Let's face the facts. You're not as indie as you wish you were. Cloud Cult has never been anywhere near your eardrums; there is simply too much Fall Out Boy and Mariah Carey to squeeze onto your 4GB Nano. You don't own a pair of vintage Ray-Ban ...

Given the frequency at which he uses Rolling Stones songs in his own films ("Goodfellas," "Casino," "The Departed") it was just a matter of time before Martin Scorsese made a film entirely about the legendary rockers' songs. The third in a line ...

"Attack and Release" by The Black Keys; "Reality Check" by The Teenagers

Milo� Forman's films, satires really, they're flatulent affairs. But the gas they burn has an odd odor, as if it originated elsewhere, from some other place and some other time, so their derision feels safely distanced from current affairs...

Take a look at the butts on that flock of pretty girls walking down the street. Chances are you see a round-faced Buddha beaming above horseshoe-emblazoned pockets, the trademarks of True Religions or maybe a rock 'n' roll behind ...

I was somewhere between my "Hocus Pocus" phase and my "Return of the Jedi" phase when I discovered "Hair." I was 6 years old and most of what I knew about hippies was from my older sisters. They listened to Bob Dylan and told me ...

Reading Keith Gessen's first novel, "All the Sad Young Literary Men," is a lot like listening to your most neurotic friend fretting over the phone line. Now, imagine that fretful friend multiplied by three, and divide that by the dissertations and doctorates ...

A&E; staff member Justin Flower was enjoying his afternoon last Sunday, finishing off a story about a local band, when he received, on his desk, R.E.M.'s new album. Realizing that Micheal Stipe is still alive and making music, Flower was ...

Imagine coming to a university with more than 50,000 students but choosing to spend your four years as an undergrad with the same 20 people, day-in, day-out, Monday through Saturday, for 1460 days. Then, imagine those 20 people are theater students...

This is not your mother's "Wiz," nor is it your grandfather's "The Wizard of Oz." In fact, forget that you've even heard of either one. This is "The Wiz," University of Minnesota-style. As Dorothy (Ivory Doublette) said, "Just wait till you get here."...