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Grade: A | Genre: Pop Summary: While they fall painfully short of their defining work, Long Distance, that shouldn't keep you from soaking up every inch of this sound. In the Clear is a heady masterpiece. How can you not love Dominique Durand? This siren's voice is softer than the finest silk. She is a seductress among women, feeding you a bottle of select French Bordeaux as her quiet purr brushes it's way against your ear. The pulse quickens, the heart shutters as you completely surrender yourself to her sweet hum. That voice is the thing that inspires a bunch of stray thoughts to band together to form epic Shakespearean sonnets. The grand mistress pulls back the blinds, which shield us from her lacerating charm, as Ivy opens us up to their latest work, In the Clear.

Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, Keane, Wilco, Snow Patrol, Jem, Rilo Kiley, Razorlight, Katie Melua, Jamie Cullum, Bright Eyes, the Arcade Fire as well as Tegan and Sara are only about a quarter of the stellar bands playing at this year's Coachella Valley Festival. This is a ridiculous amount of music featured over a two-day festival, as they seem to be vying to become the west coast version of Woodstock. Cram the car with your camping gear because this was why road trips were invented.

Check out festival info at the slow loading Coachella website.

Can Napster's original file sharing renegade save the music biz against the social and technical revolution he created? His latest venture, Snocap, promises to turn P2P services from software pirating resources into profitable databases for legit downloads free from fears of copyright infingements. It basically acts as a "one-stop shop for rights management across multiple online retailers." His credibility with both the labels and the P2P community could be what pushes Snocap towards success, but will his idea take off. Read the full article from Business 2.0.

Looks like Coldplay are just getting warmed up before their long awaited release of their third studio album, X&Y. The first single, "Speed of Sound," has rocketed to number 8, making them the first British band to have a new entry in the US Top 10 singles chart since The Beatles. Read the full article.

Grade: C- | Genre: Pop Summary: This is a very disappointing disk. It's not that it's bad, it's just not very good. It doesn't live up to the standard that Alana has set for herself in her previous albums. I often wonder about artists that stick critic signal flares in the title to their albums. Like Alana here. All I can think of when I read that title is, "I surrender, I surrender. Please don't make me listen to anymore of this." Yeah it's a tad bit mellow dramatic and taken to the extreme with concerns to the album in question, but why would you set yourself up for that inevitable punishment? This release is a sticky one. If you stumbled upon it, never having heard Alana before, you may fall in love with her voice, her unique rhythms and her undeniable charm, but don't give away your heart that easily. That yellow brick road is tarnished with disappointment.

One of our regular Scrubs is set to take off after this season according to show's creator Bill Lawrence. Lawrence was quoted as saying, "In medicine, if you try to stay true to it at all, this is the year -- because of the way they progress from intern to resident, people would have to go out and get new jobs and not always at the hospital they work in." Make sure you have May 17th marked on your calendar to see which doctor bids Sacred Heart a fond farewell in the season finale.

Read the full article on Zap2It and look for the review of Scrubs Season 1 Box set in the weeks ahead.

The best blend from Indie to the Main Stream

1. MIKE JONES Who Is Mike Jones?
2. BECK Guero
3. MARIAH CAREY Emancipation Of Mimi
4. ROB THOMAS Something To Be
5. MUDVAYNE Lost And Found
6. 50 CENT The Massacre
7. GARBAGE Bleed Like Me
8. JACK JOHNSON In Between Dreams
9. GREEN DAY American Idiot
10. KILLERS Hot Fuss

1. CSI - CBS
2. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - ABC
3. AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY - FOX
4. AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY - FOX
5. CSI: MIAMI - CBS
6. SURVIVOR: PALAU - CBS
7. GREY'S ANATOMY - ABC
8. HOUSE - FOX
9. EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - CBS
10 E.R. - NBC

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For those who haven't seen or heard about the most embarrassing experience in a young girl's life, click here. The poor girl not only muffed the words to our national anthem at a recent hocky game, but then fell flat on her arse. Read the full article on msnbc.

