Opening bands have it tough. At any given concert, the vast majority of the people in the crowd are there for the headlining band and couldn’t care less about the groups that play beforehand. Read more...

When researching scholastic options after graduation, most students are unaware that pick-pocketing is a possible path of academic study. In fact, it’s complete with a whole underground school offering teachings in the trade. Read more...

Sometimes things are just better left unsaid. For Andrew Dawson, who will perform his new play, “Absence and Presence,” tonight in the Macgowan Little Theater, laconicism came in handy in turning his real-life loss into art. Read more...

Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson “The Boys” #1-3 WILDSTORM COMICS (Out of 5) It wouldn’t be wrong to say that “The Boys” is what Garth Ennis does best: grotesque set-pieces, needless violence and human misery played for laughs. Read more...

Thunderbirds Are Now! “Make History” Frenchkiss Records (Out of 5) Thunderbirds Are Now!’s first album, “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief,” was pure, unfiltered chaos with abrasive, angular guitars and absurd frequencies that could induce a “Mars Attacks”-esque alien brain explosion on any music listener. Read more...

Considering the suffering that was endured during the Spanish Civil War and the ensuing Franco era, it is not surprising that the witnesses from that time have long remained silent. Read more...

If you ever have the opportunity to engage in conversation with Howard Suber, listen very carefully to what he says. Then go home and forget everything he told you. Read more...