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When the history of 90's music is written I can only hope that while obvious super groups like The Pixies and Nirvana will be rightfully heralded for not only their amazing songwriting abilities but their virtual overnight erasure of the hair-rock malaise… Continue reading
WARNING: Nerd Level Omega here, tread with Caution!!!So I've been meandering around the internet this morning in a state of distracted sleeplessness and somehow something made me think of the Transformers. NOT THE MOVIES. I'm eschewing all facets of the… Continue reading
The funny thing about January in Southern California is how much the weather this time of year reminds me of when we used to have a season called ‘Spring' in the Midwest*. Out here we go from cold in December (for us, maybe 50 degrees during the day and… Continue reading
It's Sunday night, April 8th, 1990. I'm a… Sophomore in high school. None of my friends have cars yet and so the four guys or so that comprise my suburban ‘crew' walk the heavily wooded streets at night*, drink on the big wooden porch behind our… Continue reading
The movie theatre grows suddenly dark and an ominous voice over fills the aural spaces of the lushly carpeted room: (In the Optimus Prime guy voice:)IN A WORLD RACKED WITH CONTRADICTION FOR MOVIE GOERS: THEY WANT SPECIAL EFFECTS. THEY WANT OSCAR-WINNING… Continue reading
Patton Patton Patton!!! He's got a host of new projects, from the release of the long-awaited Mondocane album to a new project called NEVERMEN with, are you ready? TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe (!!!) Throw in a rumored super-secret project with Queens of… Continue reading
Before we begin – I would like to offer the disclaimer that this list is not a list of what I think are the best or most important movies of the decade. My music list was that, filtered of course through my own experiences. With films however I do not hit as… Continue reading
Many of you will know what Chick publications is, even if you don't know that you do. Wait, backup. Many of you will know the work Chick Publications produces even if you do not know Chick publications by name. Have you ever known someone, maybe a high school… Continue reading
A list like this is virtually impossible to construct and stick to with a straight face – catch me on any given day and one or more of these might saddle down a notch or two to make room for something I am no doubt forgetting at this particular moment. But… Continue reading
I tried to hate the West Wing. When my wife started ordering the discs from Netflix about two years ago I ignored them – I wasn't going to go for anything so overtly ‘Network'. Oh no, not me. I mean, Martin Sheen? Loooong time since Apocalypse Now kids.… Continue reading
Recently I discovered a fascinating topic of discussion over at Alex Cunningham's website Oddbill*. The topic is Lo Fi Sci Fi and Mr. Cunningham, AKA Oddbill himself, is doing an excellent job of finding, reviewing and contexualizing a sub genre I had little… Continue reading
As I've gotten older I've developed an interesting relationship with Heavy Metal*. For quite some time in the 90's I divorced myself from anything that would, in our current vernacular, be classified as heavy metal. What the hell does that mean? It means I've… Continue reading
