Month: May 2005

How the Left Lost Teen Spirit

Print Reviews

Tired of rehashing the all-too-current Bush years? So’s Ben Varkentine , but he’s making an exception for unabashed “Hollywood liberal” Danny Goldberg’s catalog of attacks on free speech in the past 25 years. He hopes you will too. Politics and free speech, myths and realities, come one, come all, my friends, to the show that never ends.

Billy Idol

Event Reviews

Punk Rock Pop Star Billy Idol is touring in support of his comeback album, Devil’s Playground , and Jen Cray has the good news – he still rocks!

Fields of the Nephilim

Screen Reviews

An impressive DVD compendium captures the dark theatrics of goth pioneers Fields of the Nephilim. Remember them like this, Matthew Moyer advises.

More Than A Feeling

Features

Our normally cheerful editor, James Mann , is cranky on the subject of public noise pollution masquerading as nostalgia.

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Swans

Swans

Event Reviews

40 years on, Michael Gira and Swans continue to bring a ritualistic experience that needs to be heard in order to be believed. Featured photo by Reese Cann.

Eclipse 2024

Eclipse 2024

Features

The biggest astronomical event of the decade coincides with a long overdue trip to Austin, Texas.

Sun Ra

Sun Ra

Music Reviews

At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976/1977 (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.