New Music Reviews by Kent Manthie John Amen All I’ll Never Need (Cool Midget Records) Somebody gimme an Amen!!! The fresh musical stylings of one who calls himself John Amen are apt, terse and ultimately have some sort of spooky sensuality to it. An example is “Waiting for Mary”; a haunting reverie of unrequited love (?) that revolves around the […]
New Music Reviews 9/13/07
Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? CD review
Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? review by Collin Wicker Hissing Fauna is a masterpiece, a sparkling gem of the indie world, spawned from holy ground, Athens, GA. Truthfully, I’ve never heard another album like it, part Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, part Bowie, with dance undertones and indie flair. Most of the songs on Hissing Fauna […]
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J Downs San Diego independent artist J Downs has been on the SoCal scene for about 4 years, making a local name for himself with his fresh blend of hip-hop and live instrumentation. With the early spring 2007 release of his debut album All-Division and the winter release his second album Cali Shine, J has captured audiences with his new […]
RJD2's The Third Hand review
[CD review] RJD2 The Third Hand Reviewed by Collin Wicker In his newest album, The Third Hand, RJD2 moves away from Hip Hop instrumentalism, ventures into the expansive realm that is pop music, and reinvents himself as a talented singer/ multi-instrumentalist. Unlike his previous two solo albums, most of the tracks on The Third Hand contain vocals, and it’s not […]
The Trail Of Saddam Hussain
[excerpt] The Trial Of Saddam Hussain as described in Hollywood Wiretapping,the new novel by William Wheaton. ~Ed Like the Path of Mussolini By William Wheaton The Circus Begins Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants are led into pens in the center of the courtroom, the media arena. Saddam sits next to Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, who was his intelligence chief; former Vice-President […]
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[opus] Complete image and detail photos of Who Would Have Known You Had To Go To School For That (2007) by Jason Sherry, Van Dyke brown print and collage, 28″x24″, price: $1800. Photographed last night during Kettner Nights at the THIS IS MY COUNTRY show opening and the gallery’s inaugural night. Luis De Jesus, Seminal Projects 2040 India Street Little […]
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Life Drawing at The Ubiquitous Bee CLASSES, PRIVATE INSTRUCTION, KETTNER NIGHTS ART SCENE PARTIES S. Jacqueline Nicolini, The Ubiquitous Bee, 2400 Kettner Blvd, Studio 252 619.549.9016 http://www.ubiquitousbee.com http://jacthebee.blogspot.com The Life Drawing & Painting Open Studio Workshop The Ubiquitous Bee Studio presents the Figure Workshop for drawing or painting from the nude figure. Beginners and experienced artists will find this open […]
Renee Zawawi DVD review
[DVD review] Renee Zawawi DVD Review by Kent Manthie The lovely and talented Renee Zawawi has just released a DVD – it is a collection of videos; music from the two CDs of hers that are currently out: “One Time in Italy” and “Legends”. The videos are flashy, romantic vignettes; fantasy shots of Renee dancing with some sexy beau in […]