New Music Reviews report my Kent Manthie Joan of Arc: Flowers Polyvinyl Records, 2009 Legendary Chicago scenesters, Joan of Arc, have just released Flowers, their latest CD. Amazingly it is another brilliant, innovative and unique (which goes without saying) album. In 2007 JOA put out Boo! Human an equally great CD that they had no trouble following-up. That album, Boo! […]
Joan of Arc, Trespassers William, worriedaboutsatan ~ By Kent Manthie
art show: BLACK OUT
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HELL YEAH! metal review: Resurrecturis
Resurrecturis Review by Tim Fennell I love metal, I fucking love it. I love it when a band comes out, breaks the mold, pushes the envelope and says “fuck all” and finds a way to defy what we have heard and learned previously of metal so far, kicks us in the face, and crushes balls. Heavy, it’s got to be […]
Jazz Psychedelia
The Spaceman Of Ocean Beach San Diego, CA YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS The drunken, sporadic genius of O.B.’s Spaceman By Sarah Gordon If you hung out in Ocean Beach in the ’80s or early ’90s, you surely knew Spaceman. Every day, the old, blind and usually drunk man sat in his wheelchair on Newport Street wearing a self-promoting “Spaceman” t-shirt […]
new music: James Haitchwai, Code
Washington DC singer/songwriterJames Haitchwai releases Code review by Kathryn Reade “The first step – especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money – the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. […]
San Diego BAD FOOD review: Brick Alley
“Would you like a side order ofHershey Squirts with that awful chicken?” Brick Alley 3577 Midway Drive Reviewer’s Tweets * Bad food alert! Lookout for the “1-Quarter Chicken” dinner at Brick Alley, 3577 Midway Drive, SD 92110. Undercooked or spoilt, still unsure. 2 hours ago by Rob Reviewer Still don’t feel too good. Bleagh! Just look at this shit. I […]
Detroit’s New “Artist” District
Got $100? Welcome to your new Detroit home from CNN.com Story Highlights: * Detroit artists buy a trashed, abandoned house for $100, fix it up * Other artists have bought cheap houses in the same neighborhood * The Power House was the first home, meant to power the other houses nearby By Ashley Fantz (CNN) — If an e-mail popped […]
New App Recommendation
Awesome new application: UberTwitter! If you have a smartphone, GET IT NOW! … Especially if you like posting photo tweets. ~RR