Month: August 2000

Dread Kennedys

Music Reviews

I’m not quite sold on the purpose of this record. Was the world really crying…

Too Personal For Professional

Features

Where does a teacher’s public life end, and where does his private life begin? Should teachers have to serve as representatives of their occupation 24 hours a day, or should they be allowed the same chance at a private life as the rest of us? After learning of the termination of his former high school teacher for “improper behavior” after school hours, Jason Feifer pondered just these questions.

The Waxwings

Music Reviews

Mere words cannot describe the heaven of this record. Gathering up everything…

The Melody Unit

Music Reviews

By borrowing the formula from bands like Olivia Tremor Control and the Beta B…

Esham

Music Reviews

At the musical crossroads of Too Short’s gangsta flow, Alice Cooper’s theater…

The Explosion

Music Reviews

This brings me back. Back to when I was sick of high school, sick of the esta…

Iggy Pop

Music Reviews

Hard to believe Iggy Pop has been releasing records for over 30 years. Harder…

The Golden Age

Music Reviews

Just about every compilation of German music I’ve heard reveals that the coun…

The Changelings

Music Reviews

This 6-song CD is a sort of compilation of songs that were written as soundtr…

The Spinanes

Music Reviews

One of the really good people, in music or otherwise, is Rebecca Gates from t…

Fortune Cookies

Music Reviews

Berkeley, CA’s Fortune Records has some impressive music in their arsenal, mo…

Camera Obscura

Music Reviews

The San Diego post-punk scene of the 1990s has a checkered, incestuous, yet n…

Agent Steel

Music Reviews

Agent Steel are one of those “cult” metal bands, bands who made a few records…

Steve Morse

Music Reviews

Now this is an interesting idea. Give major guitar-burner Steve Morse (Dixie …

Jeff Buckley

Music Reviews

Jeff Buckley only released one full-length album, Grace, before his un…

UMO3

Music Reviews

UMO3 is gumdrop sweet and taffy thick. I can’t help but think of a trip to th…

Richard Davies

Music Reviews

Nearly half a decade after collaborations with Eric Matthews (in Cardinal), t…

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Event Reviews

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Eclipse 2024

Features

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