In Wikipedia the listing for karaoke reads thusly: “Karaoke (Japanese: カラオケ, from 空 karano, “empty” or “void”, and オーケストラ ōkesutora, “orchestra”) is a form of entertainment in which an amateur singer or singers sing along with recorded music on microphone. The music is typically of a well-known song in which the voice of the original singer is absent or reduced […]
Kara-oke "Empty Orchestra" at Peter D's
CD reviews
new CD reviews by Kent Manthie UBZORB (s/t) (Cordhead Recordings) One cool tune on this record is track 5: “Size Mick”, the chorus: “Seismic waves and Cosmic Rays/destroy the maze…” Cool, huh, so California. Apocalyptic visions of a California bursting at the seams, earthquakes, fire, death, destruction – constant reference to May 15…something bad is going to happen then, probably […]
The Wicker Man movie review
The Wicker Man Refueled By Christina Armani And the parade of Hollywood remakes continues, the newest one being a remake of the 1974 British Screenplay The Wicker Man. I have seen the original twice (by choice) with my English professor and it’s one of my favorite movies. As for the new remake with Nicholas Cage, I have three words – […]
pyroclastic BS
ABOUT THE 9-11 CONSPIRACY MOVEMENT watch this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1822764959599063248 There’s a lot of things that this habitual eyeglass adjusting “MIT engineer” says which is questionable, but the thing that made me want to shut off the video right away was when he described the dust cloud of the individual towers collapsing as “pyroclastic.” A pyroclastic flow is a super-heated cloud of […]
Club Fashion Whore
haut FASHION Above, Club Fashion Whore, 9/9/06, at San Diego Sports Club. Photos by Reviewer Rob.
Exploiting 9-11 [from moveon.org]
In a little over 48 hours, ABC will air a five-hour “docudrama” on the 9/11 attacks. The movie was written and produced by a right-wing activist who fabricated key scenes to blame Democrats and defend Republicans.1 It’s so partisan that even Rush Limbaugh was surprised ABC decided to air it.2 And an FBI agent who was brought in to consult […]
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Syd Barrett, R.I.P.
SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND A Panegyric to Syd Barrett Reprinted with permission from The Mag (UK) Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett (January 6, 1946 – July 7, 2006) by Alissa Ordabai The story of Syd Barrett is a perfect example of how not to live your life if you want a lasting career in show business. But then again, Barrett’s […]