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For one musician, breast cancer at 24 aligned priorities

By Archana Prasanna

Standing under a blend of vivid stage lights, decked out in expressive clothing and listening to the buzz of the audience would seem like a surreal moment for most, but for her, it’s everyday.
Asha Mevlana, a soft-spoken violinist with a hint of rock n’ roll swagger, is living out her dream as a professional [...]

In Blast:

Don S. Davis, a true artist, at 65

When Blast commissioned an interview feature with Don S. Davis, it wasn’t simply because he was an interesting character actor who our readers know, love, and largely grew up with. It was because I was inspired by the amazing range — actor, stunt man, painter, sculptor, set designer, writer.
He was never really a leading man, [...]

The new TV star

So many young actors are struggling each day to get their “big break” and make it in Hollywood. Therefore, it is refreshing and a little annoying to see that dream stories are still happening there. The dream for Daren Kagasoff was to be an actor after deciding that it was truly his calling. The 20 [...]

Hit Paraders

Indie Rock
Sub Pop
June 17, 2008

Don’t be fooled by the fact that At Mount Zoomer, the sophomore full-length album from Montreal quintet Wolf Parade, contains just nine songs. While that may appear to be a measly output on the surface, what the tracks lack in number they make up for in scope.
At Mount Zoomer clocks in [...]

A more incredible Hulk movie

Throw away your copy of 2003’s “The Hulk.” Something incredible has arrived.

The opening sequence of the 2008 installment of The Hulk movie saga, “The Incredible Hulk” makes it clear that producers are going to pretend that the earlier installment never was created as the first few minutes sum up the events of the initial movie.
Bruce Banner [...]

WALL-E is genius

The art is beautiful, the landscapes breathtaking, the characters unquestionably loveable, the breadth of the plot awe-inspiring and the message eerie. The trailers were only a hint at the story that lay behind the binocular eyes of one lonely robot with a developed personality, but the final piece lived up to the expectations.

Pearl Jam live in concert

So, I went to see Pearl Jam Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, which according to some experts, makes me better than you. You can check out the set list. Here are my thoughts and observations in bullet-points on my first Pearl Jam show:
-Eddie Vedder drinks red wine straight out of the bottle during his [...]

George Carlin, the godfather of counterculture, dead at 71

Known for his casual approach to vulgarity, George Carlin executed “The Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” as well as the more innocent “Baseball and Football” routine.

Mr. Carlin was the first man to host Saturday Night Live and starred in 14 HBO specials in 30 years of a comedy career spanning almost half a century.

He was irreverent, sacrilegious, satirical, controversial, inspirational, hilarious and beloved, and he died Sunday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 71 and suffered heart failure. [...]

When enough Kanye is enough

The Bonnaroo Festival was not all love and peace this Year. On Sunday, June 15, crowds unleashed rock attitude against Kanye West for walking onto the festival stage nearly two hours past his scheduled 2:45 a.m. performance time for Sunday morning. He was greeted with chants of “Kanye sucks” as he sang and unacknowledged [...]

Scully?

20th Century Fox has set July 25 as the release date for the second X-Files movie. The science fiction film, directed by Chris Carter and written by Carter and Frank Spotnitz, is the second feature film based on Carter’s TV series The X-Files. It follows the first film from 1998 and the stars of the [...]

Jonas takeover

The Jo-Bro’s craze continues to keep teenyboppers and old-er fans happy this summer. On August 12 the singing siblings will release A Little Bit Longer. It will be their follow up to platinum selling Jonas Brothers CD, which debuted at number five on Billboard’s Top 200 last August.
The Jonas Brothers have spent the last [...]

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan

There should have been more Palestine/Israel humor and less rampant sex. That would have been a great movie. We have enough movies about sex without it getting this weird.

Chad Perrone, music after Averi

It’s not easy to talk about Chad Perrone without recalling his seven-year membership in one of Boston’s favorite unsigned bands, Averi. Nor is it right to overlook his dramatic exit that shocked both Perrone and Averi fans alike.
Three years later, no one is really sure as to the real cause behind the lineup change. Rumors [...]

Fashionably conscious

Nowadays everything is eco-something. There are hybrid cars, organic veggies, solar powered homes and many more to list. However, as consumers it is hard to get involved in a complete lifestyle of eco-friendly-isim. What if you rent, or cannot buy a hybrid car or don’t have a Whole Foods close to your neighborhood?
A [...]

Ingrid Michaelson — A healthy dose of music comes to Boston

Music teamed with health awareness May 15 for a performance at Boston’s Berklee College Performance Center, as part of the “Music Inspires Health” tour, proving that entertainment can be educational as well enjoyable.
Headlining the Boston stop was indie-pop artist Ingrid Michaelson who self-consciously acknowledged that, yes, she does sing “The Sweater Song” from the Old [...]