June 2007
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M. Ward - Post - War
2006 was a bad year. 2006 was an awful, no good, terrible year. 2006 was the year that Satan rose from his (or her) layer of destruction and brought torment to me every where I went. I could have done without the whole damn thing. Few good things happened, and the bad things nearly killed me. I suppose it is easy to see why I would have overlooked such a good album, I was too worried about...
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Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
I’ll cut to the chase: it’s not very good; Queens is an honest to goodness “good” band too, which is why this is so difficult to say. On Era Vulgaris, the fifth release from the stoner-supergroup with the ever-revolving lineup led by resident scary asshole Josh Homme, the group (I’m guessing) has churned out a factory made, run of the mill, rock album. It’s...
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Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
The Fantastic Four vs. The Universe Part of the joy of being a comic book geek is the liquidity of stories and characters at your disposal. In this alternate universe, nearly anything goes. You can ascribe nearly any superpower to your heroes and villains as well as being able to alter the, thought previously to be immutable, laws of nature to nearly any degree. What is by far the most interesting...
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Justice Served! (kind of...)
I have to admit: today, for a brief moment—I was elated. I was elated because the heiress of the Hilton Hotel fortune was ordered (and forcefully moved, I might add) to return to jail to fulfill the rest of a 45 day sentence for violating a probation ordered by the court for reckless driving. She was intially released by the sheriff to serve the remainder of her sentence under house arrest....
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Singled Out: White Stripes - "Icky Thump"
Alright—I was with you all along until this. 1. Two-piece, garage-rock, guitar/drums outfit. Ok…not too bad. 2. Lead man getting into scuffle at clubs with other bands. Sounds like Rock’n’Roll to me. 3. Ambiguous, slightly incestuous relationship between lead man and drummer. Alright…I’ll bite. 4. Icky Thump. Now this just doesn’t make any goddamn sense....