The demise of television's longest running military drama will come Friday night. The decision was more of a demographic one as the coveted 18 to 34 year old audience is just not there. This was the original reason NBC dropped the series after its first season before CBS picked it up. There were questions as to what would become of the show as David Elliott is set for departure because the series can't afford to renew his contract. So will the tease of mad chemistry Mac and Harm finally be resolved? I guess we'll have to tune in to find out for sure.

Read the full article at the Seattle Times.

The Real Network's Rhapsody division, in an effort to compete with the extremely popular Apple music store, will offer 25 free songs each month to users who download the proprietary software. This is another attempt to steal market share from Apple, which has proven successful with previous price reduction efforts. Read the full article on CNN.

	Grade: B+ | Genre: Independent Drama Summary: This is a foggy love story about how each of these individuals loved Lorraine in their own unique way. Their love for her takes them on a journey from strangers to family as they find in one another those missing memories that create a family, to share the joy and support each other when the times turn hard.

John Travolta is quite the interesting cat. He's an icon of American cinema who made disco cool in Saturday Night Fever, who taught us how to ride a mechanical bull in Urban Cowboy and showed us what it takes to be a gangster in Pulp Fiction. Yet for every role that cements his name in the annuals of acting lore, he seems to star in four bad films to offset it. For those brief moments that he shines, he forces us to completely forget about all those times we shuffled out of the theatre with the foul taste of disappointment stale in our mouths. Such is the case in a Love Song for Bobby Long. Travolta embraces the virtue of his talent in this thoughtful indie tale of strangers, family, and discovery.

Ticket scalping has been frustrating artists and fans for decades, and in the age of eBay, it's possible for anybody to buy and sell high-demand tickets for outrageous profits. But the bigger problem is that major ticket brokers have become far more nimble and sophisticated -- often using expensive software that enables them to get around ticketmaster.com's security and buy up large blocks of tickets before fans have the chance. "It's one of the worst aspects of capitalism," says Peter Harvey, attorney general of New Jersey, where selling tickets for fifty percent above face value is illegal. The state recently opened a $5 million anti-Internet-fraud crime lab with the FBI, and Harvey promises to use it to prosecute online scalpers.

Read the full article at Rolling Stone.

Hopefully the "Star Wars" hype hasn't turned you off at the theatres because the Sci-Fi messiah himself, George Lucas, has just announced that there are two T.V. projects in the works. One, currently unnamed, will be set between the "Sith" and the original "Star Wars," which started it all. The other is a half hour 3-D animated series, "Clone Wars," set to air on the Cartoon network.

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1. The Interpreter - $22,809,000
2. The Amityville - $14,200,000
3. Sahara - $9,000,000
4. A Lot Like Love - $7,743,000
5. Kung Fu Hustle - $7,297,000
6. Fever Pitch - $5,450,000
7. Sin City - $3,730,000
8. Guess Who - $3,500,000
9. Robots - $3,300,000
10. King's Ransom - $2,275,000

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Now this is what Lollapalooza should look like. We all remember when the music festival that catered to the alternative crowd began to lose it's appeal way before big arena bands like Metallica took over and headlined one of it's later and less popular tours. That marked the official end of Perry Ferrell's brain-child and cleared the way for similar music fests like The Horde and Warped Tours. Looking at the current list of acts (Pixies, Death Cab for Cutie, and Blue Merle) set to take stage for a revamp Lolla tour, it's exciting to see that music is front and center and not the corporate dollars that inevitably put the final nail in the coffin. Unfortunately, those outside of Chicago's Grant Park will have to wait and hope that the tour picks up and come to a town nearby.

Read the full article.

The Man of Steel is back with a new face and a new movie. Set for release June 30, 2006, the return of the franchise has received much buzz and fans can finally get a sneak peek of new guy, Brandon Routh, in his new threads.
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	Grade: B+ | Genre: Rock Summary: Spoon returns to rock a more mature and confident sound while still injecting their flair for catchy tunes on their fifth full-length album, Gimme Fiction.

