shirt...

With "Enema of the State," Blink-182 showed how humor can fit into punk rock. With the release of "The Green Chair Sessions," local band Flaming Boner shows that not just any mediocre punk band can be funny. The album lacks taste and sensibility. It goes...

If there is such a thing as life after death, late R&B singer Aaliyah has achieved it as "Queen of the Damned." Starring as a 4,000-year-old Egyptian queen, the mesmerizing singer rules from beyond the grave in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's 1993...

If ever there was a setting where jealousy and rage could thrive, it would be high school. Unfortunately, William Shakespeare never knew the thrills of mandatory physical education classes, after-school detentions or the big basketball game on Friday...

Are you satisfied with the visual fare offered regularly on your nearest television? Are you sufficiently stimulated? You could change the channel, but you know what to expect. You could go rent a movie, but maybe you've seen everything that looks interesting...

Digging up the roots of rock ‘n' roll is a venerable quest for any musician and many music listeners, but for one campus fingerpicker it became another career. Brian Thornton spends his days teaching classes and hovering around his Reavis Hall office...

Hey ho, let's go one last time. Joey Ramone died last April after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind his final album, "Don't Worry About Me," and a musical legacy. The new album is exactly what one would expect from the father of punk rock. While...