Mac testified before Congress. That in itself sounds super cool and important. Seriously, though, Mac testified on the future of radio, putting forth the importance of non-commercial, independent radio. Here is an excerpt: I also want to urge this committee to take the necessary steps to ensure that our media landscape does not become even more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
File this under great “did that just happen” moments. Portastatic released a trio of great albums in the aught’s: Summer of the Shark (2003) Bright Ideas (2005) Be Still Please (2006) After Summer of the Shark set the standard for this new era of band-based Portastatic I was super excited for Bright Ideas, and it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper was the gateway drug, Fear of a Black Planet was my graduation to the hard stuff. The combination of Chuck D’s intensity and Flavor Flav’s insanity really appealed to me and I still maintain that this is the best rap album ever produced. I bought the cassette tape […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A young boy of about 13 or 14 sits in the passenger seat of a car that his mother is driving. This is the day, he thinks to himself, which then sends his stomach into a fit of somersaults. He’s not sure how to pull this off right under the nose of his watchful mother, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is a great summary at Live For Films of Kevin Smith’s Red State being shown and sold (to himself) at the Sundance Film Festival, so I wont bother with regurgitating the facts. First off, I cannot imagine anyone was surprised at his actions. Kevin has been railing against “the industry” for some time now. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My transition from rap to metal was fairly quick, straight path. I started down the rock road with a lot of classics, like Aerosmith and Hendrix then moving into harder stuff like AC/DC and Def Leopard. Once I got a taste of some heavy guitars I couldn’t get enough. The next thing I knew I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week’s post about the great new podcast Never Not Funny Presents: Rock Solid inspired me to dive under the covers. I checked my iPod covers playlist and started pulling out my favourites, but found myself thinking a lot about Anthrax. A favourite of mine back in the late 80′s and early 90′s, I do […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
