Music

Berman ‘not a rational lad’
INTERVIEW. Published poet and unofficial lyrical laureate of the indie rock community David Berman is best known as the founder and sole constant of the band Silver Jews. Formed in 1990 along with a pre-Pavement Stephen Malkmus, Berman has gone on to release six records with a constantly changing cast of musicians. 

 

Arts

All in a day's Cirque
Cirque du Soleil’s latest production, “KOOZA,” comes to Boston for a month-long run. Metro caught up with general manager Scott Wallace, 42, a Boston native, who worked for the Boston Ballet before joining the Cirque almost 10 years ago

 

Movies

Surfing the title wave
It seems Nicolas Cage took a cue from Tom Hanks in “The Da Vinci Code” with his awkward, longish hair in his new movie, “Bankok Dangerous.”

The Word

Weighing in on what’s real talent
GOSSIP. “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria would like to set the record straight about something, you nosy, nosy entertainment reporters: She is not in a family way. She is not comparing paint samples for a nursery. She is not with child. Actually, we’ll let Longoria tell you, since she puts it best: “I’m not pregnant. I’m just fat.”

 

`The Burning Plain' debuts at Venice film festival
Guillermo Arriaga's directorial debut, "The Burning Plain," opens with a wide shot of a trailer ablaze in the New Mexico desert. While the landscape appears barren and exposed, it is concealing secrets that drive the story.

 

IntoxiKATEd

A Middlesexy time
With the return of the great Brenda Walsh to TV and the New Kids on the Block to arenas around the country, ’90s nostalgia is blooming harder than one of Blossom’s flowered hats. In an effort to do my part in this revival, I headed to Central Square’s Middlesex for YoYoYo ’90s ...

 

Music

A night full of rockin’ Mornings
Known for their legendary live performances and unpredictable evolution in sound from record to record, My Morning Jacket’s recent release, the introspective and haunting “Evil Urges,” may just be their strangest sonic surprise to date. With front man Jim James taking a vacation from the press, we caught up with drummer Patrick Hallahan to talk about, well, “Evil.”

Music

The Invisible touch
 INTERVIEW. Just because you haven’t seen Invisible Inc. doesn’t mean they aren’t present on the scene. They’re just in different places than what you might expect from a hip-hop act.

 

The Word

The odd (and plastic) couple
GOSSIP. We don’t really believe this bit of gossip for a second, but we do feel the need to share it: Britain’s Daily Mirror is reporting that Michael Jackson is dating Pamela Anderson. Ack! 

T-Time

T time: Weekend edition
What to do and where to go.

 

Music

Teamwork does indeed 'Stand Up'
My stomach churned as I thought about how high the potential was for a collaboration between Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, Leann Rimes, and Carrie Underwood to turn into a Darwinian diva competition.

 

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