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Alter Bridge
Live in Amsterdam
DC3 Music Group
www.alterbridge.com
Review by Kent Manthie
So, first there was a serious, creative and original (non-christian) rock band from Seattle that called themselves Pearl Jam. They got big really fast – in fact, their debut CD, Ten had about six or seven hits on there that you heard [...]
Whose Running the congress? The elected representatives or the Catholic Church and the Insurance Companies?
Analysis by Kent Manthie
Harry Reid as well as the president are two individuals who are responsible for the train wreck that this “health care reform” bill has degenerated to. Why those two? Because they [...]
The Magic Mixture
This is the Magic Mixture
Self-Released
Reviewed by Kent Manthie
Originally issued in 1967
Talk about a blast from the past! The Magic Mixture – and oh what meaning that would’ve had in the lysergic 1960s music and arts scene!- has just three years of tunes re-released on this one CD, entitled [...]
Ape
Survival of the Fittest
Barred Records
www.apeband.com
Reviewed by Kent Manthie
Toronto-based metal band, Ape, has just released their first full-length CD, entitled Survival of the Fittest. The band was founded a few years ago by guitarist/vocalist and songwriter Everett Mason and bass player Galen Weir. To complete the circle of this trio, they’ve brought in drummer [...]
Tippycanoe and the Paddlemen
Parasols and Pekingese
Late Bloomers Works
http://www.tippycanoe.net
Reviewed by Kent Manthie
Michele Kappel, aka Tippycanoe and her band, the Paddlemen, have just come out with their latest CD – Parasols and Pekingese a countrified CD full of a Bay Area (they’re from Oakland) brand of country – not a pathetic warbling [...]
The Shake-Ups
Breathing the Flood
Self-released 2008
http://www.theshakeups.net
Reviewed by Kent Manthie
The latest CD from power-pop mavens, The Shake-Ups, Breathing the Flood, is the fifth or sixth album from these hipsters from the heartland of the US – Indiana and it is true that some of the best bands are those that come from the [...]
I Am Absolute Freedom
A novel by Sylvia Mick
Lulu Books, 2009
Reviewed by Kent Manthie
Here is a book by Italian writer, bon vivant and generally a wild, free-spirited sexual no-holds-barred woman. I Am Absolute Freedom is the debut autobiographical book by Sylvia Mick.
Reading I Am Absolute Freedom, one [...]
Sir Splendid
Diamond Dreams
Self-Released CD
Reviewed by Kent Manthie
San Diego, even though it’s a sleepy Navy and retiree city – like a really big small town, if that makes sense (it does if you’ve ever been here) has actually spawned quite a number of popular bands that have made it to the “big [...]
Mod Amish
No Use For Sunshine
Punch Ass Productions
Reviewed by Kent Manthie
Got Mod? – San Diego’s Mod Amish does and their modern-rock isn’t gimmicky nor do they fit into a box labeled “Emo” “Power-pop” or “Punk manqué”, they just do their own thing and make no apologies for it.
Their [...]
Joan of Arc Presents:
Don’t Mind Control
Polyvinyl Records
Reviewed by Kent Manthie
Extra, Extra: Just out! A new CD featuring current and sometime and former members of the Joan of Arc gang, Don’t Mind Control; bands with JOA alumni including Euphone, Disappears, Birdshow, Ghosts & Vodka, Pillars & Tongues, The Zoo Wheel, Vacations, The Cairo Gang and more [...]
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