Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff is the first to admit that his band's breakthrough album, 2005's Black Sheep Boy , poured on the melodrama rather thickly-- though to tremendous effect.
Muslim convert held after nail bomb blast in restaurant (Evening Standard) 22 May 2008A Muslim convert was being held tonight after two bombs were found in a family restaurant toilet following an explosion at lunchtime. Police and bomb disposal teams were called in after a young white man apparently attempted to detonate a nail bomb.
Muslim convert held after nail bomb blast in restaurant (Daily Mail) 22 May 2008A Muslim convert was being held tonight after two bombs were found in a family restaurant toilet following an explosion at lunchtime.
Indy walks back through our door as 'Crystal Skull' nears (The Pantagraph) 22 May 2008LOS ANGELES -- Marion Ravenwood might have been speaking for us all when she set eyes on Indiana Jones for the first time in years.
Pete Wentz And Ashlee Simpson's Wedding: I Wasn't There, And I'm OK With That, In Bigger Than The Sound (MTV Music Television) 21 May 2008James Montgomery regrets not getting an invite for Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson's wedding, but journalistic ethics had to be maintained.
In the Arts (The Hub) 22 May 2008Pacific Encore Performances will present a program of the world's most belovedmelodies, fromBroadway to theMet, inWeillRecitalHall atCarnegieHall inNew York City at 8 p.m. June 12. The concert will be a "sneak preview" of the ensemble's upcoming segment onNJN's "State of theArts" to be filmed this summer at Wilson Hall at Monmouth University.
MUSIC: Midnight Thrills (Nashville Scene) 21 May 2008by Jonathan Garrett Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince of The Kills prefer to inflict trauma, letting their sleazy, staccato riffs stand largely unadorned.
The Final Throwdown: Your Music Magazine's Olympicks Finals (Good Times) 21 May 2008(music/the-final-throwdown-your-music-magazines-olympicks-finals-1) Two grand and a whole lotta pride are what’s at stake for this year’s seven finalists
FILM: Even Steven (Nashville Scene) 21 May 2008A friend was watching the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in a movie theater, and in the darkness, to much laughter, someone yelled at the screen, “Don’t destroy my childhood!”
Speedy new character debuts on new season of NBC's `Heroes' (The Pantagraph) 21 May 2008LOS ANGELES -- She's not just fast. She's very fast. Meet Daphne, the speedy new character on NBC's "Heroes," who plans to give the show's superhumans - especially time traveler Hiro and his sidekick, Ando - a run for their money when she debuts on the popular NBC series' upcoming third season, which went back into production last week.