In 2005 the CW network brought us "Supernatural," a series that chronicles the exploits of two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, who travel the country fighting demons and other paranormal creatures.
Do you feel like you were born a few generations too late? Would you rather be listening to bands rocking out in Liverpool at the Cavern Club than to Linkin Park's latest identity-crisis album? This weekend South Orange Performing Arts Center offers an opportunity to see the Fab Four themselves… well, almost. BritishMania, a Beatles tribute band that has played across the country and even in The Cavern Club itself, will rock SOPAC this Saturday, September 11.
"Thirsty Thursday?" More like, "Thrashing Thursday."
Switchfoot's exclusive live session album is available for download off iTunes. The track listing represents the best of the alternative Christian rock band's journey since their start in 1996.
The minds of women have been classified as complex and elusive, but maybe Jeanie Linders' "Menopause the Musical" can help shed some light. Since its debut in Orlando, FL in March 2001, "Menopause the Musical" has touched the hearts and abdomens of its audience, as it both inspires and reduces them to laughter.
Since the time of the long-haired, head bangers of the 1980s, the Goo Goo Dolls have been thrilling fans across the globe with their mix of hard and pop rock.
If you are interested in exploring a museum this weekend but would rather spend your money on something besides a train ticket to Manhattan, look no further than downtown South Orange's Pierro Gallery.
The newest album from mainstream rockers Linkin Park has reached the headlines. The group's fourth full-length, "A Thousand Suns," for a whopping price of $99.99, comes with a custom-hinged box, two vinyl records, a CD digipack of the album, a DVD of the documentary Meeting of a Thousand Suns, and a hardcover art book.
Pasta has no enormous appeal on its own, but when quickly cooked with peas, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, and tossed in parmesan cheese, your palate will begin dancing after you take a bite out of this simple, quick, and light dish.
Winners of indie-rock's most puzzling name, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (SSLYBY) once dazzled critics with their quiet, lo-fi pop. Seemingly contradictory to the pretentiousness of their wordy name, the group's first release, "Broom," was an unpolished, intimate, and charmingly simple collection of effortlessly catchy and noticeably poignant songs. This is what made their sophomore release, "Pershing," so irritating. The record was not terrible, but the glossier and sunnier sound made the once craftily brooding band seem painfully one-dimensional.
The school year has started; you just moved in and are welcomed to the smiling face of your new roommate and the cold stare of a bare room. For many of the upperclassmen it has become second nature to know exactly how to decorate their rooms. But many new students are not ready for the intimidating task of making their home-away-from-home the coolest, best room on campus. This is where I can help.
Whether it be a void smothered in the stars' illumination, a hauntingly still pale blue canvas, or an ever-changing ballet between form and formlessness, few things have seized the imagination of mankind in such a firm vice as has the sky, and the concept of the great beyond. No matter how close we have come to discovering this beyond, that final destination has always managed to elude us. Every horizon we reach only exposes another horizon. Yet, as hopeless a cause as it may seem, it is the journey itself which has left the mark of humankind upon the world. Nowhere did this universal fascination with the beyond manifest itself as clearly as when I had the chance this summer to visit Greece and Istanbul.
The South Orange Performing Arts Center's first and only theatre company in residence, Midtown Direct Rep, will perform a staged reading of the musical "The Girl in the Frame" this Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m.
Along the coast of the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park's legendary Stone Pony hosted hometown heroes The Gaslight Anthem, still riding the momentum off their excellent summer release, "American Slang." Thanks to the perennial traffic that is the Garden State Parkway, I arrived just in time to see the headlining Gaslight on an outdoor stage, recalling the glory days of Skate and Surf.
We have all had images and ideas that seem so real in the moment. Yet as soon as we wake up, we can barely remember what they were altogether. The phenomenon of dreaming seems like such a difficult topic that it would be impossible to use as a film's premise. If that is the case, though, then it seems Christopher Nolan has done the impossible in his latest, "Inception."
After tragically losing a King, the Little Monsters of Cleveland, Ohio welcomed a new Queen with open claws. Reigning pop royalty Lady Gaga rocked the Quiken Loans Arena July 14th on the second leg of The Monster Ball tour, which will be touching down in Philadelphia on September 14th and 15th and circling back through Atlantic City and New York City February 2011.
In the modern music industry, longevity is a very rare feat. With constantly shifting opinions of what is classified as worthwhile music, new genres taking the popular spotlight, and individual band members often looking to take their music into new and different directions, it isn't uncommon for a band to release an album or two and then break up, leaving their fans yearning for more.
Seton Hall's Theatre Council delivered its first performance of "Mystery Play" Friday evening in the intimate atmosphere of the University Center's Theatre in the Round. The show marked a unique occasion: not only were the cast and crew were comprised of both current SHU students and alumni, but this was it the first time in two years Theatre Council has produced a summer play.
In 1999, Laurence Fishburne indelibly changed the movie industry with just 3 simple words: "Free your mind." Fishburne's advice in "The Matrix" seemingly inspired directors, as cinema's special effects became more advanced and the makeup of films changed: stories became grounded in physical landscapes as well as the inner workings of the human mind. The latest edition to this trend in filmmaking is Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller, "Inception."
Summer films are typically filled with explosions, car chases, espionage thrillers – mostly action, not much thinking or talking. "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" fancies itself to be an action film, but cannot stray far from its intuitive roots. The film does a fine job as it searches to find middle ground between action and dialogue.
Solutions by The State News
