Arts

Detroit to hear new Hayden

Singing songs of love, loss, loneliness and friendship, Toronto's Hayden will make a stop at Detroit's Shelter this Friday in support of his latest album, "The Closer I Get." Creating an album that differs greatly from his debut, "Everything I Long For," Hayden experiments more on his second effort and evolves as a musician.

WCW action heats up Palace

Over 4.5 million people tune in every Monday night to catch World Championship Wrestling on TNT. And for Detroit fans, WCW's Monday Nitro came to the Palace of Auburn Hills this past Monday for three hours of drama and excitement. With the June 14 Pay-per-view just around the corner, this Monday night main event looked extremely promising. There was an air of excitement amongst the crowd. Unfortunately, the first half wasn't. Not even the opening, when Dennis Rodman made a guest impromptu appearance with Hollywood Hulk Hogan and the rest of his New World Order gang.

Summer's best airs on PBS

Whether it's called the stupid box, the boob tube, the opiate of the masses or even that infernal contraption, television is often a target of criticism and vilification. True, TV often merits these attacks, but now when someone mutters that there's nothing worthwhile to watch on TV, one can reply "Oh, yeah? PBS is running a series of innovative documentaries throughout the summer.

J.A.M.C. resurrects career on "Munki"

Returning to its roots after a decade or so of records that lacked the sonic intensity of its 1986 debut, "Psychocandy," The Jesus and Mary Chain has sucker-punched the music world with its latest release, "Munki." "Psychocandy" single-handedly turned the world of mid-1980s alternative music inside out with Beach Boys-esque pop melodies filtered through a screen of scathing amplifier feedback and chainsaw guitar distortion.

Museum exhibits art of the future

For decades we have heard predictions about how computers are going to take over the world. As the turn of the century draws near, computers have yet to take over. They are, however, becoming increasingly incorporated into nearly every facet of our daily lives.

Slayer proves metal is still going strong

All media music indicators are saying that Heavy Metal is a rotting corpse replaced long ago by Ska, Electronica and anything else one can stick an 'a' at the end of. Well, someone forgot to mention Heavy Metal's demise to the sold out, 3,000 plus crowd at Harpo's on June 9 who was there to see Slayer.

06-15-98

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