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Strunz and Farah return to UTB-TSC
Before world music became a familiar genre, Jorge Strunz, of Costa Rica, and Ardeshir Farah, of Iran, were making music that blended traditions from two continents. Strunz and Farah will return to Brownsville for the fourth time on Nov. 14 to perform...
DVD Review: Upcoming DVD Release of "The Naked Brothers Band Season 2"
"The Naked Brothers Band Season 2" (Not Rated, 2008, PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT) The Nickelodeon stars with Tweens have a new 2-disc set with 5 hours of Rockin' Episodes, music videos and more! The second season continues the wonderful...
DVD Review: Upcoming DVD Release of "Go Diego Go! It's a Bugs' World"
"Go Diego Go! It's A Bugs' World" (Not Rated, 2008, PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT) The Nickelodeon star Diego is back for more adventures when in "It's a Bugs' World" he gets shrunk. Have no worries, Diego takes you through the tall grass...
Mark Chesnutt two-steps to Wink's
When Mark Chesnutt visited Wink's Saloon, Grill, and Roping Arena during Charro Days in February, he took a look at the dance floor, the Texas and United States flags flanking the stage, and the mechanical bull covered in cowhide. In the Olmito bar,...
Sound Affects: Music reviews and ratings
Stereolab: "Chemical Chords" (4AD) (rating: 6) Stereolab's place in pop's evolutionary chronology is convoluted. They cherry picked then-forgotten styles from ‘60s and ‘70s, which were in turn made to sound like music from the future. While...
DVD PIcks: Reviews of recent and upcoming DVD releases
"The Life Before Her Eyes" (R, 2008, Magnolia) "The Life Before Her Eyes" is the story of Diana - both as a seemingly invincible high school student (Evan Rachel Wood) who can't wait for the rest of her life to begin, and as a considerably more vulnerable...
TV Addict: Rachel Zoe's new reality show is bananas amazing
Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe is the guest judge on "Project Runway" next week, which is as good an excuse as any to discuss her upcoming reality show, "The Rachel Zoe Project" (premieres Sept. 9 on Bravo). The glut of celebrity guests on "Project Runway"...
RUMINATIONS: Officially indoctrinated into the L.A. lifestyle
I just marked my third anniversary of moving from New York to Los Angeles, but it wasn't until the week before my anniversary that I was officially indoctrinated. I was sitting at my desk when I felt my BlackBerry vibrating....
Watercooler: Las Vegas movies worth revisiting
Before I visited Las Vegas, I really didn't get it. Not much of a gambler nor a major fan of neon (or deserts), I couldn't think of a single reason I should visit. My misgivings might have partially been based on the Sin City I'd always seen depicted...
Male Call: On getting his girl to appreciate the outdoors
Q: I'm a longtime reader, and I seem to remember a column about a girl who's reluctant to go camping with her boyfriend. I have a similar problem. I'd like to take my girl camping, but I know she's not very outdoorsy. She says she's willing to give it...
Sound Affects: Music reviews and ratings
The Bug: "London Zoo" (Ninja Tune) (rating: 9) A long time partner of Godflesh and Jesu's Justin Broadrick (in God, Ice, the Sidewinder, Curse of the Golden Vampire and Techno Animal), Kevin Martin cradled obsessive talents for years under collaborative...
TV Addict: Is Lauren Conrad the new Paris Hilton?
There's no escaping Lauren Conrad of "The Hills," who appears to have achieved the baffling level of fame previously reserved for the famous-for-being-famous Paris Hilton. Like Paris, Lauren has wealthy parents, vapid friends, a reality show starring...
DVD Picks: Reviews of recent and upcoming releases
"Smart People" (R, 2008, Miramax) "Smart People" is, put succinctly, a coming-of-age film about a handful of people who, one exception (Ellen Page as Vanessa Wetherhold) aside, probably should have come of age quite a while ago. The plot isn't so much...
Pop Picks: The hottest trends from the pop-o-sphere
ARTIST OF THE WEEK: The Bug The Bug is Kevin Martin, the "only one ruling selector" according to UK reggae singer Tippa Irie on the fantastic and potent "London Zoo." Those of us who've had their eyes on Martin for years knew this kind of career-defining...
Want to traverse the alt-rock/electro/Latin landscape? Eight albums give you a sonic tour
Some of the most intriguing contemporary music continues to come out of the Spanish- and Portuguese-language world, where combining alternative rock and electronica with traditional Latin rhythms has led to an often intoxicating fusion. It's sometimes...
