1 September 2010, 10:11 am
By Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic Sunday, August 29, 2010 The more John Mayer acts like a buffoon, the more appealing he becomes. Rock stars should be flaky, unbalanced, loose-lipped — and the guitar-slingin' heart-sleever is all that and a bag of US Weekly s. The 32-year-old penner of Your Bod... Read More »
1 September 2010, 8:38 am
Former science student Lizzie Harrison says she only discovered her creative side aged 17 when she landed a part-time job sticking flowers on flip-flops. (01/09/2010 16:22:42)... Read More »
1 September 2010, 8:14 am
In Me and Orson Welles , Richard Linklater takes on a highly ambitious subject that really, really appeals to me -- a portrayal of the astonishing youthful theatrical triumphs of the 22-year-old Welles, his adroit and urbane (and long-suffering) producer John Houseman, and of their ingenious, experi... Read More »
31 August 2010, 9:14 pm
25 years ago in Metro Times : Ron Williams covers Dan Murphy, a longtime Oakland County executive who challenged Wayne County Executive William Lucas for the 1986 Republican gubernatorial nomination. Murphy commented on the state of Detroit: "... I see Detroit coming back.... Read More »
31 August 2010, 8:23 am
OTTAWA, ONTARIO-- (Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2010) - Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will preside over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Friday, September 3, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. The Governor General, who is Chancellor and Principa... Read More »
25 August 2010, 10:01 am
Fred Turner has gone from the Corvette to the tour bus. And all it took was a phone call from his classic-rock counterpart, Randy Bachman. The two had an on-again, off-again relationship with their band Bachman-Turner Overdrive between the early '70s and early '90s.[...]... Read More »
25 August 2010, 5:24 am
GUELPH – A cloak of mystery has descended over Guelph’s poet, punk-sonic sons, the Constantines.... Read More »
24 August 2010, 2:06 pm
Stone Gossard confirms the band will play at Neil Young's annual benefit concert this fall.... Read More »
24 August 2010, 12:21 pm
It has been years since Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has described himself as “positive” and “happy” -- at best he’s merely been content. He has washed his hands of the record industry as he once knew it and now completely...... Read More »
24 August 2010, 9:11 am
ComingSoon.net's The Weekend Warrior offers a preview of the new releases opening on Friday, August 27, the indie horror film The Last Exorcism (Lionsgate) and the crime-drama Takers (Screen Gems). This week's "The Chosen One" is Vincent Cassel's award-winning French crime flick Mesrine: Killer Inst... Read More »