Does it matter if there are few or no original members in that band you’re paying to see? Bob Pomeroy muses on legacy bands. Are they real or are they Memorex?

A selection of short reviews of recently released jazz records.

SATOKO FUJII AT 100 (Plus). Bob Pomeroy reviews three albums from the prolific artist: Hiyaku, One Hundred Dreams, Perpetual Motion, and Torrent.

Robert Pomeroy tracks down a long lost album on the web and catches up with two other bands on Facebook.

Bob Pomeroy muses on the music that is helping him through these troubled times.

Neon dinosaurs and latex ladies are nothing unusual at kinky conventions like Tampa’s Fetishcon or Exotica Detroit. Bob Pomeroy takes a walk or two on the wild side and reports back on the events. He admits that walking through Home Depot will never be the same.

Watching too much Fox News can make a person jaded. Why can’t people get along? When Bob Pomeroy hears genre-blending sounds like those made by Lenke Lichtenberg and the Sunny Jain Collective , he realizes we’ve been listening to the wrong people.

Ever wonder where those electronic squiggles in old Science Fiction films came from? Ever wonder about the first bands to abandon guitars for electronic instruments? Two new films from Plexfilm show you how Robert Moog taught circuits to sing and how British pop bands put those sounds on the pop charts. Bob Pomeroy sings the body electric.

The women are doing it for themselves! This issue of Target or Flag gives you the low down on four women making music in very different styles but displaying the same independent spirit.

It takes Ted Leo and the Pharmacists performance at the Sarasota Film Festival to get Bob Pomeroy thinking about ska again. Trust us, it makes sense. A few days later he finds the rude boys skanking with the Toasters in St. Petersburg.

Columnist Bob Pomeroy’s belated reaction to the 2004 election takes us through his own personal grieving process. The common link between these discs is, they all lack vocals.

Bob Pomeroy surveys the vast array of anti-Bush events and concert tours that are taking place all over the country and can’t help but be more than a little excited. Catch the fever at Target Or Flag!

On hold because of our recent server troubles, Bob Pomeroy’s in-depth take on Michael Moore’s latest is still about as good as you are going to read anywhere.

Target Or Flag :: Considering Dengue Fever :: Tuesday, May 4th, 2004

Target Or Flag :: The Confounding Mr. Cale :: Saturday, February 28th, 2004

The girls from the Suicide Girls web site decide to put on a show and take it on the road.

Bob Pomeroy looks north of the Arctic Circle and finds great music. What’s even more surprising, it goes over well on the dance floor.

Target Or Flag :: Girlz Garage in St. Petersburg :: Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

Bob Pomeroy salutes the independent spirit of college radio, and finds local solace in the 11th Hour programs on WMNF.

Bob Pomeroy pokes holes in the old maxim about rock n’ roll being a young man’s game with profiles of the Ex, Mekons, and Sonic Youth.