Marathon Runner: Jonathan Rossing
In the past two years, Jonathan Rossing has run 7 marathons, clocking in more than 180 miles in those races, plus the miles and miles of training. But this Communication and Culture PhD student's real dream?
In the past two years, Jonathan Rossing has run 7 marathons, clocking in more than 180 miles in those races, plus the miles and miles of training. But this Communication and Culture PhD student's real dream?
In 2000, seven years and four albums into his career, Manchester, England's own David Gray infiltrated the mainstream with the gorgeously infectious electro-folk of White Ladder. Seemingly stunned by that LP's six million sales, Gray offered up a sparse hit-and-miss, A New Day at Midnight in 2002, followed now by Life In Slow Motion, a record combining the heartfelt delivery of his early albums with the anthemic tendencies and everyman balladry of his later works, minus White Ladder's electronic flourishes.
It has been a long time since a good "slasher" flick has graced the screen. It's been almost ten years since the last good one, "Scream," and over twice as long since the classics. And this is assuming you believe any slice-and-dice scary movie could be called "classic" or even "good," because most people do not.
There is a reason that "Venom" is only playing in one theater in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. And I bet you know what that reason is. It's kind of lame. Surprise!
One of the more beloved science fiction works of the last half century has been Douglas Adams' "The "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," finally released into theaters earlier this year. Many obsessed Adams fans worried that his bizarrely inspired smart slapstick space opera would be diluted by the big screen. As a film, "Hitchhiker's" captures the whimsy and magic of Adams' book. However, as capturing an exciting film on DVD, the disc falters.
The idea of combing the soothing vocals of Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, with the smooth, Western-influenced sounds of Calexico is not something I would have predicted, however, after listening to the seven track EP, In The Reins, featuring these musicians in their prime, I was left wanting more.
In the romantic comedy "Just Like Heaven," ever-affable good-natured Mark Ruffalo moves into a "haunted" apartment in San Francisco. Its view and privately accessible rooftop make the place a mouth-watering find, though one does pause to wonder how he can see all of San Francisco from a third-story walk-up.
The insight into a hardcore Boston Red Sox fan cannot be summed up any better. "Fever Pitch" is the latest installment of the great comedic string of movies created by the Farrelly brothers. These brothers brought together the elements of a romantic comedy better than many recent movies.
Last spring Bright Eyes' It's Morning, I'm Wide Awake let me have it -- it was that cold bucket of water over the head that opens your eyes long before the sun is up. The Shins and Iron & Wine (both featured on that one soundtrack for that "Garden"-something movie) weren't the only ones making folk music beyond that of those making it 30 years earlier.
A sample of the Events coming to Lotus Fest.
"Lord of War" is the newest film by Andrew Niccol ("Gattaca"). It's the story of how Yuri Orlov (Nicholas Cage), a Russian immigrant, rises from poverty in the New York ghetto, Little Odessa, to eventually become one of the biggest arms dealers in the world.
Standing amid the glass cases of the Lilly Library -- cases which house some of the 30,000 comic books donated as part of a special exhibition running from now until December 17th -- Michael Uslan finally feels like he is back at home.
For being the fifth full-length release in Cave In's long career, chances are that if they didn't get noticed with their previous album Antenna, then maybe their latest effort, Perfect Pitch Black, might finally pull them out of the underground.
LOS ANGELES -- Everybody loved "Raymond" one more time at the Emmys, honoring the show Sunday as best comedy series for its final season and denying newcomer "Desperate Housewives." Another first-year hit, "Lost," won best drama honors.
I challenge anyone to stand up, look me straight in the eye and say, "The Olsen Twins should not make another movie." You can't do it, can you?
Standing amid the glass cases of the Lilly Library -- cases which house some of the 30,000 comic books donated as part of a special exhibition running from now until December 17th -- Michael Uslan finally feels like he is back at home.
In the past two years, Jonathan Rossing has run 7 marathons, clocking in more than 180 miles in those races, plus the miles and miles of training. But this Communication and Culture PhD student's real dream?
LOS ANGELES -- Everybody loved "Raymond" one more time at the Emmys, honoring the show Sunday as best comedy series for its final season and denying newcomer "Desperate Housewives." Another first-year hit, "Lost," won best drama honors.
MUNCIE -- Residents of a southwest Muncie neighborhood thought their local 110-year-old former school with purple doors had been vacant for the past 14 months.
The insight into a hardcore Boston Red Sox fan cannot be summed up any better. "Fever Pitch" is the latest installment of the great comedic string of movies created by the Farrelly brothers. These brothers brought together the elements of a romantic comedy better than many recent movies.