Please forgive this temporary foray into gossip journalism, but we just have to comment on our girl, Jennifer Garner. The rising star has yet to redeem herself after the regrettable, Elektra, and looks to continue her string of bad luck with her latest error in judgement...her reported engagement to Ben Affleck. "Bennifer Part Deux" or my favorite "Againifer" has the makings of a box-office-like flop, and we can only stand to the side and shake our heads. What's going on here? Alias feels like it's missing something and the movie career is off to a rocky start. Once again, we have to put the focus on Affleck, who probably needs to let go of the Jennifers and head back to the nurturing arms of Matt Damon to help revive a career that lately has been highlighted, not by anything in film, but by a big win at a well known Texas Hold 'em Poker tournament. J-Lo is on the road to recovery and might make a nice comback in Monster-in-Law, which also stars Garner's former love, Michael Vartan. Let's just wish the Garner-Afflecks (yes, Garner should come before Affleck) the best of luck and help pick up the pieces when it all comes crashing down.

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	Grade: A+ | Genre: Drama/Action Summary: The House of Flying Daggers plays like a sublimely delicate opera that can appeal to both sexes. The visions and the sounds illuminate everything it touches and their beauty hypnotizes you.

For so long, action films have continued to push the limits of brutality with unflinching realism. The line between thrilling and morbidly gruesome is consistently smudged and the movie going audience can only brace themselves for what they are or aren't about to see. Because we've been so conditioned to expect more, we can't even imagine how breathtaking and beautiful an action sequence can be.

The House of Flying Daggers gracefully swoops over the likes of Natural Born Killers and Sin City and has us mesmerized with each perfectly shot frame. It's a visually stunning piece of motion picture art that should be displayed in one's most prized collection.

	Grade: D | Genre: Suspense Thriller Summary: Just as I did while watching this film, I find myself having to power through to the end of this review like a marathon runner conquering his last uphill run.

The "Suspect Zero" theory suggests that there is one serial killer responsible for the number of unsolved murders that still exist. Every case is different where the victims share little in common, which makes it easier for this sociopath to go on undiscovered. So, how do you find a killer when there is no concrete trail to follow?

On the case is battered FBI Agent, Tom Mackelway (Eckhart), who is in a game of cat and mouse with an elusive killer who appears to know more about the agent than the agent does of the him. Having been demoted from the Dallas office because of a previously fumbled case that still haunts him, he now resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he has just stumbled onto "Suspect Zero". Or, has "Suspect Zero" found him?

The annual clebration of jazz starts today rooted in its hometown of New Orleans. The list of artists playing this exalted event is incredibly massive. They stretch across the genres sampling jazz, blues, soul, rock and just about anything else you can think of. If I had the means, I would definitely be in the middle of this musical madness.

Click here for more information on the New Orleans Jazz Festival.

My friend Amy and I were killing time before Razorlight took the stage at Tabernacle the other night. We'd spent the last three evenings around one another so the conversation well was sufficiently dry at that point. I was busy visually scanning the crowd when I overheard the girl next to us discussing the sublime experience she had at a limited seating concert for Christina Aguilera. After my inner music snob got through rolling on the floor laughing, I had a brilliant thought. What if, as part of the admission, they printed the first show you'd ever been to, followed by your favorite show square on your forehead. After some discussion, it was decided that the first show you'd ever been to had to be a voluntarily effort on your part for the purpose of seeing that show (i.e. my seeing the Beach Boys after a Braves game doesn't count). Think of the interesting conversation that could be triggered by doing this. Screw buying the world a Coke, this could be the answer to bridging the societal divide. So this stirred the thought pot and I've taken it a step further laying out the 10 best shows I've experienced in my life. They were all a high on so many different levels so let's get to it.

