It is a fine example of the illogic of the music industry machine that 93X talked up the fuzz-box rock of California's Queens of the Stone Age for weeks prior to their show, yet rarely if ever played them....
Orson Welles made more movies than Citizen Kane. It's true. And while the rest of them aren't stuck in a vacuum where every film critic, filmmaker and filmgoer constantly cheers "best film ever," they...
The Rakes are a band that likes to play rock music, drink beer and play loud. And that's about as interesting as they get.
Not to say that the Rakes are a bad band, because they aren't. It is just they...
Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, lately of the film Spirited Away (currently showing at the Uptown Theater) is a greatly ambiguous filmmaker, and I adore him for it. American films sometimes seem to exist...
Women bopping their heads to the sounds of Bruce Springsteen songs served White Castle hamburgers on silver platters. Balding, middle-aged men in brand-new black leather jackets shuffled in with strollers...
Of Hope and Courage, the new play by Theatre Mu, is only vaguely about hope and courage. More precisely, I would say it is about terror and soul-searching. Two unique folk tales compose this two-act show:...
It is impossible to determine the funniest part of 1991's highly underrated Shakes the Clown. I would point to a scene where Bobcat Goldwaith, in the title role, must begrudgingly hide out in mime school...
I used to know a guy at work who was sullen and blunt. He had a rusty orange-colored beard and a long ponytail. He used to tell me about the times he almost died and how he used to be homeless. He loved...
The Rolling River Music and Film Festival wasn't necessarily a bad dream ... it was just too big. In fact, the event which aspired to give St. Paul a much needed night-life boost sounded like a pretty...