Jigga Rolling With Rockers
By RUBEN MUSSAFI | Dec. 3, 2004He's sold over 17 million albums, built the multi-million dollar empire Roc-A-Fella Records, and is now collaborating with one of the biggest rock acts around.
He's sold over 17 million albums, built the multi-million dollar empire Roc-A-Fella Records, and is now collaborating with one of the biggest rock acts around.
Forget Broadway.The musical "Steel Pier" will be presented by the Department of Theater and Dance at the Center For the Arts Drama Theater, the second time the show will be produced in Buffalo.
The Riddlin' Kids released their sophomore album, "Stop the World" on Oct. 19. This follows the successful release of their debut album, "Hurry Up and Wait," which garnered them airtime on both radio and television.This album is not as well done as their first offering.
UB dance majors have the opportunity to meet young men and women within their field who have not only made dance their career, but also done so in impressive fashion.The Hubbard Street 2 comes to the Center for the Arts on Saturday to do just that.Hubbard Street 2 is a smaller branch of the larger Hubbard Street Dance Chicago main company and was created in 1997.Hubbard Street's repertoire includes Asian, Indian, reggae, percussion-based, classical and techno-themed music.
No Warning, self-proclaimed hardcore band, formed in the late '90s when Matt Delong started looking for a singer to coordinate with and produce traditional hardcore punk, popular in the early '90s in Los Angeles and New York City.
It was not a pleasant surprise to find the train station locked at 7:30 p.m. Buffalo is apparently the sister city of Boca Raton, Fla., where everything shuts down at 7 p.m.
The student actors UB has to offer are exceptionally professional, even in rehearsal. Spectrum had the chance to catch rehearsals of Rebecca Gillman's "Spinning Into Butter" before its debut this weekend.The title of the play comes from Helen Bannerman's 1921 book, "The Story of Little Black Sambo." The play is about an African-American student at a university who becomes the recipient of hate mail, which sends the students and faculty into a state of shock.
Jello Biafra and the Melvins are about as relevant today as is the hot new joint from Iron Maiden.
It takes nerve to just have a conversation with Otep. Her personality doesn't quite fit her pretty face.