George Lang's Best Movies of 2008: "Rachel Getting Married" catches best-film bouquet Thu, Jan 1, 2009 | Add a comment No two films on this list are even remotely similar, and most of them easily could have sat in the top spot — breaking them down into actual ranks required painful analysis that bordered on...

‘Science’ is a fair winner among many Thu, Dec 25, 2008 | Add a comment Counting down 10 titles is tragic, since it means that deserving discs by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Raphael Saadiq, Coldplay and Of Montreal bubble just under this list. But again, the bracing...

Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson fetch laughs in ‘Marley & Me’ Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Add a comment LOS ANGELES — Sure, there is a dog on the poster, a preternaturally cute yellow Labrador with a red bow to set Christmas hearts aglow, but "Marley & Me” is about far more than...

Bethany native, bandmates get nod to appear in ‘Yes Man’ film Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Add a comment Singer Jillian Iva of the San Francisco-based electro-rock trio Von Iva thought that getting a cool display at one of the most popular record stores in Los Angeles would spike CD sales. Then, as a...

Financial cold spell may heat up music Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment No one likes an economic downturn, but the music is amazing. This is not a call for continued fiscal crisis, but history points to a correlation between cold economies and hot music. Let’s...

Time’s up for Guns N’ Roses Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Add a comment Let us put this in perspective: I graduated from college the year Guns N’ Roses started toiling on "Chinese Democracy.” That was 1994, which means most high school freshmen were...

Voting has its rewards ... Wilco HQ Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Add a comment Anyone who actually expects fabulous prizes for voting needs to re-examine their priorities. Participation is its own reward, and excuse me for being overly earnest in the final days of Decision...

Britney’s celebrity not about her music Sun, Oct 26, 2008 | Comments 2 Britney Spears’ new video, "Womanizer,” is being praised by a few critics and many more slobbering, testosterone-addled he-beasts as a return to form after her years in the...

SlotMusic obsolete from start Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | Comments 2 Some people just don’t like the way the world is turning and think that if they go as fast as they can in the opposite direction, like Christopher Reeve’s Superman, it will spin their...

Making beautiful music Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | Add a comment When University of Central Oklahoma President Roger Webb and Flaming Lips manager Scott Booker announced last week the fall 2009 opening of the first U.S. campus for the Academy of Contemporary...