Natalie Portman has literally grown-up before our very eyes. As a mere sprout, she stole the show from the seasoned Jean Reno in the Professional. As a child star, she avoided the trappings of the mindless teen dramas to dig into meatier roles like Heat and Where the Heart Is. Aside from being one of the hottest actresses on the screen, she is one incredibly smart woman, earning her BA in Psychology from Harvard while juggling her movie career. With her impeccable taste in choosing smart scripts with challenging roles, her future career prospects look brighter than any actress. Premiere caught up with the lovely Ms. Portman, and she shares lots of fun details including her rapper name, probing thoughts on her Closer character as well as the preparation that went into playing a stripper.

Read the interview at Premiere and check out the review of Natalie's latest film, Closer.

The best blend from Indie to the Main Stream

1. BECK Guero
2. MUDVAYNE Lost And Found
3. MARIAH CAREY Emancipation Of Mimi
4. GARBAGE Bleed Like Me
5. 50 CENT The Massacre
6. JACK JOHNSON In Between Dreams
7. GREEN DAY American Idiot
8. BLOC PARTY Silent Alarm
9. KILLERS Hot Fuss
10. BEANIE SIGEL The B. Coming

1. CSI - CBS
2. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES- ABC
3. AMERICAN IDOL (WEDNESDAY) - FOX
4. AMERICAN IDOL (TUESDAY) - FOX
5. CSI: MIAMI - CBS
6. WITHOUT A TRACE - CBS
7. GREY'S ANATOMY - ABC
8. SURVIVOR: PALAU - CBS
9. LAW AND ORDER - NBC
10. HOUSE - FOX

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Coldplay fans have sat in breathless anticipation for the June 7th release of the band's latest album X&Y. The first single off the disk, "Speed of Sound", is currently available on iTunes for download.

Evidently, Chris is getting a bit daring in his old age. While playing a secret show in east London, he scaled the main speaker set to get up to the balcony. Was Jennifer Garner up there making eyes at him? No, it was only everyone's favorite wanker, Noel Gallagher. The two promptly hugged then Chris managed to jump the 15 feet to get back on stage. Chris, my man, he isn't worth a cracked skull much less a sprained ankle. Read the full article, including the show's setlist, at NME.

Pre-order X&Y at Amazon then get an advanced look at Coldplay's new direction with "Speed of Sound" now at iTunes.

	Grade: A+ | Genre: Drama Summary: Hotel Rwanda is a hugely important film. Rarely, do you come across a film that can change your life and give you a new set of lenses to see the world through. This film has that power.

Hotel Rwanda tells the story of one man's struggle to save his country from the overwhelming hatred that had taken it hostage. In 2004, Rwanda faced a massive genocide that took the lives of a million people over an extremely short period of time. The world community stood around, uselessly wringing their hands, while thousands of innocent people died by the day. This film chronicles those turbulent times focusing on the cunning, bravery and enormous sacrifice that one man took in an effort to save his family and the ones he loved. In the process, he saved the lives of 1268 people, changing the world. This is the heroic story of Paul Rusesabagina.

The guy John Edwards sat next to when he declared his candidacy. The one John Kerry bantered with in a bid to seem more human.

At times, it seemed as if Stewart could do no wrong. His fake news show was voted the best news and information program by a national group of TV critics. He went toe-to-toe in a debate with Ted Koppel and didn't blink. He ventured into the spin zone with Bill O'Reilly and came out smelling like a rose. And he got CNN's "Crossfire" put on the chopping block. All of which the 42-year-old comedian ducks or downplays.

Read the full article on Jon Stewart at The South End and be sure to catch the Daily Show on Comedy Central.

Wow, Monday Night Football not on ABC? For over 35 years, MNF has been an institution and a ratings staple for the Network who looks to have fumbled the ball. The good news is that a pure sports network will be in control, which has got to be a smarter move than say...hiring Dennis Miller as a co-anchor. Read more.

	Grade: D+ | Genre: Science Fiction Summary: "Care for a little necrophilia?" is just one of the gems you will hear in this outrageous futuristic drama by Terry Gilliam. This film is a mess from start to finish, though you do see flashes of Gilliam's brilliance that would resurface in much better pictures like the Fisher King and 12 Monkeys.

