A packed House of Blues buzzed with electricity last Sunday night Feb. 21, where the Take Action Tour was taking place. While most everyone was attending to see the bands, they also helped a good cause simply by buying a ticket since Take Action donates 10% of ticket sales to non-profit organizations. Once the concert got under way, Stereo Skyline, There For Tomorrow, and A Rocket to the Moon each played three quick sets. Next, the pop/rock group Mayday Parade… Read more

Jared and Jerusha Hess, the team that brought us Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, are back with another quirky comedy. This one, however, is sans the lovable characters and dry humor that won our hearts over five years ago with Napoleon Dynamite. Benjamin Purvis, the protagonist in Gentlemen Broncos, is a home-schooled 17-year-old raised in Utah by his mother. When Benjamin finds out his idol, sci-fi legend Dr. Ronald Chevalier, will be teaching a writers camp, he packs up his… Read more

Couples Retreat features one of the best movie cast of this summer or fall season, and the payoff is a healthy share of laughs. Unfortunately, an unfocused plot prevents it from living up to it’s potential hilarity. The problem is not the acting. Jason Bateman (Jason) and Kristen Bell (Cynthia) do a fine job of playing a couple on the brink of divorce. Their friends are also strongly played by Vince Vaughn (Dave) and Malin Akerman (Ronnie), Jon Favreau (Joey)… Read more

The members of Paramore almost didn’t make it to their third album. In 2008, they cancelled their European tour due to internal band issues, and recording sessions in their hometown of Franklin, Tenn. were not going smoothly. Luckily for us, Paramore headed out to Calabasas, Calif. to work with producer Rob Cavallo (Green Day), and the result is one exceptional album. The first five tracks, including their first single “Ignorance,” kick the album open with upbeat songs full of energy… Read more

When Kanye West took the mic from Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) and proclaimed that Beyonce had one of the best music videos of all time, I was convinced that it was another MTV scripted “reality” moment. That’s when celebrities started tweeting about the incident. Pink said, “Kanye West is the biggest piece of shit on earth.”  Heidi Montag went so far as to say she “saw the devil in action.” It was then that I… Read more