'Strange Wilderness' lost in sick, perverse humor

by Tom Hill, staff writer

“Strange Wilderness” is a movie with so many low points the writer’s must have been high.

This groundbreaker wasn’t more than a string of perverted and gory jokes strung together. It was one of those movies that you need get yourself into a ninth-grade state of mind to really “appreciate.”

Wheelers set to perform Jazz guitar concert

by Jerrod Carr, staff writer

The great American art known as jazz music is going to be displayed through the eyes and fingers of Brent and Emily Wheeler.

The Wheelers are guitar professors at South Plains College.  But aside from teaching, they are phenomenal musicians, who wish to share their talent with the public. 

'Juno' puts light-hearted twist on serious subject

by Sasha Malaeb, staff writer

Starting off with a life-like cartoon, and the on-going, happy-go-lucky music by Barry Louis Polisar, “Juno” captures the attention of the audience right away.

While failing to use protection on a “bored night”, Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) becomes pregnant after a night of sex with her awkward best friend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera from “Superbad”).

'The Eye' not worth seeing

by Justin Lopez, staff writer

They say that seeing is believing.

But how can you believe what you see when the eyes you have are not yours? In the PG-13 thriller Hong Kong remake, “The Eye,” Sydney Wells, played by Jessica Alba, is a blind violinist who gets a corneal transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world.

Lemon fights for autism through music

by Courtney Bullard, news editor

Music is said to have the ability to change the world.

Charity Records embraces that concept by using music to support various organizations set up to help people.

South Plains College’s Jay Lemon, instructor in commercial music, has re-released his 1999 album “See you in Paradise.” The Christian alternative rock CD is available to buy on Charity Records, with the proceeds going to Cure Autism Now, an organization of parents, clinicians, and leading scientists committed to finding the cause, prevention, treatment and cure of autism and related disorders by funding research through a variety of programs.

Spoonfed Tribe brings psychedelic show to Lubbock

by Alex Everett, co-feature editor

If you were at Jake’s Backroom recently, then you witnessed one of Lubbock’s favorite bands, Spoonfed Tribe, take the stage and manipulate the crowd into a psychedelic trance dance with their seductive beats.

Spoonfed Tribe is a psychedelic progressive rock band from the Dallas/Fort Worth area that has five albums worth of songs to choose from for their unforgettable live performances. The five band members, each with their own unique alias, brings something to the stage that ignites a sound that can only be understood live and with dance