This next statement may be blasphemous; however, it is nevertheless true. Quasimoto’s Further Adventures Of Lord Quas sounds a lot like Slim Shady’s LP. More specifically, imagine Eminem rapping over the Beat Street soundtrack, all the while inhaling a helium-filled balloon, in the midst of a green-leaf-smoke-filled room. And that’s pretty much all you need […]
VCR – VCRSideOneDummy It’s 1979 and these wacky kids from Georgia are getting set to come on stage. Rumor is this B-52 outfit wears 50s bee-hive hair do’s and sings about moons, planets and lobsters.
It’s been four years since Rilo Kiley‘s first tour and they show no sign of slowing down. Compared to their first two month tour in 2001, in 2005 they’ll be clocking about seven months on the road. With the leap from a fifteen passenger van to a full-on tour bus, the shift marks a change […]
Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazak)Studio Ghibli and Walt Disney Pictures Studio Ghibi is Japan’s premier animation studio, having given the world such pictures as Nausicaa, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away, and the great feature Princess Mononoke. Helmed by the always impressive and legendary director/writer Hayao Miyazaki, Ghibli continues their trend of visionary fantasy with the […]
Lords of Dogtown (2005, Catherine Hardwicke) “Lords of Dogtown” is the perfect summer movie. The story is archetypal: three guys from the wrong side of the tracks create a new style of skateboarding and achieve fame and fortune, and realize what’s important. Sounds like a typical summer flick, with the cute boys and the bikinis […]
Every now and then a band not only outlives its pigeonhole, but explodes the very idea of it. Though you’ll never hear Sleater-Kinney mentioned without a reference to Kill Rock Stars, the Pacific Northwest, or Riot Grrrl, they’ve become a band that is so much bigger than any and all of those things, and far […]