What can I say? I've missed our pal Terry over the last several years. He dazzled us the ground breaking 12 Monkeys in 1995 followed by the psychedelic acid trip of translating Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to the screen. He's been quiet ever since. After hearing that he has a new feature coming out later this year (the Brothers Grimm featuring Matt Damon), I couldn't help but dig around in his back catalog to see what I could dust off to try on as new. Brazil looked just quirky enough to get my Gilliam fix. Had I only known what I was getting myself into, I would have queued up 12 Monkeys for the hundredth time instead.

The biggest U.S. import from China during the 2002-2003 NBA season was 7'6", 310lbs, Yao Ming. Having outgrown the Chinese Basketball circuit, he jumped waters and landed with the Houston Rockets and has become one of the most dominating big men in the middle. From off-court endorsements to on-courts battles with Shaq, Yao Ming has propelled himself into American households while continuing to build on his legendary status back home in China. Now, his first season in the NBA has been developed into a documentary that is currently out in limited release. Check out clips from The Year of the Yao.

Also, check for availability/showtimes in your area.

1. The Amityville Horror - $23,300,000
2. Sahara - $13,100,000
3. Fever Pitch - $8,800,000
4. Sin City - $6,686,000
5. Guess Who - $4,900,000
6. Beauty Shop - $3,800,000
7. Robots - $3,550,000
8. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous - $2,865,000
9. The Pacifier - $2,410,000
10. The Upside of Anger - $1,925,000

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The story goes that more than 10 years ago Parisian-born Dominique Durand came to the United States to learn how to speak English. She had never sung before and had no aspirations to front a band. But Adam Schlesinger must have known what he had on his hands. Schlesinger, who would later display his awesome ability to create catchy pop tributes (as displayed when he penned the Beatle-drenched "That Thing You Do!" for the Tom Hanks film of the same name as an assignment), must have heard one breathy, heavily accented word from Dominique's mouth and knew that he had a shot at forming his own private Velvet Underground. The trio was rounded out with Andy Chase and Ivy was born.

Read the full Independent Study feature on Ivy at MSNBC, including three tracks available to steam. Watch PM in the weeks ahead for a review on Ivy's latest release In the Clear.

	Grade: A- | Genre: Foreign Drama Summary: This is one remarkably ambitious work by famed Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodovar (Talk to Her, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) that takes a few acts to kick in, but once you feel the sting you can't help but let the poison, of this enthralling drama, course its way thorough your veins.

This film is a mind trip and a half. Everything you think you know gets rubbed out, as your mind attempts to keep all of its post-it notes of revelation afixed to the wall. This is one remarkably ambitious work by famed Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodovar (Talk to Her, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) that takes a few acts to kick in, but once you feel the sting you can't help but let the poison, of this enthralling drama, course its way thorough your veins.

	Grade: B+ | Genre: Drama Summary: I'm not recommending this film to everyone. While it is a very good film, you have to go into this one with an extremely open mind and a cast iron stomach because it will test your faith in humanity.

I go to films asking to be challenged. I want a film to trigger an emotion, regardless of what that emotion may be. The Woodsman answered the call, taking me to the brink and, for a moment, past it. There is one scene where I almost turned off the film because I was so disturbed by what I saw. Instead, I took a moment to pause it and step away. After I caught my breath, I thankfully returned to see the critical moment of Walter's redemption, but it was a trying call to make. This is a harsh film dealing with an extremely difficult subject matter -- child molestation. It's worth the look, but proceed with caution.

Could Amazon join forces with Netflix and Blockbuster Online to begin a new foray into the online rental industry? This partnership, which could also include Walmart, would allow Amazon to get their foot through the rental doors stateside without spending the millions it would take to set up their own service. Amazon currently provides online rentals in Britain to test and monitor their potential, but it looks as if things aren't shaping out the way they intended. Read more.

