"Now, the making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do's and don'ts. First of all, you're using someone else's poetry to express how you feel.
Some comedians spend day after day trying to write the perfect joke. They write and rewrite, not stopping until their wording, timing and delivery are just right.
In the past few years, Barenaked Ladies fans have not had much reason for excitement. After constant touring and hard work for most of the 1990's, the band has been on a well deserved break since their fifth studio album, 2000's "Maroon."After getting nationwide radio play with pop singles "One Week" and "It's All Been Done," both off 1998's "Stunt," lead singers Steven Page and Ed Robertson have shifted gears on their latest release, "Everything to Everyone." With songs similar to the unique tracks on the band's debut, 1992's "Gordon," their new material looks to revive the carefree roots of their best known song, "If I Had $1,000,000."The album starts off with a few upbeat pop songs, but slows down as it nears the end.
From an early age, children are told not to judge books by their covers. After seeing and hearing Lewis Black, children must be checking the basement for evidence of their parents' rampant drug use.
Before reaching a certain age, opening the mailbox and finding a letter addressed to you is worth a thrill.
Tony Conrad sat in a well-lit corner of Buffalo State College's Burchfield-Penney Art Center, cursing at a sewing machine for two straight hours Wednesday night.In front of a rolling camera, Conrad, director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Media Study at UB, fed projector film through the sewing machine before the image was projected onto a screen.
The Berlin Project: "The Things We Say" (Sept. 2)The Berlin Project released their first CD in over two years on Sept.
In the third installment of a trilogy that started with 1992's "El Mariachi" and continued with 1995's "Desperado," director Robert Rodriguez is back with his latest film "Once Upon a Time in Mexico." The finale to the "El Mariachi" trilogy delivers very little romance and an excessive amount of killing.El Mariachi, played by Antonio Banderas, is living a peaceful life in a small Mexican town before he is recruited to save the life of the Mexican president.
In David Spade's latest movie, "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star," he plays an actor trying to step back into the Hollywood spotlight.
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