December 2008 – Ink 19

Ant (of Atmosphere)
- Interviews
- December 31, 2008
Word on the street (OK, biology class) is that an ant can carry up to 25 times its body weight. As beatmeister for hip-hop duo Atmosphere, Ant has been delivering truly heavy funk for over a decade. Chris Catania goes backstage to get the lowdown on Ant’s beats, rhymes, and life.
KCP 5
- Music Reviews
- December 31, 2008
Many Ways (Double Moon). Review by Chris Catania.
Ivan Ives
- Music Reviews
- December 31, 2008
LA Heat (No Threshold). Review by Chris Catania.
Joao Gilberto = Bliss
- Truth to Power
- December 31, 2008
Joao Gilberto = Bliss – posted by James Mann on December 31, 2008 07:17
Guess who’s the third most popular Russian?
- Truth to Power
- December 31, 2008
Guess who’s the third most popular Russian? – posted by James Mann on December 31, 2008 06:53
Criticize us? No crackers and grape juice for you
- Truth to Power
- December 31, 2008
Criticize us? No crackers and grape juice for you – posted by James Mann on December 31, 2008 06:49
ASVA
- Music Reviews
- December 30, 2008
What You Don’t Know Is Frontier (Southern). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Too Cool to be Forgotten
- Print Reviews
- December 30, 2008
Alex Robinson‘s latest graphic novel takes you back to a place you might not be ready for — 10th grade. Bruce Phillips enjoys the trip.
Joakim
- Music Reviews
- December 30, 2008
Monsters & Silly Songs (Versatile ). Review by Chris Catania.
Freddie Hubbard, RIP
- Truth to Power
- December 30, 2008
Freddie Hubbard, RIP – posted by James Mann on December 30, 2008 07:40
Tanks in the streets, baby. Tanks in the street…
- Truth to Power
- December 30, 2008
Tanks in the streets, baby. Tanks in the street… – posted by James Mann on December 30, 2008 07:32
Now they’re ramming aid ships?
- Truth to Power
- December 30, 2008
Now they’re ramming aid ships? – posted by James Mann on December 30, 2008 07:28
Crosby, Stills and Nash
- Print Reviews
- December 29, 2008
This deluxe anniversary edition of Dave Zimmer’s exhaustive CSN (and Y!) history offers a good many clues as to what exactly killed the hippie dream, thinks Matthew Moyer.
The Parties
- Music Reviews
- December 29, 2008
Can’t Come Down (Rainbow Quartz). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Ben Nichols
- Music Reviews
- December 29, 2008
The Last Pale Light in the West (Liberty & Lament /The Rebel Group). Review by Jen Cray.
The utter crap we’re fed
- Truth to Power
- December 29, 2008
The utter crap we’re fed – posted by James Mann on December 29, 2008 07:19
A monument to a lie
- Truth to Power
- December 29, 2008
A monument to a lie – posted by James Mann on December 29, 2008 07:05
Sounds like 2010 will be a doozy…
- Truth to Power
- December 29, 2008
Sounds like 2010 will be a doozy… – posted by James Mann on December 29, 2008 06:48
Celtic Thunder
- Event Reviews
- December 28, 2008
Great voices and Celtic Music from a band made popular on PBS lilt through the UCF Arena. Carl F Gauze knows it’s going to be an early, and comfy, night.
Portugal. The Man
- Event Reviews
- December 26, 2008
In which our hero, Addam Donnelly, gets his dirty old church mouth cleaned out by Portugal. The Man, and a sound that defies description. Fortunately, he expected the unexpected.

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