Good to know. I'll be sure to have Pat Jr. (if he ever gets here) practicing his golf swing rather than be fixated on Reality TV, which is probably screwing up kids as we speak. Read more.

	Grade: A- | Genre: Rock Summary: The Clarence Greenwood Recordings is a showcase of one man's talent and the broad influences that have helped to shape his sound. It blurs the lines of genre and is a must have for your changer.

Last week, before I had a chance to step away for a commercial break during an episode of The Office, I found myself being sold the Pontiac G6. However, its failure to make me want to buy became my gain as the brief little tune used in the commercial attracted all my attention. Forget how much horse-power the G6 delievered, my focus was on finding out more about the music. Thanks to our friends at Google, the name of the song was "Son's Gonna Rise" by little known artist, Citizen Cope.

Late 2003 was a particularly tragic time for music as we lost two of its most promising young artists, Elliott Smith and Matthew Jay, in the span of a month. While Elliott Smith had an album (from a basement on the hill) finished and awaiting release at the time, allowing fans one last glimpse into this tormented soul, the same wasn't true of Jay. I made my way to Jay's website and discovered that another album, ...Too Soon, was released last October compiling early recordings and rarities available only via his web site.

Get more details about track listings and how to purchase at matthewjay.com.

	Grade: B- | Genre: Chamber Pop Summary: Six Kinds of Passion Looking for an Exit is basically a tray of hors devours. While they are tasty and quell the hunger, you are left feeling a bit unsatisfied and still wanting.

You may recognize her as the fun sponge in Finding Neverland or perhaps as the lead in the intriguing lesbian romance High Art. Radha Mitchell is certainly making her presence felt with her breakout performance as both sides of Melinda Melinda, Woody Allen's latest feature. Mitchell sits down with Premiere to describe the creative process of working with a legend, what it's like to play alternate versions to the same person and how her career has evolved to this point.

Read about this up and coming actress at Premiere.

The best blend from Indie to the Main Stream
1. BECK Guero
2. 50 CENT The Massacre
3. JACK JOHNSON In Between Dreams
4. HOT HOT HEAT Elevator
5. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Lullabies To Paralyze
6. BLOC PARTY Silent Alarm
7. BEANIE SIGEL The B. Coming
8. GREEN DAY American Idiot
9. KILLERS Hot Fuss
10. FAITH EVANS The First Lady

1. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - ABC
2. CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMPSHIPS(S) - CBS
3. AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY - FOX
4. AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY - FOX
5. CSI - CBS
6. SURVIVOR: PALAU - CBS
7. GREY'S ANATOMY - ABC
8. LOST - ABC
9. 60 MINUTES - CBS
10. WITHOUT A TRACE - CBS

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	Grade: A | Genre: Comedy Summary: With the assistance of a superb cast, Payne creates an interesting look at two men clutching for their youth, bucking maturity through the crutch of alcohol and women. Sideways is a highly ambitious film of delicate complexities.

Is Sideways a sly buddy picture, a film for wine lovers or a defining character study? Actually, it's all of the above. How can all of these be accomplished on even footing in the span of a two-hour feature? Leave that to the talents of Alexander Payne. With the assistance of a superb cast, Payne creates an interesting look at two men clutching for their youth, bucking maturity through the crutch of alcohol and women. Sideways is a highly ambitious film of delicate complexities. They are constructed so carefully they could slip right past you should you misplace your attention.

The Seattle band Death Cab for Cutie is busily preparing their new album, Plans. For some strange reason, the record label has exiled them to a barn in the middle of nowhere Massachusetts to record the new album. Plans is said to have a healthy helping of depressing love songs that the Death Cab following will no doubt find comforting. Ben Gibbard wrote the album over the past two years in between touring dates and producer/guitarist, Walla, says it's his best work to date. Plans will mark Death Cab's major label debut on Atlantic, which is due out in August.

Read the full article at Rolling Stone.

When the principle animation for Shrek was finished, Mike Myers decided that the title character would be stronger with a Scottish accent. So he requested that he be allowed to redo all of his lines, which required months of additional work and cost about 4 million dollars. It was a gutsy move that, fortunately for Myers, paid off in the end.

