It appears that in recent years Pearl Jam has decided that what the band does best are rock songs — bracing, catchy and concise rock songs at that. And we’re all the better for the band reaching that conclusion. The experimental and adventurous tendencies on albums like “No Code,” “Yield” and “Riot Act” produced interesting results, but more often than not, the best songs on those albums were straight-on rockers.

By David Wiegand
Scripps Howard News
As George Bernard Shaw famously put it (although Oscar Wilde made a similar observation), England and the United States are two nations separated by a common language. And to that we …

MANCHESTER — The Palace Youth Theatre kicks off its 2009-10 season with the musical, “Blue’s Clues LIVE!,” at the Palace Theatre in downtown Manchester.
The show runs from Oct. 8 to 10, with performances at 2 …

LONDONDERRY — The group 5 Flavor Discount will be performing at Whippersnappers on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 9:30 p.m.
Based out of Providence, R.I., 5 Flavor Discount performs a versatile set featuring costumes, accent dancers, stage …