I remember playing “Duck Hunt” once at a friend’s house. That one was manageable, but Mario Bros. were way too much to handle. On road trips, I’d sneak in a few minutes of “Tetris” on my brothers’ Game Boy. But that’s about it.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will return to central Arkansas this week, and will perform in a different venue, Juanita s, 13 th and Main streets, Little Rock. The show will be Tuesday night, with Birds of Avalon opening at 9 p. m. Tickets are $ 10 in advance, $ 12 the day of [...]
A whole lotta shaking is what will invariably be happening when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates the life and influence of Jerry Lee Lewis. As part of the American Music Masters series, “Whole Lotta Shakin’: The Life and Music of Jerry Lee Lewis” is a weeklong celebration of the [...]
It s called Noel, featuring favorite selections to launch the holiday season. For over three decades, this event has become a tradition for area concert goers, with sold-out performances in each venue. Noel mixs the most requested music of the holidays with production, pageantry, visuals, costuming, special effects, sound, creative lighting, and above all, [...]
A motley collection of ghosts, ghouls, pirates and prisoners roamed the auditorium at the Cypress Bay High School recently. The costumed characters showed up four days before Halloween for the fourth annual Jack-o’-Lantern Jamboree, featuring the Symphony of the Americas under the baton of Artistic Director James Brooks-Bruzzese.
In fourth place was actress Han Ga-in’s blog. Her husband, actor Yeon Jeong-hoon, last Wednesday finished his two-year military duty. The news prompted netizens to look for Han’s mini homepage, but she doesn’t have an official blog. As Yeon didn’t stay in an army camp as most conscripted Korean men do, Han had driven her [...]
Though ‘Dubwise’ could not be reached for a comment yesterday, the young musician, Elmore told the Sunday Observer, has played for Joseph ‘Culture’ Hill, Burning Spear, Shaggy, Rayvon, Damian Marley to name a few. “This pairing of Jamaican talent with the musical brilliance of Michael Bolton will certainly make One Night Only a night [...]
Time seemingly stood still and a nation mourned en masse when news spread of the passing of celebrated Jamaican cultural icon and folklorist, Dr. Louise Bennett-Coverley, in July last year. Like many persons of his generation, international choreographer, Jackie Guy grieved her death as though he had lost a close family member.
Escalante, who got his break in show business as an infant, doing diaper commercials with his twin brother, Giovann, also did the famed Welch’s grape juice commercial that always featured little kids. While he was growing up, Escalante took singing and dancing lessons, with the hope of becoming a performer. But when he reached his [...]
Guitarists Ed Robertson and Stephen Page split lead vocal duties as usual, and when one does harmonies with the other, the results are so tight you’d swear they’re brothers. Too many live albums have too much room reverb and songs played too fast, but happily that’s not the case here. The Ladies take their time [...]