Avatar is still crushing records and leading the box office. Who are the contenders to take down the mighty giant this weekend of February 5, 2010? Well we’ll see if the three new films this weekend that come out are worth your money and I’ll tell you if it’s worth your time.

Been unlucky in love? Sick of the bar scene? Internet dating a bit too impersonal? Why not try to be pro-active in your love life Tapas-style?  Date and Dash, a Chicago-based speed-dating company, provides a taste of all different types of people in a bite size time frame.   No need f [ … ]

I can picture myself in Best Buy as a teenager seeing World Painted Blood and thinking “Oh, I've heard of this Slayer band.  Let's give it a whirl.” I'd probably really enjoy it.  But that's not what happened.  Instead, I was a teenager at Best Buy and bought Diabolus In Musica.  I didn't think it [ … ]

Your ears need to open up and be graced with the music of Marbin. The jazz duo of Dani Rabin and Danny Markovitch has some well played out pieces of smooth music for your listening pleasure. Caught in between old school and new jazz, the ten track disc is mellow and has some awesome jazz-fusion fund [ … ]

A local favorite, Pitchfork  music festival returns for its fifth year. The lineup is said to be announced Friday with projected artists numbering two: Pavement and St. Vincent. But with gleam in my eye I hope that they will pull up their skirts this year and give us the noisy collection that w [ … ]

Glitter in the Gutter, a new show written and directed by Kellan Alexander, has been deemed, “the first and only live Drag Queen sitcom.” Thanks to Alexander’s admiration for larger-than-life females, Chicagoans will have the opportunity to view a truly outrageous production that lives up [ … ]

New York, NY: Roadrunner Records is pleased to announce the signing of Charleston, South Carolina rock band MADAM ADAM. The band is currently finishing up the recording of their as-yet untitled Roadrunner debut in Nashville, Tennessee, where they are working with producer/mixer Skidd Mills (Saving A [ … ]

Have you ever wondered what the other three-quarters of the pig taste like? You know, those parts that aren't used for ham, bacon and pork chops? I'll be honest, I hadn't either, but now that I've had a taste at the exotic pig parts served at the Purple Pig, there's no going back. Find out more abou [ … ]