News Bytes: 'Star Trek Online' revived; ‘The Godfather' redux
Real news from the virtual world: MAKE IT SO: "Star Trek" fans have been waiting years for an online game that would allow them to roam Federation space from the bridge of their own starship. Leonard Nimoy - Mr. Spock, of course, from the original "Star...
Willie Nelson to headline Island music festival
South Padre Island will be rocked in October by a different kind of hurricane. Willie Nelson, the 75-year-old country-music renegade internationally acclaimed for his blues-flavored vocals and soulful guitar, will hit the Island Halloween weekend...
Reviews of recent and upcoming DVD releases
"Surfwise" (R, 2008, Magnolia) Contrary to what the title, DVD art and pastimes of just about everyone who plays a principle role in the film imply, "Surfwise" is not a documentary about surfing. It isn't even really about suffers. Rather, it's about...
Flick it: New movie reviews
"THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR" It's been seven years since the last Mummy adventure, but Universal isn't about to let a successful franchise fade away without a fight. "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" re-introduces us to archeologist/adventurer...
Pop Picks: The hottest trends from the pop-o-sphere
ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Todd Sickafoose In "Tiny Resistors," Sickafoose has created a musical document that weds the indie-rock aesthetic to jazz practices with seamless pleasure. Pop advantages such as genial melody and rich texture abound. But at the same...
Pop 20: Super hero formula evolving
In only 10 days, the Batman defeated the Joker, delivered a one-two punch to Harvey Dent and amassed more than $300 million at the box office. But despite the enormous success of "The Dark Knight," old Bats is going to need help from the entire Justice...
TV Addict: Emmys To Heidi Klum: You're In!
In a stunt worthy of reality television, this year's Emmys will be hosted by the five nominees in the new category recognizing - you guessed it - reality TV show hosts. It's so evil genius, you have to wonder if it was Ryan Seacrest's idea. That guy is...
Sound Affects: Music reviews and ratings
Black Kids: "Partie Traumatic" (Columbia/Mercury) (rating: 5) It wasn't meant to be like this. Black Kids were supposed to be an attention-grabbing, opinion-splitting, provocatively named, love-them-or-hate-them kind of band. After all, they've got songs...
Buffy Sainte-Marie is light-years beyond her days as a protest singer
DETROIT - Buffy Sainte-Marie. If you're a baby boomer, the name surely rings bells. There's probably a picture attached, circa the early-'60s folk music explosion, of a young American Indian girl with an acoustic guitar and a strange, singular vibrato...
Wine has its fondues and fon-don't's
Q: I am interested in finding an inexpensive white wine for use in a Swiss cheese fondue. Any recommendations? - Miriam Markowitz A: There are so many inexpensive white wines out there that it would be hard to single out any one wine in particular. The...
Male Call: Her old fling makes fiance turn green
Before I started dating my fiance, I had a short fling with a guy from our mutual group of friends. The problem is that my fiance, who knows about the fling, gets upset any time we're around the other guy. (We're all still part of the large group of...
Sound Affects: Music reviews and ratings
Nas: "Untitled" (Def Jam) Rating: 9 When Def Jam inevitably caved in to the backlash from media and retail outlets and prohibited Nas from naming his ninth official studio album after what is arguably the most taboo word in U.S. English, he made a brilliant...
Pop Picks: The hottest trends from the pop-o-sphere
ARTIST OF THE WEEK: The Hold Steady The endearing attraction about The Hold Steady is that their selfish attitude to songwriting is not forged out of arrogance. It's just a way for Craig Finn to say "if I wasn't in his group I'd be in the pit watching...
Flick it: New film reviews
"The Dark Knight" Fanboys everywhere are in crisis. Sure we've been treated to the wondrous exploits of "Iron Man" and "Hellboy" this summer, but those flicks were sandwiched in between the mediocre flights of the "Hulk" and "Hancock." We're crying out...
Pop Shots: First official' Insult Your Boss Day is on July 23
WHAT IS IT? Insult Your Boss Day. BY THE BOOK: July 23 is the first "official" Insult Your Boss Day, according to Lady Arabella Snark. (Yeah, we think it's a pseudonym, too.) Snark's proclamation is a shameless marketing scheme for her book "The Perfect...
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