October 15, 2013 - 4:49am
At first blush, Okkervil River is obviously a good rock 'n' roll band, but listen closely — especially to its lyrics — and you'll hear a great rock 'n' roll band. The group has been making sharp, thoughtful music since the late '90s, with the first of its seven albums...
October 15, 2013 - 4:37am
The cult following behind The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been largely underground, but has been no secret. Fans have been going to midnight screenings of the film since 1975 to do The Time Warp again (and again). Presumably, that joke has also been written again (and again). But something...
October 15, 2013 - 4:29am
A powerful earthquake has left dozens of people dead in the Philippines. The quake, whose magnitude was first reported as 7.2 and then downgraded to 7.1, struck near the city of Catigbian in the inland area of Bohol, one of the central Visayas Islands. At least 93 people have been...
October 15, 2013 - 3:56am
Authorities in Los Angeles were investigating a dry ice bomb that went off at the city's international airport late Monday, causing no damage or injuries. The explosion of the relatively harmless device was the second in as many days. Monday night's incident occurred outside the airport's Tom Bradley Terminal. There...
October 15, 2013 - 3:36am
What is James Franco doing? People started asking this question, in earnest, somewhere around the time he went on General Hospital in 2009. Up until then, he'd been a young actor whose path was relatively normal: he was on Freaks & Geeks , and in Never Been Kissed , and...
October 15, 2013 - 3:14am
Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Welcome To Week Three Of The Shutdown. -- Leaders Express 'Cautious Optimism' Over Iran Nuclear Plan. And here are more early headlines: Alleged Al Qaida Bomber To Appear Today In Federal Court In New York. ( CNN ) Report: NSA Collects Email,...
October 15, 2013 - 3:00am
Iran's proposal for easing the standoff over its nuclear program seems to be getting initial positive reviews at Tuesday's start of multiparty talks in Geneva. A spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the Iranian delegation had made a PowerPoint presentation outlining their plan at the beginning of...
October 15, 2013 - 3:00am
Sometimes, friends of friends are the best way to discover new music. Or, at the very least, friends of artists you never want to miss live. This was the case with Ryley Walker, a close friend and frequent tour buddy of American Primitive guitarist Daniel Bachman . Walker would accompany...
October 15, 2013 - 2:52am
(Editor's Note: Starting this week, we're introducing a weekday feature of headlines from newspapers around the world.) Britain's Guardian reports on former minister David Maclean, a member of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party, saying Britain's spy agencies may be operating outside the law in the mass surveillance of the...
October 15, 2013 - 2:10am
The partial government shutdown begins its third week on Tuesday as the debt ceiling deadline looms just two days from now. Congressional leaders seem to be inching toward a deal that could prove acceptable to both sides and the White House. But, we've been here before. USAToday describes the broad...
