Arts

The Blurring of Britpop: British band tries to make it big in the U.S.

British music heroes Blur ventured Stateside Friday night for an action-packed, rocking show at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit. For nearly two hours, the band played a variety of hits, b-sides and new material, spanning all five of its albums.

Delicious Cake record sounds like candy to the ears.

Wow! I did not expect this. Finally, a band with a little originality. Sacramento's own Cake has a second album that covers all the bases, and covers them well.

35th Film Fest wraps up at Michigan

Did you know that non-dairy creamer is highly explosive? Neither did I, until I went to the Ann Arbor Film Festival's Awards Screening on Sunday night, where Michigan Theater audiences feasted on an eclectic array of visuals - from Bruce Conner's hypnotic, Velvet Underground-esque search for magic mushrooms to John Scott Matthews' homage to New York's gay S & M scene.

03-18-97

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