John Denver was so warmly embraced by middle America in the 1970s that he was probably the only figure in contemporary pop who could sing about getting high and convince you he was referring to the beauty of the Rocky Mountains.
It was, in fact, the relentlessly optimistic nature of Denver's songs about homespun values and the wonders of nature that led the singer-songwriter to be both beloved and ridiculed. 
John Denver leaves more than just music behind
Reeking of unoriginality, "Most Wanted" is Keenen Ivory Wayans' latest attempt to prove that he can play with the big boys and become a major action star. While Wayans does his best to overcome a screenplay that uses every cinematic cliché available, his efforts most likely won't be enough to save this project from ending up in the ever-expanding action-movie graveyard.
America's least 'Wanted': Wayans vehicle stalls
For the same reasons one might have gone to see Phish at Nectar's in the early eighties or the Dead at one of Kesey's Acid Tests in the mid sixties, you should see The String Cheese Incident tonight at The Blind Pig.
This is quite a claim to make, but no doubt the Cheese are one of the next great improvisational rock bands. Not just another hippie jam band, the five member group from Colorado can incorporate elements of jazz, bluegrass, and funk into a show that is guaranteed to induce smiles.Sample the flavor of String Cheese tonight
On the cover of the new album "Rowboats" is little 5-year-old Brian Lillie dancing outside among the trees. The image has been superimposed for promotional reasons, but Lillie may well be boogying in his parents house to Simon and Garfunkel on the eight-track.Lillie celebrates life's simple pleasures with laid-back folk
Once upon a time, a man in need of a shave wandered into a barber's shop on Fleet Street in London. The shave seemed to go well - lather, razor, rinse, skin softener ... then a quick slice of the throat brought blood and his life was gone.
'Sweeney' to chill spines at 'U'
Although it was played softly, "Ave Maria Played Softly" was also performed deftly. The weighty subject matter of Milan Uhde's autobiographical one-act - the bringing to terms of a family dealing with political and social upheaval in Nazi and then-Communist Czechoslovakia - was skillfully and artfully handled.'Ave Maria' offers powerful tale
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