The Traveler

As the new year keeps moving forward, the UA campus is moving closer each day to rocking out with the Los Angeles- based rock band Foo Fighters. Vocalist/guitarist Dave Grohl and company - drummer Taylor Hawkins, bassist Nate Mendel and guitarist Chris Shiflett - will perform Monday, Jan. 28, at Barnhill arena.… Post the First Comment

George Hunt paints the blues.

It isn't the color blue that is the focus of his work, but instead the blues music that has been a part of the painter's life since he was a child growing up in the South.

The Memphis-based artist, born in rural Louisiana in 1940 and raised in Hot Springs, began drawing when he was about 4 years old.… Post the First Comment

Last semester, I wrote a column touching on the next-generation "format war" between HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs. Personally, I was sitting on the fence with both players, which is all the better to offer you, dear reader, a more balanced view of both formats.… 2 Comments