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Advice column: Bitter breakup blues

Ben Erwin
April 29, 2004

‘Bill’ survives on sub par DVD package sans extras

Ben Erwin
April 29, 2004

Predictions from the all-knowing magic eight-ball

Ben Erwin
April 29, 2004

Supagroup, Christpuncher provide ear-splitting night

Ben Erwin
April 22, 2004

Opinion: Paying high price of convenience

Ben Erwin
April 22, 2004

Something Corporate, Yellowcard co-headline Sunday

Ben Erwin
April 22, 2004

Zeke headlines special Monday show

Ben Erwin
April 15, 2004

Guide to better living

Ben Erwin
April 15, 2004

Doing the rock world one better

Ben Erwin
April 15, 2004

‘Freaks and Geeks’ born again on lush DVD boxed set

Ben Erwin
April 15, 2004

Deluxe ‘Blue’ shows quirkier side of Weezer

Ben Erwin
April 8, 2004

Little left undone on ‘Video Capture Device’

Ben Erwin
April 8, 2004

Size doesn’t matter at bucolic Sullivan VFW

Ben Erwin
April 8, 2004

Smith’s latest from Jersey, one sweet ‘Girl’

Ben Erwin
April 2, 2004

Popper lost weight, but not his voice

Ben Erwin
April 2, 2004

‘Eternal Sunshine’ spotty at best despite clever conventions

Ben Erwin
March 26, 2004

Future Leaders headline night of rock Friday

Ben Erwin
March 26, 2004

‘Dawn of the Dead’ remake all style over substance

Ben Erwin
March 26, 2004

Damage Plan fails to find ‘Power’

Ben Erwin
March 26, 2004

Grohl writes love letter to his youth with ‘Probot’

Ben Erwin
March 12, 2004

Chappelle delightfully offensive in premiere season collection

Ben Erwin
March 12, 2004

Black dominates Rock’n DVD

Ben Erwin
March 12, 2004

Hookah bar Nargile lights up night life

Ben Erwin
March 5, 2004

Pepsi campaign mixing message

Ben Erwin
February 20, 2004

Lookin’ for love in all the weird places

Ben Erwin
February 20, 2004

DVD extras end up adding little to ‘Translation’

Ben Erwin
February 20, 2004

Writer sends misguided letters to paper

Ben Erwin
February 20, 2004

Plagiarizing program worth buying

Ben Erwin
February 20, 2004

Chicago’s Tossers headline raucous night of rock

Ben Erwin
February 12, 2004

Movies to set the mood or help forget the holiday entirely

Ben Erwin
February 12, 2004

Who will take home Grammy gold?

