Wanted: Energetic yet well-mannered party persons for fun in sparkly vinyl seats, groovin' to the ones and twos and slammin' whiskey.

In April of 2006, Tara Yule was stocking groceries at Linden Hills Co-op with Amber "Benny" Benson. "Hey, I have this idea," Yule said to her longtime friend. "Let's open a bar!"

Like director David Fincher's 1995 film, "Se7en," his latest release, "Zodiac," plays with the viewer's sense of control over the action by limiting its protagonists' omniscience to a series of dead-end clues and theories that, in similar mystery films, come prepackaged as a reward for simply sticking it out to the end.

Good evening, my children. My name is Win Butler, and I am joined tonight by my wife Régine Chassagne and our seven (or eight, or nine, depending on whether we're feeling particularly brotherly) members in faith, the Arcade Fire.

Man can tell a story with a lotta heart, even if he seems to have his priorities in the wrong places. "Black Snake Moan" is like Cinderella comes to Memphis one afternoon. We just bleed more, drink more, cuss more and show more down here in the dirty south.

Apparently if you have been a handyman's helper, a beach babe and Kid Rock's wife, there's really no need to reach outside your comfort zone - and your proven skill set.

Unlike a lot of hip-hop breakup stories, this one does not involve a beef or a feud or drama. Times change, people grow and artists, like Joe Collins and Allen Chocolate of The NU, go their separate ways.