"Expando," crafted with a hand-picked cast of all-star contributors ranging from Graham Nash to Dwight Yoakam to the Band's Garth Hudson to (wha...?) Kid Rock, shows some flashes of cool, classic rock and folk, but all too often has the same plasticized-country-rock feel that still causes testy debate between rock fans about the Eagles' place in the pantheon.

Thought, scribbles and stolen text-message jokes regarding Super Bowl XXVLXVIXCSI, which ended in a satisfying win for an iconic American city that has endured unfathomable hardships.

From the Day-Glo harmony of the Beach Boys to the violent tremolo of the opening notes to Dick Dale's "Misirlou," something about surf music just stirs the soul. Florida-based group Surfer Blood mixes a little indie-rock angst in amongst the waves on "Astro Coast," putting together a sunny record that occasionally wanders into a darker undertow.

A class act from beginning to end, “The Last Station” chronicles a late-in-life period of Leo Tolstoy, most of it taking place in and around the vast country estate of the then “most celebrated writer in the world.”

Can you imagine being stuck 50 feet up on a chairlift? Now imagine that everyone but you and your two friends have gone home and won’t return for four days at the earliest. Oh, and there’s a blizzard bearing down and hungry wolves licking their chops in hopes that you’re foolish enough to jump.

It was easy to get swept away in the pure romance of “Dear John” until the wheels fell off in the last act.

When a guy in the audience threw up, Adam Green knew his movie was a success.

The Miss Delaware’s Outstanding Teen Organization, affiliate of the Miss America Outstanding Teen Organization, is currently seeking contestants. 

Unless the City of Rehoboth shuts down on account of the snow, there will be no stopping Winterjam 2010, the Cape Henlopen Educational Foundation's concert fundraiser planned for Friday, 7-11 p.m. at the Rehoboth Convention Center.

To soothe what ails his aching psyche, Barry Kerch needs no antidepressant pill or psychiatrist's couch - just a drum kit and concert stage. The prescription of live rock also aids other members of Shinedown. Their emotion-roiling songs not only please fans but serve as a catharsis for the quartet, whose personal foibles often serve as inspiration for lyrics. For them, a live concert functions as a massive support group that helps Shinedown shed angst.

In Stephen King's "Under the Dome," Chester's Mill, Maine, is suddenly transformed into a cruel version of an ant farm - or maybe, more accurately, a miniature "Lord of the Flies" - when an invisible, impenetrable dome slaps down over the whole town.

Maybe it’s because I’m a dad myself, but flicks with vengeful fathers have been added to my list of not-so-guilty popcorn-movie pleasures.

Taylor Swift is talented (more so for her songwriting), but c’mon people. She is not very good live. In fact, her Grammy performance Sunday was anything but swift. I was embarrassed for Stevie Nicks. Swift ruined “Rhiannon” by singing off-key.

Oscar nominees Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren chew the scenery at will in "The Last Station," an account of the final year in the life of “War and Peace” author Leo Tolstoy.

Tickets are available through the end of March for the 32nd annual "June Jam," in Houston, headlined by Dana Fuchs. Click the link above for a full lineup and ticket information.