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College Market Tour Draws Small Crowd

By Brian Millikin | October 29

Shame on the Carolina Athletic Association and Coca-Cola Company. Sure, the five bands of the College Market Tour's were unsigned and not famous, but ...

Bands Strive for New Music Award

By Michael Abernethy | October 29

Nothing brings musicians together like the chance to play in front of 22 million people. Just ask the five semifinalists of The American Music Awards ...

Cartoonist Changes To Author With Ease

By Brooks Firth | October 29

Doug Marlette has collected an impressive list of credentials during his ever-expanding career -- acclaimed political cartoonist, UNC faculty member and ...

Applesauce, Emotion Abounds in Latest Studio 2 Play

By Kristen Williams | October 26

A man drowning in a vat of applesauce is the catalyst for the plot of "Mashed Peas and Broken Dreams" a Studio 2 production opening today. The death-by-applesauce ...

Algonquin Books Founder's Reading Taped by C-SPAN

By Jenise Hudson | October 26

Former UNC professor and Algonquin Books founder Louis Rubin garnered the attention of both local residents and C-SPAN television at a book reading Thursday. Rubin ...

Loreleis Celebrate 20 Years of Song

By Zach Hemenway | October 26

It was October 1981. Eight girls, all UNC undergraduates, got together to sing at a Morehead banquet. They called themselves the Loreleis, after their ...

O'Connor to Kick Off Performing Arts Series

By Harmony Johnson | October 26

Shopping for the latest Mark O'Connor album is a little more like a scavenger hunt than a simple purchase. While most music stores won't place an artist's ...

'Cars' Makes for Disappointing Ride

By Jenise Hudson | October 25

"Riding in Cars with Boys" 2 Stars As long as the Lifetime channel is making true-life movies by the dozens, you needn't buy a ticket to see "Riding ...

Children Entertain With Rollicking Folk

By Harmony Johnson | October 25

Jump Little Children Thursday, October 11 3 Stars If Jump, Little Children's latest album was an emotional roller coaster ride through the ups and downs ...

Redford Climbs 'Castle' Walls

By Nick Parker | October 25

"The Last Castle" 4 stars Basically a prison movie, "The Last Castle" is exceptional because it doesn't act like one. "The Last Castle" is the story ...

Where Are They Now?

By Staff Editor | October 25

Susan Sarandon The actress who got her start in a deodorant commercial has gone on to give some truly notable performances in big-time Hollywood. Since ...

Dive Recommends

By Brian Millikin | October 25

-Guided by Voices I don't think a much better or tighter rock band is out there today. Front man Robert Pollard used to teach fourth-grade English, and ...

Stomach-Turning `From Hell' Falls Flat

By Michelle Jarboe | October 25

"From Hell" 2 stars It takes two actors as beautiful as Johnny Depp and Heather Graham to keep the filmgoer from blanching in reaction to the gore of ...

Being Rocky Horror

By James Russ | October 25

Some people find release in sports or artwork. But for veteran actor/audience member Scott Dirl, Friday night's "Rocky Horror Picture Show" is his own ...

Kojak Struggles Through Monoton

By Brooks Firth | October 25

New Wet Kojak No.4 EP 3 Stars Let's call No. 4 EP the concept album that should have been. New Wet Kojak recorded the five tracks of No. 4 EP in five ...

Nectarine Gets Lost In Maelstrom of Sound

By Jeremy Fisher | October 25

The Nectarine No. 9 Received Transgressed & Transmitted 3 Stars Ever since musical pioneers like Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa gave the rock community ...

Strokes Have Solid Debut; Bush Matures

By Staff Editor | October 25

Bush Golden State 5 Stars Raw and powerful, Bush's fourth album, Golden State, makes great strides while thankfully digressing to real rock. Returning ...

Film Soundtrack Still Fascinates After 26 Years

By Russ Lane | October 25

While the whole idea of "Don't dream it/Be it" appeals to everyone on some level, there are ultimately two types of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" aficionados. The ...

New Order Revitalizes '80s Synth-Pop Groove

By Michelle Jarboe | October 25

New Order Get Ready 4 Stars New Order's new album is like a very comfortable piece of clothing that you bought in the '80s but are not embarrassed to ...

Playmakers' Season Opens With Anti-Hate Message

By Michelle Jarboe | October 23

PlayMakers Repertory Company opened its new season Saturday by focusing on the aftermath of hate crime victim Matthew Shepard's death. But while some ...