Calling all Neil Young fans…

[Book Review] Neil Young, Long May You Run: An Illustrated History By Daniel Durchholz and Gary Graff Voyageur Press Minneapolis, 2010, hardcover book review by Kent Manthie Into his fifth decade as an uncompromising, unpredictable and awe-inspiring songwriter Neil Young has touched the hearts and minds of many types of people: in other words, there’s no particular demographic for who […]

Lisa Suckdog Carver Performed Au Naturel

[Art History] “The Crazy Bitch Came Through” Tweet by Krk Dominguez [Normally we avoid posting nudes content here but this is different. Lisa is art history. Members: CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY WITH THE NUDE PHOTOS. To become a member join the Xblog HERE.] I know you’re not here for a history lesson, but I’m not getting paid to entertain […]

Ben Johnson Plays It Straight

[Video Interview] “I Don’t Judge People” “I was never a glass of wine with dinner…” Ben Johnson of The Long and Short Of It, Hostile Combover, a new rap project and The Casbah, talks with Reviewer Rob at The Living Room Coffee Shop in Point Loma, on 6/5/10, about his band’s videos, his bassist being paralyzed from the waist down, […]

The Long & Short of It

[Hardcore] The long and Short of it caw! : an unkindness of ravens review by Dan Clark When the words “California” and “hardcore” are out together in a sentence bands such as Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys come to mind, after listening to San Diego band “The Long and Short of it All” I will never make that assumption […]

New Music

Indy Music ~ New & Improved CD reviews by Kent Manthie Love is All Two Thousand and Ten Injuries Polyvinyl Records, 2010 www.polyvinylrecords.com Here is another fantastic release from one of the best indie labels in the country: Polyvinyl Records. You may not be all that familiar with them if you live on the West Coast and/or listen to a […]

FREE SHOW in OB TONIGHT!!!

Americana in OB The Evangenitals play Winston’s (10 pm) in OB tonight, with River City and Little Hurringcane. This aughta be a barn burner, folks.

they put all your stuff in the dumpster /he said

[Free Verse] he said she said Poetry and photos by Brittany Vipond Thu at 9:43pm he said she said he said nah she’s been gone for weeks he said I didn’t think you were coming back he said i’m not she said they put all your stuff in the dumpster he said i can pick through it and see if […]

Here are a few new releases to whet your palate:

Aloha Home Acres Polyvinyl Records, 2009 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Well this is a nice surprise. Aloha has finally come into their own, so to speak. Home Acres is the third CD I’ve reviewed, which is when I got hip to the band. On previous CDs, Aloha seemed to be searching for a niche, a subgenre they could settle into […]