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It’s been a long semester and you are finally done with finals. The part-time job you have been struggling with has paid off and you can finally afford the ticket to that music festival you have always wanted to take a trip to with all your friends. You go online, buy your ticket and dance around your room in a fit of pure jubilation. And then it hits you – how in the hell are you going to get there?
Tags: festival, HOW-TO, Music, road trip, summer, tips
Posted in AE CP, Arts & Entertainment
Chocolate Coke is delicious. Though both flavors can satisfy the cravings of the everyday sweet tooth, the fizzy sting of a cola is vastly different from the creamy sweetness of chocolate syrup. Nevertheless, the end concoction is a pleasant surprise that surpasses expectations at every turn. That being said, the supergroup known as Tinted Windows is the chocolate Coke of the music industry.
Tags: Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, Hanson, Smashing Pumpkins, Tinted Windows
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Vibe
pon entering the little store snuggled against Bicycle Bananas, the colorful toy-laden walls have the feel of a small-town grocery shop: cozy and simple, yet efficiently fulfilling for all your needs.
Tags: comic book, Reno, Sports
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, InsideReno
It was an early Friday morning when the snow hit. ‘Aukai Almeida, a 21-year-old Hawaiian-born theater major, had never driven through snow before. Before he could stop and switch seats with another passenger, the truck Almeida was driving slid across a patch of ice. The truck flipped violently as it tumbled off the road, but the men inside didn’t panic. No, these men did what they do best: improvised.
Tags: 'Aukai Almeida, Bad Posture, improv, James Schlauch, troupe
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, InsideReno
Luckily for “Dragon Ball” fans, director James Wong was able to resist giving fans a Spirit Bomb to the gonads and created a halfway decent film, fitting for a prequel to the awesomeness of the “Dragon Ball” universe.
Tags: action, fantasy, Review
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Vibe
It’s Saturday night and I’m at a party. The host turns on his iPod and the first song that plays is “Push It” by Rick Ross.
The next morning, I go to lunch with a friend. He turns on his car radio to Lil’ Wayne’s “A Milli” and he turns up the volume.
Cruising through the latest new releases, I decided to download a track off of Jadakiss’ “The Last Kiss.” Along with Jadakiss, the song “Cartel Gathering” features Raekwon and Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan. Listening to the lyrics, with special attention to the song title in question, something finally dawns on me. Today’s best selling rappers all have one thing in common: they all rap about crack and/or cocaine.
Tags: 50 Cent, cocaine, eminem, ghostface killah, Justin Timberlake, lil wayne, Music, rap, rick ross, rock n rhodes, Young jeezy
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Vibe
It’s not often a franchise can stretch its worth into four consistent blockbusters, but “Fast & Furious” has accomplished just that, setting a box office record for the opening weekend of April.
Tags: action, fast, furious, Review
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Vibe
With a one-word location title like “Adventureland,” it may be easy to write the film off as another job-related comedy, something to the likes of “Waiting” or “Office Space.” But instead of carny jokes and midway-inspired slapstick, “Adventureland” offers a heart warming, college-aged romantic comedy set in glorious 1987 Pittsburgh.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Vibe
It is strange to think that the color blue is so often associated with depression. The sky, for instance, is a beautiful shade of blue. The ocean is blue also, as are the Smurfs, Cookie Monster, Park Place and Boardwalk. The other commonality between these otherwise unrelated items is that they all make people happy. But these things are nothing compared to the joy experienced from a single slice of Blue Moon Gourmet Pizza.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, InsideReno
As an expansion of Southern hip-hop, the Houston-style of chop-and-screw drawling has blown up since first entering the mainstream with acts like UGK, Mike Jones, Lil’ Flip and Paul Wall.
Tags: Houston, rap, Slim Thug
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Vibe
In case you have not heard, the future education of Nevada’s youth is in peril. Well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but there are definitely going to be cuts in education spending across the board. So with an education benefit like Reno Passport’s Rock n Bowl fundraiser, the future gets a little bit brighter.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, InsideReno
Experimentation is contagious. No, I am not talking about your everyday college student. I am talking about music, most notably in underground, international and rap music. Mash-ups, genre blending and your favorite DJ are common instruments in building the music of tomorrow.
Tags: Music
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music
Jam bands that mix funk, rock, reggae and other genres are all about a good time. The String Cheese Incident, Phish and The Grateful Dead top this genre with fun vibes and groovy concerts. But South Lake Tahoe’s beloved Blue Turtle Seduction lack the originality of any of the above mentioned bands on their third album, “13 Floors.”
Tags: Blue Turtle Seduction, Inside Reno, Reno
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music
With their newest album, Franz Ferdinand finds their music in the unique position of sounding something like the “Rock The Casbah”’s of old and the “Lollipop”’s of our generation. Care of Glasglow, Scotland, “Tonight: Franz Ferdinand” is a 45-minute dance-til-dawn revelation.
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Solo projects by musicians are like science experiments conducted by musically eccentric physicians. Among these experimental musicians stands John Frusciante; a blend of Faustus, Frankenstein and Strangelove all rolled into one. And with his tenth solo album, “The Empyrean,” Frusciante has created a creature, unlike any the world has seen before.
Tags: frusciate, Music, Review, rock
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Vibe
“Davy,” the sophomore effort by pop-rock artist Coconut Records, is a happy-go-lucky mix of acoustic songs and synth ballads, but rarely breaks past the nasal mediocrity of actor Jason Schwartzman’s lead vocals.
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