Source: http://www.jonhs.com/

	Grade: B | Genre: British Rock Summary: This was a very high-energy show that was carried on a dynamic crowd and Muse's epic sound. I do wish Razorlight could have made a stronger showing by balancing out their sound more evenly and we could have gotten Matt Bellamy to give us a little something beyond the music.

Ears...must...stop...ringing. You know you've done some permanent damage when your ears are still ringing the day after a show. That blood can't be a good sign either. That was the first thing you noticed about the Muse / Razorlight show -- it was friggin' loud. There were a couple numbers during Razorlight's set that were seriously piercing then I guess my ears were bludgeoned into submission because I didn't really notice it after that. Man, I'm getting old. Oh well, hearing your grandchildren is an overrated experience anyway. The British invasion was definitely underway as Muse and Razorlight stormed the stages of Tabernacle wielding their electrifying tunes wearing the heavy cloak of rock's salvation.

I was in a heated discussion a couple weeks ago on Blogcritics over Grey's Anatomy swiping Boston Legal's choice 10pm time slot on ABC. It looks like it will come to pass after all. ABC has announced that Grey's will keep its Sunday night slot and Boston Legal's season will be cut short to accomodate this. It isn't currently known where Boston Legal will end up, but the bump is yet another set back for the retooled version of the Practice.

Read the full article at CNN and be sure to check out Grey's Anatomy if you haven't had the pleasure.

1. Sahara - $18,500,000
2. Sin City - $14,115,000
3. Fever Pitch - $13,000,000
4. Guess Who - $7,100,000
5. Beauty Shop - $7,100,000
6. Robots - $4,650,000
7. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous - $4,125,000
8. The Pacifier - $3,033,000
9. The Ring Two - $2,900,000
10. The Upside of Anger - $2,600,000

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	Grade: A | Genre: Drama Series Summary: In its heyday, 21 Jump Street was special because it was the only show focused on serious matters that teens faced. Such bold topics like teen pornography, drug trafficing, and AIDS were regularly addressed and had America's youth, including myself, captivated.

Before Beverly Hills 90120 and similar programs slanted toward youth culture, there was a show known today as being the launching pad for a young Johnny Depp. Dig deeper and you'll find a drama with a loyal cult following thanks to its edgy story lines focused on teen drama.

At the time, 21 Jump Street was the FOX network's only hour-long program that also took risks by touching on mature social issues such as sexuality, drugs, and suicide.

	Grade: C | Genre: Rock Summary: Though it's decent album and one that many critics will probably argue about, there just isn't enough creativity to fill all your "Thirteen Senses."

Being compared to the likes of Coldplay and Travis is nothing to sneeze at and a great way to gain some band recognition. Thirteen Senses, one of the newer British exports, arrives just in time to take a piece of the pie before it runs out...or has it?

	Grade: D | Genre: Action Summary: Not even the very likable Jennifer Garner could save Elektra. The special effects were the real story, where Elektra was a mere sub plot.

As I prepared to kick back to the Elektra DVD, I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt by not letting the horrid reviews it received affect my judgment. After about 15 minutes or so, I began wondering whether or not it was a good idea for 20th Century Fox to resurrect Elektra and put her in a movie of her own. In Daredevil, Jennifer Garner's star shined brightly as she made the film better than Affleck could have ever imagined even though her character was killed. Unfortunately, as her Elektra came back to life, she forgot to resurrect the charm that died in Daredevil.

Ours took up residence in modern rock four years ago with the release of their debut, Distorted Lullabies. It is still one of the best albums ever made in my humble opinion. They released Precious the following year which befell the dreaded Sophmore slump as creative control was pulled away by the producer. After a good gap of silence, Gnecco is back on the record talking about the status of Ours, the comparisons to Jeff Buckley and how he's grown as an artist since Precious.

Read the full interview at Dallas Music Guide.

