This Is Long But Incredibly Important
This Is Long But Incredibly Important - posted by Ben Varkentine on August 04, 2004 12:28
This Is Long But Incredibly Important - posted by Ben Varkentine on August 04, 2004 12:28
Dear god, they’re turning on each other - posted by Ben Varkentine on August 04, 2004 12:04
Mutual Admiration Society,Mutual Admiration Society,Sugar Hill,Andrew Ellis
How Serious Was The Terror Warning? - posted by Ben Varkentine on August 04, 2004 11:44
Concept,noisy,pendantic,Monday’s Hero,Love Carries An Ax,Lucid Records,Carl F Gauze
Joe Satriani,Steve Vai,Yngwie Malmsteen,electric guitar,high-flying solos,Eric Johnson,Potato Head Groove Thing,G3 - (Satriani/Vai/Malmsteen),Live - Rockin’ In The Free World,Epic,Joe Frietze
Jeremiah Freed,Slowburn,self-released,Andrew Ellis
Look Left, Look Right - posted by Ben Varkentine on August 03, 2004 15:30
Do you remember when girls wore slacks? - so hip! Traffic stops, men get heart attacks - so hip! Seems so strange Carl F Gauze took it like that…so hip it hurts!
The Chicago Tribune Has My Back - posted by Ben Varkentine on August 03, 2004 14:17
The Cure (Geffen). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Friend of Howard (Littlebrother). Review by Stein Haukland.
Bodysong (Parlophone). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Up The Bracket (Rough Trade). Review by Danny Lewis.
For the Love of Music (SubCity). Review by Troy Jewell.
teenage sexuality suicide drug use ,Generation S.L.U.T.,by Marty Beckerman,Pocket Books MTV Books,Daniel Mitchell
post-punk,melodic,rock,Lovedrug,Pretend You’re Alive,Militia Group,Daniel Mitchell
Rick Springfield,Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance,self-released,Andrew Ellis
36 Crazyfists,A Snow Capped Romance,Roadrunner,Nick Plante
Poetry Corner - posted by Ben Varkentine on August 02, 2004 23:48
Gasoline Lollipops’ newest single, “Freedom Don’t Come Easy,” is today’s mother lovin’ punk rock folk anthem.
Frank Henenlotter’s gory grindhouse classic Basket Case looks as grimy as the streets of Times Square, and that is one of the film’s greatest assets. Arrow Video gives this unlikely candidate a welcome fresh release.
Despite the Mother’s Day factor, hundreds of fervent, faithful followers still flocked to Orlando’s famed Plaza Live to catch an earlybird set from Jimmy Failla — one of the hottest names on today’s national comedy scene.
Ink 19 readers get an early listen and look at “Cool Sparkling Water,” a new single from Lonnie Walker.
Jeremy Glazier has a bucket list day at a Los Lobos 50th Anniversary show in Davenport, Iowa.
Carl F. Gauze reviews the not-quite one-woman show, Always… Patsy Cline, based on the true story of Cline’s friendship with Louise Seger, who met the star in l961 and corresponded with Cline until her death.
Carl F. Gauze reviews this interesting look at the surprising history and scandalous etymology of jazz, in Weird Music That Goes On Forever, by Bob Suren.
Two new releases from Free Dirt Records use sound and music to tell stories about our history.
A lady Tarzan and her gorilla have a rough time adapting to high society in Lorraine of the Lions (1925), one of four silent films on Accidentally Preserved: Volume 5, unleashed by Ben Model and Undercrank Productions, with musical scores by Jon C. Mirsalis.