Ben Erwin
February 6, 2004

The Grammys: an exercise in award show futility

Ben Erwin
February 6, 2004

Muddled ‘Mexico’ saved by numerous DVD extras

Ben Erwin
January 30, 2004

Cute, cuddly and horribly wrong

Ben Erwin
January 30, 2004

Horror titans cover tepid script with DVD extras

Ben Erwin
January 23, 2004

‘Originals’ awful in every possible way

Ben Erwin
January 23, 2004

Zebrahead returns with mediocre, uninspired cookie cutter rock

Ben Erwin
January 23, 2004

Sullen, Saltwater Vampires return to Charleston

Ben Erwin
January 23, 2004

When litigious meets lascivious

Ben Erwin
January 16, 2004

The best music 2003 had to offer

Ben Erwin
January 16, 2004

Final film best viewed as piece of ‘Rings’ pie

Ben Erwin
January 16, 2004

Korn is back!? And much improved

Ben Erwin
December 12, 2003

Spoof rock, or is it? Tenacious D breaks the mold

Ben Erwin
December 5, 2003

‘X2’ ties up original’s loose ends; extras blow

Ben Erwin
December 5, 2003

Jackson’s ‘Number Ones’ fail the test of time

Ben Erwin
December 5, 2003

Sometimes silence truly is golden

Ben Erwin
December 1, 2003

Comprehensive ‘Two Towers’ astounds

Ben Erwin
November 21, 2003

‘Indiana Jones’ DVD fails to find proverbial Holy Grail

Ben Erwin
November 21, 2003

Avoiding the ass-kissing olympics

Ben Erwin
November 11, 2003

Longer bar hours up to students

Ben Erwin
November 10, 2003

Avoiding the ass-kissing olympics

Ben Erwin
November 10, 2003

Urge Overkill frontman wows Friends crowd on Halloween

Ben Erwin
November 7, 2003

Teitur-ing on the verge of stardom

Ben Erwin
November 7, 2003

The newest face of Foley

Ben Erwin
October 31, 2003

AC/DC and The Stooge’s lovechild out with new album

Ben Erwin
October 31, 2003

Breaches no excuse for further action

Ben Erwin
October 27, 2003

Monster’s Ball

Ben Erwin
October 23, 2003

‘HTF’ offers deliciously devilish fun on ‘Second Serving’

Ben Erwin
October 23, 2003

DePalma’s ‘Scarface’ returns with lackluster anniversary edition

Ben Erwin
October 23, 2003

Swampass, Hit Gone Bad make return to home turf

Ben Erwin
October 15, 2003

Happy Tree Friends offers deliciously develish fun on “Second Serving”

Ben Erwin
October 15, 2003

End of the world as we know it?

Ben Erwin
October 12, 2003

End of the world as we know it?

Ben Erwin
October 12, 2003

Celebrating the ‘Year of the Spider’ with Cold

Ben Erwin
October 9, 2003

Harry Potter and the campaign of greed

Ben Erwin
September 28, 2003

Chuckstock is more than peace and love

Ben Erwin
September 25, 2003

Pennywise returns with the powerful ‘From the Ashes’

Ben Erwin
September 25, 2003

Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame nominees keep same formula for success

Ben Erwin
September 25, 2003

Smacking down voter registration

Ben Erwin
September 24, 2003

Karma will kill industry dogma

Ben Erwin
September 14, 2003

Boston’s Dropkick Murphys sing louder and prouder than ever on the surprising ‘Blackout’

Ben Erwin
September 4, 2003

Dashboard Confessional loses its ferocity at the sake of happiness

Ben Erwin
September 4, 2003

Alkaline Trio lighten up on the the uneven ‘Good Mourning’

Ben Erwin
September 4, 2003

Exploring the real freshman 15

Ben Erwin
August 24, 2003

Editor In Chief Jamie Fetty wiles her summer away in the bowels of Indiana:

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

Mullady interns at the Star and returns as city editor, despite the fact Charleston in no way resembles a city

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

Haas maintains title of hardest working man in photography

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

Chiariello trades reporting for press releases and researching for Premiere Tourism Marketing

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

Carrasquillo takes the reigns as Managing Editor

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

Williams parlays DEN experience into internship at Journal Standard

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

Meinheit works up a storm for the star…. Literally

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

Matt Stevens asks “Paper or Plastic” and speaks on his beloved Brew Crew

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

And remember to enjoy your summer while we’re busy fixing bugs and preparing to bring the best Charleston has to offer

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

McAuliffe plays dodgeball, travels to Africa and train-hops during his summer on

Ben Erwin
July 9, 2003

DVD Releases for April 28:

Ben Erwin
May 1, 2003

New CD Releases for April 28:

Ben Erwin
May 1, 2003

Tips for Finals:

Ben Erwin
May 1, 2003

Change(over) has come

Ben Erwin
April 24, 2003

CD Releases for April 22:

Ben Erwin
April 24, 2003

DVD Releases for April 22:

Ben Erwin
April 24, 2003

Dave Chappelle, one of America’s hottest comedians, brings his humorous social commentary to Lantz Arena

Ben Erwin
April 24, 2003

Garnering a little nugget of ‘Nashville Star’power

Ben Erwin
April 20, 2003

From Panther to pornstar to public relations

Ben Erwin
April 17, 2003

CD Reviews for April 15:

Ben Erwin
April 17, 2003

Entertaining, bloody, animation courtesy of ‘Happy Tree Friends’

Ben Erwin
April 17, 2003

DVD Releases for April 25:

Ben Erwin
April 17, 2003

The change over begins Monday for all DEN staffers

Ben Erwin
April 17, 2003

Mellower ‘Hellride’ most well rounded Black Label Society release to date

Ben Erwin
April 17, 2003

‘So Long’ credibility, hello mediocrity

Ben Erwin
April 10, 2003

New CD Releases for April 8:

Ben Erwin
April 10, 2003

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