It's been almost two years since Bad Religion played a show in Michigan. The last time around, the seminal punk rockers brought their influential sound to the State Theatre in Downtown Detroit for a big show. But things are different this time around.
Bad Religion to stuff The Blind Pig with new 'No Substance'
As the first of the summer movies to bombard the multiplexes, "Deep Impact" has the advantage of catching movie-goers in a vulnerable state. Bored after a winter that offered little beyond "Titanic," and not yet numbed to the fantastic, computerized effects that will prevail in most of the other blockbusters this summer, the public will inevitably flock to theatres to see earth destroyed in this new film from director Mimi Leder ("The Peacemaker").
Drama of 'Deep Impact' fails to make deep impression
Sonic Youth brings its mind-saturating, experimental formula for poetic guitar orchestration to the State Theatre in Detroit on Thursday night. These New York City audio architects will perform a new portfolio of epic, artistically distorted symphonies from their highly anticipated new album, "A Thousand Leaves," available to the public on Tuesday, May 12.Evolved Sonic Youth blows its 'Leaves' into the State
Some avid gamers may recall the day when they first experienced the wishes granted by Galoob's Game Genie. "Oohs" and "aahs" were common reactions, but eventually people began to want more. Enter the GameShark video game enhancer from InterAct.
Shark makes old new
Oh, it was a good night in Ann Arbor. The Blind Pig, usually home to inane local bands and the occasional indie-rock snob, didn't know what hit it. How could a club that holds 400 people ever be ready for the mayhem of a Jesus Lizard show?The Jesus Lizard brings its 'punk assault' to A2
åIf you had to describe Rick Moody's third novel in a few words, you could say it's about late twentieth-century-disintegration. But that wouldn't do "Purple America" justice. The novel's success is its sweeping gestures and grand prose, contained within one family, one weekend and Moody's multiple styles of storytelling.
Moody reads at Borders
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