Cheesy pop invades Detroit
Hanson
Hanson's appearance at The Palace last Tuesday was not merely a concert. It wasn't even a major event. When Isaac, Taylor and Zachary "mmm-bopped" onto stage, it was more like a phenomenon.
Spice Girls
I must admit that I was skeptical about seeing The Spice Girls live and in person. I'd been a closet fan for a while, but just figured they would come out among all the smoke and lights, prance around in their outfits, suck, and I would leave disillusioned. The truth of the matter is, The Spice Girls put on a very entertaining live performance. And their singing didn't sound too bad, either.
Shrouded in a sky full of storm clouds involving rumors about break-ups and poor ticket sales, The Verve made a noticeably nonchalant entrance into Pontiac's Phoenix Amphitheater last Wednesday for the second date of the most important tour in the band's eight-year career.Verve succeeds without McCabe
Listening to Catie Curtis is more like having a conversation with your best friend. Her honest, introspective, storytelling style makes her one of folk's most promising artists. So it is not surprising that relationships with people inspire Curtis to write.Curtis 'soulfully' enters hearts of fans
"'Death to the blasphemer! Death to Salman Rushdie!'" The mob of Palestinians rushing off to stone Rushdie on the Mount of Olives doesn't quite garner as much sympathy for Rushdie as for most characters in Robert Stone's new novel, "Damascus Gate." But by page 459, we're starting to wonder if they might have a point.
Stone journeys to Jerusalem in 'Gate'
The most criminally overlooked creative mind in music is quite possibly Devin Townsend, mastermind behind the aggressive metal but post-industrial group Strapping Young Lad. The man is a mad genius on par with Ted Kaczynski. Townsend could actually collaborate with the bomber. Strap on for a fun ride with Lad
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