The standing room only crowd was a mixed up bunch. Burnt out hipsters looking for that one last hit of nostalgia, glossy-eyed college students, mop-headed teenagers, clusters of oxford clad businessmen, haggard old groupies and the just plain curious....

I’m not going to mince words, the U.S. government has been accused of using music to torture prisoners since 2002. Bands such as Rage Against the Machine and Nine Inch Nails (and many other artists) are using the Freedom of Information of Act to fin...

Halloween may be over, but for the paranormal television industry anytime of the year is good for a scare or two....

Not only does comedian Roy Wood Jr. have a great sense of humor and comedic timing, but he also has wise advice for students....

Borderlands is a video game for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 that is quite literally the offspring of a role-playing game and a first-person shooter....

The gods of rock are calling. Are you brave enough to listen?...

Another Hollywood star has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, two months after actor Patrick Swayze died....

Dan Orlando wowed a small audience last Thursday at Catskeller’s Acoustic Brew....

On one of the rare occasions that I logged in to Facebook and perused its contents… OK, who am I kidding? The other day, I logged in for, like, the fifth time and saw an interesting list. It seems that College Living and Spotlight Editor Ariel Cheu...

Coming upon the Arnoff Center for the Arts, the contemporary architecture of the building is the intriguing first impression for a passer-by. Last weekend, the center was a hive of activity as the Cincinnati Ballet performed one of the most beloved and ti...

It seems like every time a film produced with low quality camera work makes it to theaters, public relations buzz jumps up to extol the film’s ingenuity and creativity. It happened with “The Blair Witch Project,” more deservedly with &ld...

Some bands are simply better suited for a smaller stage. Sometimes, a more intimate venue allows a band to truly fill the room. They can interact with their fans and get right in their face. It can lead to a more visceral concert experience. Senses Fail i...

Green Hell came to Newport Oct. 27, as the legendary horror-punk band The Misfits performed at the Southgate House as part of their 2009 fall tour....

On Oct. 23, “Saw VI” opened (then dissected, mutilated, burned, etc.) in theaters. The immensely successful horror franchise has brought in tons of money and even sparked a new subgenre of horror: torture porn. On a per-movie basis, “Saw...

Musical talent at the University of Cincinnati is not in short supply. This was proven during a two-hour show at the Catskeller last Thursday, located at the bottom level of Tangeman University Center....

Horror films on TV and available for rent are a favorite pastime. Thrillers such as the “Halloween” franchise, “Friday the 13th” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street” still haunt the imagination. This Halloween though, horror...

Ever since the release of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” no other sub-genre of horror is copied more often than slasher films. So much so there are those who equate horror films with slasher films. This attitude isn’t unjustified....

It’s official. Brendon Small, the creator, executive producer, writer, director, voice actor and composer of the animated series “Metalocalypse,” is a rock star....

By now, most people know Richard Heene as the man from Colorado who, with his wife Mayumi, falsely reported on Oct. 15 that his 6-year-old child, Falcon, had drifted away in a large helium balloon....

The men from Delta Tau Delta have taken “Cash for Clunkers” in a different direction. Instead of receiving money in exchange for a busted up vehicle, they decided to charge University of Cincinnati students to demolish a car for their fundrais...