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“Rampage” Video Game to Become a Movie

“Rampage” Video Game to Become a Movie

According to Ain’t It Cool News, a movie based on the popular 1980s arcade game Rampage has been given the green light. Rampage was a [...]

Kurt Cobain Pic Causes Courtney Love to Meltdown in Concert, Rant Against Dave Grohl

Kurt Cobain Pic Causes Courtney Love to Meltdown in Concert, Rant Against Dave Grohl

Courtney Love went on a rant during Hole’s November 17th performance at the SWU Festival in Brazil. After spotting a fan holding a photo of [...]

CASIOKIDS – Aabenbaringen over aaskammen
reviewed by Evan Pearson

CASIOKIDS – Aabenbaringen over aaskammen

For those of you not well versed in Norwegian, Aabenbaringen over aaskammen means “The Revelation Over The Mountain,” and that title, though seemingly more suitable [...]

NBC Orders a Pilot of a “Munsters” Remake

NBC Orders a Pilot of a “Munsters” Remake

For a while, it has been rumored that “The Munsters” may make a return to TV. Now, IMDB reports that NBC has taken a giant [...]

LOS ANGELES STORIES by Ry Cooder
reviewed by Matt Edmund

LOS ANGELES STORIES by Ry Cooder

City Lights, 232 pages, paperback, $15.95 I remember hearing Ry Cooder’s 2005 album Chavez Ravine after my old man burned me a copy of it [...]

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1

Summit Entertainment 117 min., dir. by Bill Condon with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner Piercing the hearts of tween girls and love-starved mothers, [...]

THE APPLESEED CAST – Low Level Owl Vol. I & II
reviewed by Patrick Hosken

THE APPLESEED CAST – Low Level Owl Vol. I & II

Certain albums are delicately crafted by bands to be breathtakingly epic in scope. Attention to detail and sonic experimentation helped Radiohead conquer the world in [...]

84-Year-Old Woman Pepper Sprayed at Occupy Seattle

84-Year-Old Woman Pepper Sprayed at Occupy Seattle

Via The Atlantic Wire comes this photo by photographer Joshua Trujillo. Trujillo snapped a photo of 84-year-old Dorli Rainey, her face coated in pepper spray, being led [...]

THE DESCENDANTS
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

THE DESCENDANTS

Ad Hominem Enterprises 115 mins., dir. by Alexander Payne, with George Clooney, Beau Bridges, and Judy Greer The genius of a film such as Boogie Nights [...]

STILL CORNERS – Creatures of an Hour
reviewed by Peter Cauvel

STILL CORNERS – Creatures of an Hour

Good music often has a way of evoking imagery within its listeners. Certain combinations of chords and words can stir up thoughts, memories, or feelings [...]

HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE – 17th Street
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE – 17th Street

The newest album from this long-running San Francisco outfit is easily one of the best hard rock/metal releases of the year.  Principal Hammer John Cobbett [...]

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS – In the Pit of the Stomach
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS – In the Pit of the Stomach

Here is just another reason to love Scotland and all things Scottish. We Were Promised Jetpacks is back with their second full-length album and it [...]

IMMORTALS
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

IMMORTALS

Relativity Media 110 mins., dir. by Tarsem Singh, with Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, and Freida Pinto Tarsem Singh is not the most recognizable name. His [...]

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL – Mergers & Acquisitions
reviewed by Matt Edmund

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL – Mergers & Acquisitions

Cooking up their own brand of alternative folk, Have Gun Will Travel have released their third album Mergers & Acquisitions. This collection of 12 folk-driven [...]

COMPANY – Holy City
reviewed by Patrick Hosken

COMPANY – Holy City

Any singer that rhymes “happiness” with “acquiesce” is cool in my book. That’s exactly what Company vocalist Brian Hannon does on the opening track from [...]