NEW MUSIC REVIEWS by Sterling Preston Naked Beggars Spit It Out Presenting well-crafted rock n roll in the style of the 80s, Naked Beggars are a skilled group of musicians. Inga’s vocals kick out a lot of soul – drawing comparisons to Melissa Etheridge – and traces of Lynyrd Skynrd and even some bluesy Rolling Stones can be heard in […]
NEW MUSIC REVIEWS by Sterling Preston
Vote for Joe
Submitted by Joe Granata [Casting Ballots] Joe Granata has been placed on the Official Ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Committee. The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Committee has placed Joe Granata on the Official Ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards in the following categories: Please note: Each category […]
DJ Suave
DJ Suave interview by TL Chester DJ Suave out of Chicago, also known as the founder and executive director of Hip Hop ConnXion/Hip Hop Force dance troupes; visited Lexington , KY for a private show the weekend of October 12th. Hip Hop ConnXion was voted the best of dance in 2006. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YllCOKJgBI4) As to what Suave refers to as the […]
Emery Interview
Emery Interview & Photo shoot 10-1-07, MSO, Sherman Oaks, CA Story and photos by Jim Steinfeldt (http://www.steinfeldtphotography.com) Jim Steinfeldt (JS): Hey guys kick your feet up on the desk like it’s your board room Emery: Like this? JS: Yeh Emery: Hey it looks like the Abbey Road cover with the bare feet. JS: You guys look like your part of […]
PJ Harvey's White Cchalk
PJ Harvey White Chalk CD review by Sterling Preston With White Chalk, PJ Harvey sets down the rock guitar and learns to play piano. But don’t be discouraged by the alleged disappearance of her usual raw electric power. Simply put, it hasn’t gone anywhere. This album retains the elements of intensity and near-awkwardness that draw us to the music of […]
The Whole World Just Stopped
Surfer gets attacked by a Great White shark in Humbolt County The CNN video leads: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/10/02/phillips.ca.shark.bite.victim.kiem [Below is the entry from the Shark Attack Monitor blog but the photo they use doesn’t appear to be from the actual incident. ~Ed.] SCARED — 28 September 2007 — Humbolt County, Northern California, USA — surfer attacked Sue Snyder (no age reported) escaped […]
"catastrophic volcanic eruption" off Yemen
[That’s HOT!] Erupting Volcanos! (From http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_re_mi_ea/yemen_volcano) TORONTO – A volcano has erupted on a tiny island off the coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air, a Canadian naval vessel near the island in the Red Sea reported Sunday. There were no immediate reports of deaths, but at least eight people were missing. The Yemeni […]
the Black Dahlia movie review
[indy movie review] Black Dahlia Movie DVD ©2007 Director: Ramzi Abed http://www.blackdahliamovie.com http://www.myspace.com/blackdahliamovie indy movie review by Kent Manthie Earlier this year, indie filmmaker Ramzi Abed took a really outré turn in his latest work, the hallucinatory Black Dahlia Movie. Its arrival coincided with the 60th anniversary of the 1947 crime, the still unsolved and viciously heinous killing of the […]