Month: December 2000

Bastard Obligatory Year-End List Mania Now

Bladejob

It’s time for Bladejob to dole out dubious year-end honors for the “best” that Wrestling had to offer in 2000. Objectivity and common sense went right out the window…

Meet The Parents

Music Reviews

If you’re a Randy Newman fan, then run, don’t walk to get this album. If you …

Firebird

Music Reviews

Disappointing, truly disappointing. Imagine my excitement as Firebird’s epony…

The Woggles

Music Reviews

There’s an energy that the Woggles have in a live setting that makes it impos…

The No-No’s

Music Reviews

Portland scenesters the No-No’s have been at the indie-pop-punk wheel since t…

Solarfly

Music Reviews

I have no idea where these guys are from, where they’re going, or what they’r…

Barenaked Ladies

Music Reviews

Welcome to the new “mature” Barenaked Ladies. This merry band of wacky Canadi…

Breakestra

Music Reviews

There has been a time-honored and well-honed tradition among the heads from a…

The Explosion

Music Reviews

Noble thing Revelation’s trying to do, with expanding the horizons of their r…

The Crüxshadows

Music Reviews

After hearing the excellent tracks they contributed to Projekt’s Excelsis …

The Lilys

Music Reviews

Enfant terrible Kurt Heasley has gone through a number of musical inca…

My Ruin

Music Reviews

I don’t even want to get into the baggage that Tarrie B’s persona hefts aroun…

Free the West Memphis Three

Interviews

In 1993, three boys were tried and convicted for murder – not based on physical evidence, but on the grounds that they were ‘Satanists’ because they listened to heavy metal and read books by Stephen King. Despite a national outcry and an Academy Award-winning documentary on the case, the boys are still in prison. Supersuckers’ frontman Eddie Spaghetti put together a compilation to help Free the West Memphis Three, and recently discussed the compilation and the case with Sean Carswell.

Immolation

Music Reviews

During the past decade, few death-metal bands have consistently upped the ant…

Blur

Music Reviews

There’s a reason they call it Brit-pop. For the last decade, Blur have been m…

Great Lakes

Event Reviews

Great Lakes at the Knitting Factory in New York City, NY on October 20, 2000. Concert review by Jason Feifer.

Adult Toys

Features

Many toys aren’t intended for kids. Phil Bailey takes a look at some of the more interesting toys aimed at grown-ups, including lines based on the Universal Monsters, The Simpsons, and pin-up queen Bettie Page.

Maze Of Torment

Music Reviews

Death Strikes… indeed, “death” does strike here – three times, in f…

Entombed

Music Reviews

Damn shame how Entombed’s getting no love these days, what with the Roadrunne…

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Dark Water

Dark Water

Screen Reviews

J-Horror classic Dark Water (2002) makes the skin crawl with an unease that lasts long after the film is over. Phil Bailey reviews the new Arrow Video release.

The Shootist

The Shootist

Screen Reviews

John Wayne’s final movie sees the cowboy actor go out on a high note, in The Shootist, one of his best performances.