It’s 2008 and Bret Michaels is still relevant, new wave is the new emo and the money you spend on gas driving to a concert will cost you more than the actual ticket. Thankfully, a ridiculous amount of really good music has started flying out of studios from Portland, Ore., to Gothenburg, Sweden.

Adrenaline and excitement kept Nichole Cordova perky despite the fact she’d traveled from the East Coast to her home in Los Angeles in less than 24 hours. One day after appearing in New York City on MTV’s "Total Request Live," Cordova, 18, returned to her L.A. digs, completing a whirlwind tour of television and radio appearances after winning a spot in the hottest new girl group – Girlicious.

You might think the Museum of Bad Art is right where it belongs — in the basement of a building in Dedham, right next to the men’s room.

Ladies and gentlemen: Stop your engines! And as you leave the track, try to avoid the mangled wreckage of “Speed Racer,” Andy and Larry Wachowski’s over-glitzed, under-written and just plain annoying remake of the Saturday morning cartoon classic.

The summer movie season is here. There’s some big hitters coming, but what’s the most likely bomb?

Today, I’m spotlighting a monster movie that sneaked into theaters way back in 1990 with no fanfare and carved out a well-deserved reputation as a thrilling, chilling, funny and fun film.

Despite the carefully orchestrated hype and prerelease Internet fan frenzy, “Cloverfield” didn’t revolutionize the horror film. It didn’t break new ground in on-screen terror, and it didn’t strike a national chord the way “The Blair Witch Project” (an obvious influence) did nine years ago.

The first two studio albums from beat maker and innovative sampling wizard RJD2 featured the tightest instrumental landscape since the days of DJ Shadow and late-era Moby. From 2002 through 2005, no one could match RJ’s skills.

One would think casting Robert Downey Jr. to play a superhero would make as much sense as casting Paris Hilton to play Mother Teresa. Yet as Tony Stark in "Iron Man," Downey is perfect.

Dick Donato's "Big Brother" legacy lives on even after another successful season of the show came and gone.

New Augustana and a two-disc reissiue for Jimmy Eat World, plus an album that will assist you in putting the young ones to sleep.

Errol Morris is back in detective mode again in his new film, “Standard Operating Procedure,” turning his investigative skills toward a more contemporary crime scene: Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Prison, the setting of a series of photographs depicting American soldiers torturing prisoners.

With swingers, secret agents and superheroes, this could be a banner year

Eclipsed by CDs and later by online music downloads, the vinyl album is experiencing a bit of a renaissance. Some music stores are expanding their album sections to take advantage of rising sales.

Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab" is a trivia show, but the big question goes unanswered. How does the host-slash-cabbie ask trivia questions and drive safely at the same time?