How far would you go to see one of your favorite groups from the '90s reunited in concert? For me, the answer was New Jersey.
This weekend, Gainesville's indie music scene will take a diary tour of the Icelandic landscape through the eyes and ears of Sigur Ros.
It's that time of year again when Hollywood pats itself on the back for a job well done on a bunch of films that came out in fall or winter, ignoring great films that came out earlier in the year like "Zodiac." While I care very little about the Oscars in general (let's be honest here: a silly little statue of a naked gold man means nothing), here are my picks for the show on Sunday.
So you're single and it's Valentine's Day. The love of your life isn't returning your phone calls, text messages or threatening carrier-pigeon communiqués, so why not rekindle your love affair with cinema?
Whatever your opinion is of Valentine's Day, everyone can agree that men and women view the holiday differently.
Valentine's Day has arrived, and couples and single hopefuls alike face the task of figuring out what to wear on that special night.
Avenue Contributing Writer
What's in a name? For Gainesville band Oh Fortuna, everything.
The English foursome British Sea Power's third release "Do You Like Rock Music?" opens with the ominous mantra, "we're all in it."
Whether you like it or not, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is the most popular album of all time.
Although the Butler Plaza Barnes & Noble tried to take the guesswork out of securing appropriate lovey-dovey literature by amassing the "best" of its collection on one table, the final selections were pretty far off - or right on target, depending on your sense of humor.
The accident left her horribly mangled.
There comes a point in every fashionable college student's life when you look in the closet and just think, "blah."
Good news for TV fans. The writer's strike is looking like there's an end in sight. According to a person familiar with the talks, significant progress has been made and a deal announcement could occur within in the week.
Lately, I've been thinking: do sex and romance ever co-exist?
In indie rock, there's a time-tested tradition of tacking tongue-in-cheek titles onto unassuming works.
So this is what Ivy League indie rock sounds like? And it's not mired by snobbishness and elitism?
In 1840, presidential candidate William Henry Harrison blew up the charts with the still-bangin' political anthem "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." A twelve verse-long indictment of his opponent Martin Van Buren, the song probably had all of the novel appeal a Crazy Frog jam would generate today.
It is truly one of popular music's finest examples of irony that a duo so notoriously prone to hyperactivity produces music only for those with the most enduring attention spans.
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