I first met John Doe after an X show in Denver, where I discovered that we share a taste for Jameson Irish whiskey as well as coffee (“It’s the blood of the gods,” he says). The co-frontman and bassist from L.A.’s (and possibly America’s) best punk rock band has recently put out a new solo […]
Torremolinos 73 (2003, Pablo Berger) If you’ve been waiting for the heir apparent to Pedro Almódovar to appear, you can relax. Pablo Berger’s Torremolinos 73 is a sexy, fun, goodhearted little movie like Almódovar’s earliest, though without the drag queens and S&M. This little film is a spoof on the straight and porn film industries […]
It is too bad that we live in the age of rehashing. You know, the age where everything is “re-packaged to appeal to a new, more youthful” market. It is the age that saw everything good—and plenty not so good—shows from television made into movies. The age where a director had the nerve—no, the gall—to […]
Takeover Records has done it again: June 28th starts round two in their three-way split releases. This time, the split features three songs each from Near Miss (Takeover Records), Reeve Oliver (The Militia Group), and The Matches (Epitaph). Usually, I’m not a big fan of splits because more often than not, either one band will […]
“Rock’n’roll is a prostitute,” says Jonathan Rhys-Meyers’ character in Velvet Goldmine, Todd Haynes’ filmic ode to glam rock. She sure is when she’s done well, as she is by Hollywood band The Vacation. If Iggy Pop, the New York Dolls, and Guns ‘n’ Roses had a threesome and managed to spawn, it might sound like […]
You like dirt? And grease in your hair? And bar brawls? And sleaze? And fast cars? Fast guitars? If the answer is “yes” to all of the above, you’ll probably like Throw Rag’s brand of high-octane rock ‘n’ roll. It’s basic, it’s down n’ dirty, it’s all about getting in and out of trouble and […]
