** 1/2 out of ***** When I die, I want to die in a badass way. Not in my sleep, or from some stupid disease, or anything else lame like that. I want to get my head sliced off or maybe even have a vacuum...

**** out of ***** Let’s get this straight — Rob Zombie is not killing a film franchise by remaking Halloween II. A quick look at any movie review site will show fans that the original sequel was...

(Note: For this review, I ran Snow Leopard on my 2009 MacBook with a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB DDR3 RAM.) Apple has a reputation of being aesthetically pleasing. We Mac users feel like...

1. “I Will Survive,” by Aretha Franklin. If anyone can sing about surviving a breakup, Aretha Franklin can. 2. “Womanizer,” by Britney Spears. Boy — you are a womanizer and B. Spears knows it...

Quad Cities band Minus Six will play its 300th show at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Industry. “The 300th show is pretty exciting,” saxophonist Matt Sivertsen said. “You realize how many years you’ve...

Vito’s has recently gone through a transformation. The establishment is going for a new look with its reconstructed interior, a new menu with a heaping selection of dishes, a patio, and a fresh layer...

My alarm gives me a rude awakening as my head pounds after another night of excessive drinking at beer band (the pep band that goes around to certain IC bars on Friday nights before home football games...

jeremypiven: For those of u who dig Entourage this next Sun is the best we have done so far… paulscheer: It took Rolling Stone 40 yrs to finally break the story about why the Beatles broke up. Which...

One beautiful young woman has been causing quite a stir recently in the magazine world. The September issue of Glamour Magazine features a nude photo of 20-year-old Lizzi Miller, tastefully posed, smile...

Andreas Kapsalis knows no boundaries on his guitar. Slapping and hitting the wood of the acoustic, he treats it like a percussive instrument. He uses his “10-finger-tapping” technique to hit every...

Coldplay Have you ever listened to a song that perfectly described how you were feeling at that given moment? For me, the song was “Fix You,” by Coldplay. I had spent years playing volleyball, and...

Sharing a musical experience with Naomi Wilder is to enter an Age of Aquarius. She dedicates her old-school funk to sore souls in need of an escape into peace and harmony. “I pray that the people who...