Bon Jovi Before they settled for recording sugary country ballads with the likes of LeAnn Rimes, there was a time — believe it or not — when Bon Jovi used to rock. Nowhere was this more apparent than...

One of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind is the electronic jukebox. On it, bar patrons can find almost any tune in existence, even if it is expensive as all hell. The music played over...

A little bit of splattered paint on raw canvas is thought of as a good thing. Art is not about the finished product, but about the verb to create. This weekend, artists from all corners of Iowa City in...

Wilco will love you, baby. So goes one line in Wilco’s opening track “Wilco (The Song)” off its latest album, Wilco. In its 15-year career, the band has been called a lot of things: alternative...

What do people do when they’re trapped in a bad situation with only one option to get out? Hope the book ends soon. That’s not the answer Kimberla Lawson Roby’s protagonist looks for in A Deep Dark...

Imagine a world in which a murderous virus has destroyed almost every shred of human life. Now, picture that there is nothing to eat but strange, foreign animals with names that seem to come straight out...

Shirtless, inebriated, toothless men take note: You are being profiled. “COPS,” Fox’s long-running police reality series, is a constant parade of moronic hillbillies running afoul of the law and...

This week’s recipe, and the second installment of the RAMEN MARATHON, is a true East meets West dish (East meets Southwest, to be more accurate). But, before we get to the recipe, why don’t we grab...

1/2 out of ***** A glance at the cover of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is a visual insight to the musical contents of Mariah Carey’s latest release. Three surgically enhanced and photoshopped divas...

Monday at 6 p.m., UI Nonfiction Writing Program faculty member John D’Agata spent five minutes ordering pizza for his night class before rushing to the airport to pick up literary legend John McPhee. McPhee...

Although Jacob Bannon of Converge has played around the world, the vocalist distinctly remembers the shows he’s played at the Picador in Iowa City. “It’s the perfect venue,” he said. “I mean...

*** out of ***** The machines will get you. At least, that’s the message cinema has sent us with its semi-apocalyptic tales of man’s industrial enslavement. Surrogates, a film from the makers of...