Before Sam Raimi became famous as the hotshot director behind the Spider-Man franchise, he and his childhood friend Bruce Campbell produced a series of low-budget schlock/camp horror films -- the more serious Evil Dead and the absolutely farcical Evil Dead II and Evil Dead III; Army of Darkness. He ...

As U2 officially drops its latest album -- "No Line on the Horizon" -- tomorrow, the Irish band is also implementing plans to take over the airwaves and newspapers with appearances slated every night this week on David Letterman and an early morning broadcast during Friday's "Good...

There are maybe six music labels who have utterly transformed alternative rock -- Sub Pop, Dischord and Merge are three of them. Merge Records is celebrating 20 years of rocking in the free world this year, and they're throwing a big party in the heart of North Carolina to celebrate. The festiva...

Seeing a simple byline in the New York Times that reads "By BONO" is sort of strange. It's actually really strange, even if you accept at some level that the convergence of rock star and opinion maker is not really that much of a stretch. Yes, Bono Vox is a guest columnist, periodicall...

It's about time Ellwood-Thompson's threw down with the local art scene by turning its snappy little corner market into an art venue. Apparently, it's hard to display art when you're running a retail business out of a broom closet. But now that Ellwood's is expanding in a dramatic...

RVA Magazine points us toward a new exhibition by artist Ed Trask that opens at j fergeson gallery in Farmville on February 7, a short and scenic drive down Route 360 from Richmond. Join us for an opening reception Saturday, February 7, 5:00-8:00 pm and participate in a community paint-by-number ins...

Suzanne Vega gets a little tribal in the NYTimes as she delves into her own ethnic and musical roots, and discovers that music helps brand as in very tribal ways. Her post, naturally, made me think of a cluster of sullen teens I recently saw walking through Carytown in their black boots, faded and t...

Over the Rhine, the hyper-productive team of Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist (who are finally getting hitched, it seems), is celebrating 20 years. In case you were wondering how wonderful Over the Rhine really is, let Paste Magazine's "10 Best Musical Husband and Wife Duos" make ...

It's a bit hard to believe that the Scottish musical conglomeration known as Belle & Sebastian have been gazing at their assorted shoes for more than 12 years, but gazing they have -- even as they put out great pop music. Now they're back with The BBC Sessions, which gathers together 14 ...

"Ah now I know where I am and who I am. Back in that old shit hole New York where I was born. A place where I knew nothing but starvation, humiliation, despair, frustration every goddamn thing. Nothing but misery." So begins author Henry Miller in a video where he talks about his terrible ...