Excelsior

Ten years ago in Atlanta, Georgia, one of today's most innovative heavy metal bands was formed. Mastodon is a Grammy-nominated heavy metal quartet that has helped to prove metal an art form with every album released. With their elaborate progressive metal sound, each musician's mastery of his instrument, and the band's larger-than-life conceptual albums, they are a force to be reckoned with in today's music scene.… 1 Comment

Game: Braid Platform: 360/PC Grade: A Normally when you say you finished a game in an afternoon, it's an admonishment. The fact that most games we play cost as much as five trips to the theater makes us inclined to demand at least fifteen or twenty hours of game play out of the typical game.… Post the First Comment

The sultry voice of CuCu Diamantes, titillating every fiber of the ear drum, is a refreshing and radical addition to the Latin Pop genre. Diamantes, a Cuban-born singer and member of the Yerba Buena band, recently launched her solo album, CUCULAND, and it is about to become all the rage.… Post the First Comment

Mariel Smith Late night talk show host David Letterman announced on his March 23rd show that he and his longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko got married on March 19 in Montana. He and Lasko have a five year old son named Harry. On the subject of marriage, the weekend of Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22 was a popular one for celebrity nuptials.… Post the First Comment