http://www.reviewermagazine.com/carlins-dead-page.html obit: George Carlin Has Died and Humanity Is Doomed According to the all-knowing web, the iconoclastic comedian and social commentator of Irish-American wit and way-with-wordage George Carlin has taken his final bow today at 6PM in Santa Monica. His comedy bit “Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television” helped shape the way Americans look at censorship and the […]
George Carlin dies
New Music CD reviews By Matthew Powers 6-08
New Music CD reviews By Matthew Powers ::: Bayadera Rotation of the Earth An unironic cover of the most overtly commercial song pop song in history (Wham!’s “Careless Whisper”) says it all: Bayadera want to make it, and make it big. Their template has potential. Gina Bandy’s vocals are smooth as the synth sax in Wham’s original while the light, […]
Tom Waits tour opener in Pheonix show review
http://reviewermagazine.com/tom-waits-show-review-page.html [show review] Tom Waits 6-17-08 (Tour’s Opening Night) Orpheum Theatre Phoenix, AZ story and photos by Jim Steinfeldt Band: Tom Waits: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Megaphone Casey Waits: Drums Seth Ford-Young: Bass Omar Torrez: Guitar, Cigar Box Banjo Patrick Warren: Keyboards Vincent Henry: Sax, Clarinet, Harmonica “WE CAN’T KEEP TALKING LIKE THIS AT THESE PRICES.” So spoke Mr. Waits and […]
Ray At Night: NOIR Photo Art Show at Planet Rooth
Reviewer-view: http://reviewermagazine.com/bryan-barnes-at-planet-rooth-page.html NOIR Art Show at Planet Rooth Bryan Barnes and Gustav Rooth, video interview Planet Rooth at Ray At Night, San Diego, 6-14-08 Bryan Barnes is a San Diego photographer currently based in Escondido who works on art for film projects in Hollywood and is having an art show at Planet Rooth on North Park’s Ray Street. Last weekend […]
Jim Goad's Brain Tumor
http://www.reviewermagazine.com/jim-goads-tumor.html The Brain Surgery Of Jim Goad If this isn’t an elaborate hoax like one of his scathing satire zines published in the mid-90s to spoof his competition with Answer Me, it appears that the great populist yet underground writer James Thaddeus Goad has been diagnosed with a type of brain cancer (on the outside of the cranium… not attacking […]
The National with Ferraby Lionheart show review
http://reviewermagazine.com/the-national-and-ferraby-show.html The National with Ferraby Lionheart @ House of Blues San Diego on May 28 Show review by Matt Powers With its ornate carpeting, wooden architecture, and tiny stage the House of Blues feels more like a Shakespearean courtyard than a traditional rock venue. And that worked fine for opener Ferraby Lionheart. With his scarf, anachronistic name, and heavy scruff, […]
Gift of the Dreamtime: Awakening to the Divinity of Trauma [book review]
[Self Help} Gift of the Dreamtime: Awakening to the Divinity of Trauma by S. Kelley Harrell http://www.myspace.com/copperbeech Spilled Candy Books, 146 pages Book review by Julia Watson Columnist, shamanic teacher and first time author S. Kelly Harrell offers readers a deeply personal account of her spiritual journey of healing in Gift of the Dreamtime: Awakening to the Divinity of Trauma. […]
Protest Music History
http://www.reviewermagazine.com/history-of-protest-music.html THE HISTORY OF PROTEST MUSIC IN AMERICA by Jack Hickey The origins of protest music began with the birth of man in the heart of Africa, where primates evolved into humans and social units developed. Spurred by the need to protect both people and resources in these newly formed communities, music arose as a means to communicate impending danger […]