The Scene Articles

Concerts from Your Couch

By Jeff Wallace
Before Jimmy Page can even pluck that first note to "Stairway to Heaven" you press pause and Led Zeppelin is frozen in time. With no beer lines or disgusting bathrooms, music DVDs are the next best thing to the real show. When it comes to bands like Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, these artifacts serve as the only opportunity for the current generation to put a face on the music.

Sigur Rós remain post-rock gods

By Michael O'Brien / Marketplace Editor
With a recently released album and an upcoming film, the epic Icelandic post-rock quartet Sigur Rós is having a busy end of the year. For those unfamiliar with the term "post-rock," it is a genre in between rock and experimental that uses typical rock instruments - guitars, bass, drums - but utilizes non-rock musical theory.

Alicia Keys goes retro while getting personal

By Lauren Donatucci
As I Am opens with a scratchy recording, barely audible to the listener. A melodic piano line enters the quiet track, though it seems more suited for a classical performance than an R&B or soul album. The music pauses, and a drumbeat begins to transform the song into a modern, catchy instrumental piece.

Concert: The Police at TD Banknorth

By Chris Dewey
A reunited version of the British new wave band, The Police, hit the stage at the TD Banknorth Garden on Nov. 11. Providing audiences with nearly two hours of hits from their five albums, the band proved that they are still prominent nearly 30 years later.

A second opinion

By Joseph Neese / Arts & Review Editor
When the Entertainment Weekly/TV Land collaboration on the 100 Greatest TV Icons was released this week, the inclusions in the top 50 slots were predictable for the most part. I was interested to see how the battle between Lucille Ball and Oprah Winfrey for the top slot would culminate.

Hidden Mexican treasure

By Anne Muscarella
Zocalo Concina Mexicana is a somewhat hidden treasure on Commonwealth Avenue, located in a primarily residential area in Brighton and barely visible from the street. Once inside, however, the menu and atmosphere exuded warmth and tradition - a welcome change from the Mexican fast food chains that seem to be popping up in every city across America.

Can 'Heroes' save itself?

By Blair Thill
The inaugural season of Heroes is widely considered one of the best first seasons in television history. No one saw it coming - it did not fit neatly into the CSI formula or a typical courtroom drama like Law & Order. It was a high-concept, science fiction drama with a complex cast of characters who knew just as much about themselves as the audience did.

Mind on Music

By Zach Jason
We will never know what musicians are like in real life. We will never grasp an artist's true personality through interviews because they act as characters, conveying an image or promoting an album. Chuck Klosterman, renowned pop culture critic and author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, illustrated this notion in a lecture at Brown University on Tuesday.

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Coolidge Corner Clubhouse

By Jeff Wallace
Any bar that greets patrons with a mural of Adam Viniteri's game-winning kick from 2001's "Snow-Bowl" has an obligation to be a good sports bar. The Coolidge Corner Clubhouse is no exception. Getting there requires only a short ride down the C line to the lively intersection of Beacon Street and Harvard Street.

Through the grapevine

By Meghan Thomson / Reporter
The only thing left to assume at this point is that Britney Spears is crazy. After Spears took only eight of the required 14 drug tests, one resulted in what Spears' lawyers are calling a "false positive." TMZ has reported that Spears' explanation was that the false positive was caused by an inhaler drug, Albuterol.

Preview Review

By Neil Johnson / Heights Senior Staff
I am Legend, Dec. 14 While browsing Apple's latest previews, I saw this movie's tagline: "The last man on earth is not alone." Surely, there is some mistake. I mean, I'm no logician, but if he's the last man on earth, he must be alone, no? But wait for the preview's conclusion, my friends: Judging by the startled look on Will Smith's face, the quick cut, and the instrumental swell, something is amiss.

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'Beowulf'

By Chris Dewey
The translation of literature to film is nothing unordinary in the movie world. Some novel-based films are conceived before the book itself has been distributed to the public. It is strange to think that Beowulf, an Old English epic poem dating back to around 700 A.

Reel Life

By Ryan Malone
WGA strike = Brownback reruns Next week on The Tonight Show, don't miss an awkward apology from Mel Gibson and a performance by Daniel Powter. Over on The Late Show, be sure to catch presidential hopeful Sam Brownback and the hilarious antics of Miss Teen South Carolina.

The top 5

By Tula Batanchiev / Features Editor
1. Stage Door Theater department Chair Dr. John Houchin will present his direction of Stage Door, the second mainstage show of the 2007-08 Robsham season. Most remember the Academy Award-nominated film adaption that immortalized this stage play - a star-studded spectacle that featured the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and Lucille Ball.