Headache: “Discography” CD and mini book (Life is Abuse Records) Review by Kent Manthie It is a good thing to see this culture evolving into the jaded paradigm of Fahrenheit 9/11 and “The DaVinci Code” these days; Sartre would feel vindicated. One way of looking at the rise of cynicism is to say that at least people aren’t so naïve […]
Headache: “Discography” CD and mini book review
Some Girls photos
Below: pictures of Some Girls performing at The Che Cafe, reviewed here previously, as well as various faces in the crowd, on 7/7/06. All photography by Rob Reviewer, fame@reviewermag.com.
Green Day: American Idiots & the New Punk Explosion book review
Green Day: American Idiots & the New Punk Explosion by Ben Myers (disinformation) Book review by Jason Isbell Punk music. It is a genre so full of contradictory dichotomies. The majority of its members often spout musical principles which tend to border on a kind of underground elitism; all the while they thumb their nose at any authority or member […]
Peeping Tom CD review
Peeping Tom—self titled (Ipecac Recordings) Genius, prolific, totally insane… Many are the adjectives used when describing the ever enigmatic but seemingly inexhaustible Mike Patton. And many are the bands he’s been a part of—Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Fantomas, Lovage, and his most recent solo project (kind of) Peeping Tom. However, due to the level on which Patton functions, […]
Experience the Awesomeness
Below… alternative writer Lisa Carver and San Diego alt rocker Billy Druid at the Che Cafe, on the evening of 7/7/06. Photo by Reviewer Rob.
Friday night at the Che
Friday Night at the Che Café By Kent Manthie During World War II the campus of what’s now UCSD was appropriated by the US Army for their enlisted men as a barracks, a camp by the sea for soldiers in training before they were off to fight the bloody conflict in the Pacific or Europe. Well, the building that was […]
Legendary Pink Dots show review
Legendary Pink Dots @ the Casbah, SD Thursday, July 6, 2006 Review by Kent Manthie To make the evening worth going out on this hot, sticky night, Wax Trax alumni, Legendary Pink Dots played a 25th anniversary show at the Casbah, an intimate little club in San Diego, the classic SD indie music haunt. Some might feel claustrophobic in there; […]
The Cult of the Suicide Bomber DVD review
“The Cult of the Suicide Bomber” DVD (Disinformation) review by John Trent Ex-CIA man Robert Baer revisits his old stomping ground in this 90 minute documentary, wherein he traces the evolution of the suicide bomber. We travel through Iran, Lebanon, Israel and finally into the West – London, New York, Madrid and watch the development of suicide bombings from their […]