	Grade: A- | Genre: Modern Rock Summary: If you ever get the chance to see this talented man perform, make sure you have a ticket. Also, I'd make a point to do it sooner rather than later. The secret of Marc Broussard isn't going to be kept under wraps for much longer.

Marc Broussard descended on the Loft Thursday night in compelling fashion. Broussard, a black man trapped in the body of a white man, brought together his perfect blend of soul, funk, jazz and rock to release thumping jams and purring melodies. This rip roaring Cajun hails from the heartland of Louisiana and you can see the state's rich musical tradition has been absorbed in every pore of his body until it has become an inseparable part of his being.

It's not surprising to hear of diehard "Star Wars" geeks lining up more than a month in advance before "Episode III - Revenge of the Sith's" opening. What's interesting is that these fans are raising awareness and hoping to have the film premiere at Grauman's famous Chinese theatre in Hollywood instead of at a newer theatre a few blocks down. Apparently, it's a "time-honored tradition" that geeks in the area live by. Read the Newsweek article.

When MTV began showing less and less music videos in favor of more and more Reality content, they created MTV2, which seems to be heading in the same direction. So instead of not getting your favorite videos via MTV, the channel that revolutionized the genre, you can now get it on demand through MTV's web-based "Overdrive." This is definitely long overdue, but what about the TV format? What happens when WebMTV suffers the same demise as its predecessors. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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The new New Wave explosion is in full swing spearheaded by talented groups like Franz Ferdinand, Interpol and the Killers. As the Killers year old debut Hot Fuss loiters around at the top of the charts, Brandon Flowers sits down with Rolling Stone to discuss meeting David Bowie, what song will be playing in hell and an assortment of other interesting questions.

Read the Q&A Session at Rolling Stone.

	Grade: B- | Genre: Electropop Summary: Set Yourself on Fire is very solid pop music that makes you hopefully for the future of the genre, yet for all its merits it doesn't stick to your bones the way it should.

Will the aging Pierce Brosnon reprise his role as 007? The rumours contradict earlier news that Daniel Craig ("The Jacket," "Layer Cake") is next in line to take over the Bond franchise. The next bond film is to be called "Casino Royale," Ian Fleming's first Bond book, which has the agent at the beginning of his spy career. So, the Brosnon rumours may be just be that, rumours.

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1. BECK Guero
2. 50 CENT The Massacre
3. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Lullabies To Paralyze
4. JACK JOHNSON In Between Dreams
5. BEANIE SIGEL The B. Coming
6. BRAVERY The Bravery
7. BLOC PARTY Silent Alarm
8. GREEN DAY American Idiot
9. MOBY Hotel
10. KILLERS Hot Fuss

1. CSI (CBS)
2. AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY (FOX)
3. AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY (FOX)
4. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
5. WITHOUT A TRACE (CBS)
6. SURVIVOR: PALAU (CBS)
7. HOUSE (FOX)
8. GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)
9. CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMP (CBS)
10. LOST (ABC)
Source: http://tv.yahoo.com/

I ran across this commentary piece, and I thought what a great idea to assemble my own top 10 list of the best baseball films. Unfortunately, the more I dug into their list, the more I realized it really didn't need to be improved upon. The only one I'd say is missing is the Rookie and perhaps Fever Pitch though the later still needs more time for true perspective. So just in time for baseball season, we have 10 films to help you get the fever back.

Check where your favorite baseball film ranked on Hollywood.com and be sure to catch Fever Pitch in theatres this weekend.

So under the guise of TV news, I'll chime in here on the wondrous victory that was North Carolina's Monday night. It was a see saw battle for the ages with Carolina charging ahead to the half only to have the Illini come back and tie it up at the two minute mark. It was the perfect end to what had to be one of the best tournaments in the history of college basketball. Page 2 featured select thoughts on the aftermath of North Carolina/Illnois. Jordon and Dean Smith as tense spectators, the joy of a bench player, McCants' new baby and several other keen observations that wrap up this beautiful moment.

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