The objective of the favorite five was to hopefully expose students to new things and in some cases broaden their horizons. While some topics might have worked out better than...
Love is a great and beautiful thing. But let's face it - hooking up is so much more fun. Eastern has definitely treated me better than high school did. There are a few things I have learned about...
Counting Crows are what they are - a college bar and coffee house band that made it big. After the seven-piece from the California Bay Area opened for Bob Dylan in the early '90s, they were far from unknown but they sure weren't...
Friends & Co. will welcome back two of Champaign-Urbana's premier rock outfits Friday when Terminus Victor and The Blackouts make the trip south with the Chicago-based...
For anyone at Eastern, the chance of being discovered and becoming a movie star has historically been incredibly slim. Though filled with talented people, few agents have...
Local quartet The Butchers Legs offers a unique musical experience to patrons because the group's sound is a little a bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll. While many might consider it...
Live albums are great. Even if the sound quality isn't spectacular, live albums accomplish two goals - they serve as a comprehensive package, almost like a...
Taking her place alongside the likes of Oscar-nominated actress Joan Allen, folk legend Burl Ives and Steppenwolf Theater co-founder John Malkovich in the pantheon of...
Zakk Wylde has proven himself possibly the busiest and most prolific metal guitarist of his generation, and the Viking-like guitar monolith has returned triumphantly with...
"Antenna," Cave In's major label debut on RCA Records is met with mixed feelings. "Antenna" takes huge leaps away from the band's roots in hardcore. Singer/guitarist Steve Brodsky originally started...
Spitting firmly in the face of Tipper Gore and other anti-violence pundits, "Happy Tree Friends" offers a blissfully ribald combination of cute and fuzzy characters and...
"Anger Management" is a movie I should have known better about. Adam Sandler, when under the creative control of a talented director like Paul Thomas Anderson, can be...
The first thing you learn from "Anger Management," is that no matter how insane the proportions of your wrath may be, simply reciting, "Gooz Fah-Bah," will make...