The sound of screaming fans, jingling cowbells and the whine of Axl Rose belting "Welcome to the Jungle" rang out at Tiffany Springs Park yesterday as the Cyclocross National Championships kicked off four days of muddy mayhem.
"He's riding that bike like he just stole it from the front of a 7-Eleven!" shouted one of the announcers as a grime-spattered cyclist shot past a patio of picnic tables where racers and spectators were enjoying beer and barbecue in the barely 40-degree weather
By Randall RobertsYou don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'
In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Good thing there were so many awesome records available to serve as a soundtrack for exactly that kind of behavior. The ten discs below are just the tip of a very big, very heavy iceberg. Metal seems t
Eminem's mind-blowing Marshall Mathers LP, filled with homophobic and misogynist content as well as musical brilliance, promises to spark feverish free-speech debates.
