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Sony shut down Beatallica’s website! What the fuck? The world should not be without Sergeant Hetfield’s Motorbreath Pub Band! At least I saw ‘em live. And at least I have both (free, they NEVER charged money for their) CDs. Bunch of savages in this town. …ahhh well. Remember Rwake? I saw those guys live, too. [...]

Music music music music music music… I’m supposed to write about music. But sometimes, the world of music simply isn’t very exciting. It happens in the world of television and movies as well, and it certainly happens more often than not if one were to be writing about art or architecture. I suppose I can [...]

Okay, so there’s this song, “Things” by Collision, which has been stuck in my head ALL WEEK. Collision used to be one of my favorite bands back in the earlyish ’90s. They had two albums — the eponymous debut with Headbanger’s Ball favorites “Chains” and “Maximum Respect,” and this totally buried grungey followup, Coarse, which [...]

Sure, I was a fresh-faced kid. We all were. Such was the glamour of working your very first job, surrounded by other children who still spent their time complaining about how life wasn’t fair and how nothing they were asked to do was in their job description. Everything was always done half-assed, people called in [...]

Brazilian Girls – Brazilian Girls Verve, 2005 1. Home 2. Don’t Stop 3. Lazy Lover 4. Sire Nes de la Fote 5. Corner Store 6. Long 7. Pussy 8. Die Gedken Sind Frei (Thoughts Are Free) 9. All We Have 10. Dance Till the Morning Sun 11. Me Gustas Cuando Callas 12. Ships in the [...]

1. Peaches “AA XXX” 2. Tiga “Hot In Herre” 3. Mylo “Muscle Car (Reform Reprise)” 4. Felix da Housecat featuring Princess Superstar “Choochie Coo” 5. Goldfrapp “Train” 6. Futon “I Wanna Be Your Dog” 7. Xlover “Lovesucker” 8. Ladytron “Sugar” 9. Whitey “Leave Them All Behind” 10. Virgin Tears “Rock And Roll (Part 3)” 11. [...]

December and January are simply awful for new album releases. Marketing-wise, it makes sense; most of the big names push to get everything together by Thanksgiving in the hopes of a huge blitz of holiday sales. People realize the extent of their wanton holiday spending and cut back on frivolous purchases like CDs and the [...]

Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee And I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishment But most of all, because my God, I have offended Thee Who art all good Like I knew you would And deserving of all my love I reserve I reserve I reserve I [...]

When he was the age I am right now, my dad was screwing around on my mom. Look. I know we weren’t the most awesome of kids. It was just me and my sister, and god knows how much she would drive me up the wall. Two girls who didn’t enjoy roughhousing. And then there’s [...]