I really look forward to the time between Halloween and Thanksgiving for the great weather and the emergence of the Anti-Pop lineup.
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Nov 182007
The Tennessee 3 “Walk the Line” and “Orange Blossom Special” The Tennessee 3 “Ghost Riders in the Sky” The Tennessee 3 “Folsam Prison Blues” behind The Lodge The Tennessee 3 “I was There When it Happened” and “Luther Did the Boogie Woogie” Aesop Rock¬† “None Shall Pass” The Social Pavillion Spoon “The Underdog” at Firestone [...]
Nov 182007
The Pumpkins are back! Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin rose from the ashes of their former selves and put together an incredible rock album that gets better with every listen. The release of Zeitgeist follows a unique marketing build-up and blitz designed to restore interest in a 7-year defunct band and reward long-time fans with [...]
Sep 252007
“Nicotine Valium Vicodin Marijuana Ecstasy and Alcohol…C-C-C-C-C-Cocaine!”
Sep 152007
“Knock Knock! Who’s There? Rock and Roll bitch!!”
Aug 152007
God, What an Awful Racket! Youth-oriented shows start too early. Some of us (do the annoying finger-quote thing) ‚ “adults” who haven’t “grown up” yet, have “jobs” and “priorities” and can’t get to a show at 5 p.m. So when I stroll in at 8:30 p.m., Shadows Fall – the last band before the Scumdogs [...]
Jul 282007
There was a weird metal crowd with opposing agendas: Marilyn Manson fans and Slayer fans. Although they are metal (Slayer way more so) they represent opposite ends of the metal spectrum. Slayer from the shredding, in-your- face old school of metal and Manson on the Goth, Industrial side. Slayer blew the place to pieces while [...]
Jul 192007
The Smashing Pumpkin residency in Asheville, North Carolina at the Orange Peel was one of the most amazing musical experiences of my life. For a $20 ticket – if you could get one – fans were allowed in to watch soundchecks and hang out with (annoy) the band. Then 9 sold out shows spread out [...]
Jul 172007
Josh Homme and his revolving cast of Queens of the Stone Age are back to usher in the Era Vulgaris. The album is an ode to the times, QOTSA style. Not a scathing reprimand of corrupt political bureaucracies or a morally devoid society, but an embrace of lifestyles only we can attain: cheap cigarettes, ample [...]
Jun 202007
Marilyn Manson returns this year with Eat Me Drink Me, an album long awaited by fat girls who cut themselves. Eat Me marks a transition for Manson into a more ambitious and musical phase of song composition and away from the Ministry meets The Exorcist post-industrial Glam/ Goth he championed. Manson deserves credit for trying [...]