Spring Break
It's a common belief that two heads are better than one. According to San Francisco's Mates of State, however, two heads are also better than five. The husband-and-wife pair that makes up Mates of State are Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel. The duo have combined to create a long string of critically-acclaimed indie-rock hits, from 2000's My Solo Project to their newest venture, Bring It Back, released last month.
When you think about good pop music, you don't often think about the incorporation of an organ intertwined with husband-and-wife vocalization. However, in the case of Mates of State, this is exactly what you've got. On "Fraud in the '80s," Kori Gardner and Jason Hammell deliver one of the most annoying pop songs in recent memory.
For more than 12 years, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" has been popular because of its knack for irreverent humor and unpredictability. And when I saw a taping of the show over Spring Break, it was just that. The first thing visitors notice about the studio is that it has excellent cameramen who make the show's set seem bigger than it actually is.
It's about to get really hot tonight at Screwy Louie's. 98 Degrees member Jeff Timmons is performing solo at 7 p.m. tonight at the venue. Some may think a venue like Screwy Louie's would be too small and unfamiliar to a member of a multiplatinum group, but that isn't so for Timmons.
Twice a year the serial killers, vampires and zombies come out to play. Well, maybe three times if you count something normal like Halloween. At the biannual Cinema Wasteland Movie and Memorabilia Expo, where horror and cult cinema is the central theme, families are born through a common love of blood and nostalgia.
On April 2, baseball season officially kicked off - and the Cleveland Indians' quest to finally break back into the playoffs began with a loss to the Chicago White Sox. Now, like any baseball and video game fan, I rushed out to buy the latest Major League Baseball game: MLB 06: The Show.
Clifford "T.I." Harris is aiming to leap above hip-hop royalty. Following up 2004's Urban Legend, T.I. released his new album, King, amid intense buzz. Radio DJs were betting money on a platinum first week. Web sites had reviewers suggesting an instant classic.
It's a game of good cat and bad dog. It's about pulling off a Kansas City shuffle - distracting somebody before pulling off a hit or swindling when they least expect it. Although it may have a really lame title, Lucky Number Slevin is the best thriller to hit the big screen in a long time.
The independent film, Lucky Number Slevin, directed by Scotland-born Paul McGuigan, breaks into theaters tomorrow. Just minutes following an advance screening of the film on the chilly night of March 13, McGuigan popped into the theater for a short Q-and-A with excited fans and press.