and hot damn is it good!!! Cave, Ellis, Casey and Sclavunos reassemble for their second album and all is right with the world of rock and roll. I woke up somewhat early and completely excited, downed a pot of coffee and headed out to pick up the album. On the way home I meandered along … Continue reading
Steampunk. Ahh, an interesting ‘genre’, no? I have some issues with Steampunk, as most folks see it, but absolutely LOVE the texture and atmosphere of it as a whole. Nothing like the rainy, foggy streets of London, women in corsets, men in jackets with tails and a little bit of violent technological extrapolation, eh? My … Continue reading
To sit down and read Grant Morrison’s entire run on Batman in one shot is something of a larger-than-life, consciousness-expanding experience, for the reader and for a character that gets a lot of grit and darkness but still usually remains within the common paradigms of the modern superhero story (usually). Beginning with issue #655 I … Continue reading
Ass. And apparently in keeping with this she’s released some appropriate press photos. I’m hearing a catch phrase like… ‘Putting the Ass Back in Suck Ass Fuck Face…’ or something like that. How did I happen to know Lita Ford had a new album? Am I a member of the fan club? Nope. I was … Continue reading
Wow. I lived in Chicago for the first thirty years of my life and thought that I knew most of its musical history but let me tell you, I didn’t know shit. Joe Losurdo and Christina Tillman’s documentary ‘You Weren’t There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977 to 1984‘ was an eye-opener in many regards … Continue reading
Last week I stumbled across the music of Krowne. It is dark, percolating electronic mood and I fell immediately under its spell. This led me to contact the man behind the music and inquire whether I could ask him some questions. He said yes, so here’s our conversation via email: Q: How long have you … Continue reading
I decided to title my first post on new music in a while in honor of the band that only days ago captured my heart. We Have Band, a three-piece electro/pop/rock/whateveryoucallitcallitgreat group from London whose debut album surfaced sometime in the last few months and absolutely rocks. My friend Chris innocently enough told me about … Continue reading
GIJOE: COBRA II. This book has consistently been gaining on, dare I say it, The Walking Dead as my favorite monthly. I know, I can’t believe it either. My initial reaction to my comic shop dealer Mike telling me I should be reading this was, ‘ah, yeah, no thank you.’ I’ve a soft spot or … Continue reading
Yeah, I know. It was really hard to bring myself to fess up to, but a fact is a fact. Up until about four nights ago when my wife and I watched The Runaways, which I had a really bad attitude about going into, I could not stand the Stewart. Media darlings automatically get my … Continue reading
Well, in a real fight I have my sense of who would win here but there’s plenty of room for both these guys in the world, when they’re not doing shitty movies (hmmmph… Mr. Cage I am looking at you here). It’s a bit surprising that I find myself even making a statement that puts … Continue reading