by Hilary McNamara, entertainment editor

The October performance of “Thursday Night Live” filled the Tom T. Hall Recording and Production Studio with music as the facility celebrated its 20th anniversary with a country bang.

Thrice proves 'Fire, Water' do mix

by Alex Everett, co-feature editor

Thrice’s new album is unlike anything they have done before.

“The Alchemy Index” was released in October, and it will be followed by a second release in April 2008. The album is released as a two-disc set titled “Fire and Water.” The album that will be released in April will be titled “Wind and Earth,” representing the four elements of life.

Dashboard delivers mediocre CD
by Hylann Camacho, editorial assistant

Dashboard Confessional’s new album “The Shade of Poison Trees” is quite an interesting addition to the five that preceded it.

The new addition contains 12 new tracks of Chris Carraba’s melodic voice. I have only a few problems with this new album. Some of the ability that I know Dashboard Confessional has does not come through so strongly on this album.

Carell provides clean comedic relief

by Hilary McNamara, entertainment editor

For all Steve Carell fans, he has finally gone over to the “chick flick” side.

This romantic comedy proves that not all humor has to be crude. Dan Burns (played by Carell) is an advice columnist and a single parent raising three girls. His girls Jane (Allison Pill), Cara (Brittany Robertson) and Lilly (Marlene Lawston) are growing up without a mother and not handling it so well.

by Sawyer Thomas, staff writer

There are three syllables in the word that I would use to describe the new CD from Britney Spears.  A-maz-ing. 

This is, literally, as all of the critics say, her best work ever.  I have never driven in a car, with the exception of Madonna’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor” album, that I have been able to actually listen to all the way through and thoroughly enjoy each and every track on this 12-track CD.

'The Veat' gets raw with O'Hana's

by Heather Daniel, co-news editor

This week’s search for an underground restaurant really took us on an adventure.

My partner and I thought we could possibly discover a fabulous meal in a part of town that most of us do not venture to very often. We hopped in the car and traveled to the east side of Lubbock. We quickly came to the conclusion that there are no undiscovered restaurants on the east side, especially if you are a vegetarian. We ran into a lot of abandoned fast food joints, a pizza place and a barbeque place.

Punk rock tour smashes into Hub City

by Bryan Davis, staff writer

The tour of the year, as far as punk rock is concerned, made its way to Lubbock recently, and it was amazing

The Lawrence Arms, Falcon, Sundowner, and American Steel played Nov. 2 at Jake’s Sports Café.

'Darjeeling Limited' is movie not to be missed

by Bryan Davis, staff writer

Wes Anderson has come up with another comic gem with “The Darjeeling Limited.”

It has been a long time since there has been a new movie by this Houston-born director, since 2004’s “Life Aquatic: With Steve Zissou.”

Aqueduct jump-starts tour on a spooky note

by Heather Daniel, co-news editor

This year, I chose to celebrate Halloween by going to a show - The Aqueduct-show at Jake’s to be exact.

Aqueduct is based out of Seattle, Wash. but the main man behind the music, David Terry, is from Oklahoma. Terry is Aqueduct. He produces all the music and usually rallies up people to go with him on tour.

'American Gangster' as raw as its title, packed full of aggression

by Kersha Parker, staff writer

If there was ever a title that explained the whole movie, “American Gangster” is it.

The movie is as raw as the title. I didn’t quite know what to expect from the thriller Academy Award-winning actor, Denzel Washington. But I’ve always had a taste for the ‘cops and robbers’ flicks. Washington has played most of his roles as a savior of some sort (except for “Training Day”), and I thought it would be refreshing to see someone with such likeable characteristics play someone so hardcore in a less-than-perfect situation.

'Carousel' exhibits good musical performance, poor acting

by Hugo Reis, editorial assistant

The Fire House Theatre at the Louise H. Underwood Center of the Arts is the stage for “Carousel,” which features a barker, a mill worker and a tragic plot.

“Carousel” is a musical with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Richard Rodgers, adapted from the play “Liliom,” by Ferenc Molnar. John A. Packard is the director and choreographer of the show.