CD Review – fun, “Aim and Ignite”
This band is fun. And, in what can only be described as a triumph of literal representation, they are also actually named “fun.” Finally! What…
Arts & Culture
CD Review – Two Hours Traffic, “Territory”
Two Hours Traffic new album, Territory, crams 40 years of guitar-pop history into a half hour or so. It’s tight fit but they’ve wedged Beatles…
CD Review – Michael Buble, “Crazy Love”
Michael Bublé is back, and at his strongest with his fourth jazzy album. Like his other albums, Crazy Love revolves around the theme of love,…
That girl is poison
The person responsible for changing stage sets must have gone home following this opening performance of Strong Poison, and taken a bath in Absorbine Jr.,…
Friday night frights
Ever wonder if there’s any truth behind urban legends? Documentary filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio did. Growing up on Staten Island, NY, rumors circulated…
The ECCO Chamber Choir kicks off a new season with U of M concert choir
The 14th year of the ECCO Chamber Choir started off on Oct. 18, with many new songs and some new faces. The performance, entitled “Thank…
Ain’t nothin’ but a Glee thang
I would like to tell you that I love musicals. I would love to extol the virtues of the singing nuns in the Sound of…
Archaeology, etc.
Dr. William James Mayer-Oakes was the first head of the U of M anthropology department back in the early 1960s. As an archaeologist, he took…
The springs of Springfield
If the origin of his lost appendage were unknown, most viewers would assume that Herman, the one-armed owner of Herman’s Military Antiques, is a war…
Yore Lore: Ishtar
Goddesses of the ancient cultures, especially in Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Middle East, were often both beautiful and cruel. Yet there is something fascinating…