Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Shock Operas

    By on August 6, 2008

    Normally, there is nothing more irritating (to some at least) than a creative work that feels the need to announce itself upon arrival, to clarify...

  • Brit Lit

    By on August 6, 2008

    In high school, there were two ways to get out of reading a literature assignment -- watch the movie or get the CliffsNotes. For students...

  • Soundwaves

    By on July 30, 2008

    Ultra Nate LIKE A ROBOT AT YOUR COMMAND... Ultra Naté topped the Billboard Club Play Chart last summer with her fantastic cover of the Pointer...

  • Teen Spirit

    By on July 30, 2008

    Thirty-seven. That's how many times your heart might break during American Teen. It's high school-concentrate -- all the highs and lows and mistakes and inevitable...

  • Mann Power

    By on July 30, 2008

    Aimee Mann writes wistfully about faded glory on her latest album. ''It must be hard seeing the same old crowd just pass you by on...

  • Folk Iconography

    By on July 30, 2008

    ''That was the first time I had actually seen it,'' Janis Ian says about NBC's rebroadcast of her 1975 performance on Saturday Night Live. NBC...

  • Soundwaves

    By on July 23, 2008

    ABBA MAMMA MIA, HERE THEY GO AGAIN... Forget The Dark Knight. Oh sure, it's raking it in at the box office, on track to break...

  • Going Batty

    By on July 23, 2008

    Heath Ledger as The Joker in 'Batman: The Dark Knight' The answer is yes. Heath Ledger is that good as The Joker. Would his performance...

  • Dancing on the Fringe

    By on July 23, 2008

    Choreographer Daniel Phoenix Singh wanted to pay respect to what he's seen at Chaos, Zanzibar and Town. ''Just take some ideas you see in a...

  • Positively Quixotic

    By on July 23, 2008

    If you've not seen the ads yet, the next reality show inspired by a musical to warm your heart will be ABC's High School Musical:...

  • Devilish Behavior

    By on July 23, 2008

    In its native Britain, Jerry Springer: The Opera, was a hit. With many, however, it was also a miss. When the BBC aired a televised...

  • Merry Melodies

    By on July 16, 2008

    Mamma Mia!, how can I resist you? The answer is I can't. And if you're looking for a good time, neither should you. In Mamma...

  • Stand-up Guy

    By on July 16, 2008

    There's no doubting Eddie Sarfaty is a funny man. Maybe you've heard his unique style of connecting the dots that, for example, begins with gays...

  • Sandy Claws

    By on July 16, 2008

    Between high gas prices and fear of losing your job in this economy should you take a vacation, maybe you've not yet made it to...

  • Slacker Sensibilities

    By on July 16, 2008

    ''I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?'' Singing one of pop music's most unusual and least forgettable lyrical refrains, Beck Hansen emerged...