I met with the editor of the Reviewer the other day at a Point Loma coffee house and he gave me a fat stack of CDs to listen to. Just a bunch of random stuff. I’m all about discovering new music so I took them home and immediately started consuming the audio. The disc I put in first was a […]
CD review: Devine’s Jug Band
Financial Warefare Against Wikileaks
Julian Assange & Wikileaks Targeted Website’s Donation Collection Company Caves To Political Pressure At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The 391,832 reports (‘The Iraq War Logs’), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March […]
CD review: GRINDERMAN 2
[New Music] GRINDERMAN 2 CD review by Mookie Grinderman 2 came out in September of this year and a copy of the deluxe edition just recently fell into my hands. It includes a book of illustrations, lyrics and a poster of the four guys in the band. Grinderman is what happens when Nick Cave starts writing songs on his guitar […]
Local Radio: Changes Underway
“Mookie” will return… Recently Fired 91X DJ Mookie Already Planning A Comeback A first-person essay for Reviewer Magazine by Marc “Mookie” Kaczor [At right: Mookie at the mic. Photo from his Facebook. -Editor] Most of the old school radio veterans in San Diego are quick to tell stories of how the industry used to be. They said the DJs were […]
Legislating Against Truth
WikiLeaks Ban or Global Secrecy Act? Criminalizing WikiLeaks may well deny victims of war crimes international legal attention by helping to keep the crimes secret and thus may protect the perpetrators, notes D. H. Kerby. [From Middle East Online, www.middle-east-online.com.] Sen. John Ensign, a Nevada Republican, has proposed amending the Espionage Act specifically to target WikiLeaks and other media organizations […]
book review: The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones: Sound Opinions on the Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Rivalry
[Book Review] The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones: Sound Opinions on the Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Rivalry Text by Jim deRogatis and Greg Kot 2010, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, MN Reviewed by Kent Manthie Well Voyageur Press has done it again…This time the Minneapolis-based publishers of such memorable “coffee-table” books, such as the history-in-pictures-and-text of The Velvet Underground: A 30 Year […]
DVD review: alt short film Home Made Monster
Home Made Monster (The Musical) From Scumbag Movies, written and directed by Leia Gadow and Brandon Gadow, starring Leia Gadow, Brandon Gadow, Rick Reger, Jesus Yepez, Blaire Whitcomb, Chuck Green, Amy GreenEarl WinstonHamit Kilic, Lisa Merullo-Boaz, Dilan Cheavacci, Capitan, music by The Jim Rowdy Show, Bobby Dickson, Paul Rey Reviewed by Robert Shamlin A girl needs love. The alcoholic man […]
DVD review: My Son My Son What Have Ye Done
[DVD review] My Son My Son What Have Ye Done Directed by Werner Herzog, written by Werner Herzog and Herbert Golder, starring Chloë Sevigny, Willem Dafoe, Michael Shannon, Udo Kier, produced by David Lynch, 2009. Coverage by Reviewer Rob Looking for a movie to rent I saw this box on the shelf. It was a crime drama with Willem Dafoe […]