Amazon Review: Pete Yorn Live In New Jersey |
Pete live is better than on record Anybody out there roll their eyes when you hear a music fan say a musical performer is better live than on CD? I did and still do when I hear people say t...
Posted by Wade on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:49:00 PST |
Amazon Review: Thank You For Smoking |
Thank You for Smoking is a delicious politically incorrect film that pokes fun at our knee-jerk PC nature in the most unlikely of ways. Taking the most demonized now of our society's legal but dangero...
Posted by Wade on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:57:00 PST |
Amazon Review: Ryan Adams -- Rock N Roll |
Ryan Adams records have traditionally kept his sound in the alt-country box that the prolific artist has mastered producing nine records by the age of 32. Rock N Roll is a noteable exception being a c...
Posted by Wade on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:54:00 PST |
Ryan Adams -- Cold Roses -- Accessible Yet True |
Ryan Adams seems to produce two types of albums. Either you get the dark, misunderstood soul who showed-up on Love Is Hell or the melodic pop smith who showed up on Gold. Since then each record I have...
Posted by Wade on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:37:00 PST |
Big, Bold And Beautiful |
CD Review: The Tragically Hip
World Container ****/5 starts
Following The Tragically Hip for the last few years has been following a sinking ship. Seemingly entering the twilight of their career, reme...
Posted by Wade on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:51:00 PST |
BLAM CD Review |
Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies Are Me
4/5 -- Creative and daring for this pop outfit
The Barenaked Ladies (BNL) career could be divided into two parts that flows into two countries.&nbs...
Posted by Wade on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:47:00 PST |
Affluent freeze out homeless |
Affluent freeze out homeless
Beach residents threaten legal action to stop church's plans for a once-a-week `Out of the Cold' drop-in centre
December 28, 2006 --> -->Joseph Hall --> -->Toro...
Posted by Wade on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:12:00 PST |
When Nothing Else Matters Review -- Honest and Absorbing |
The Michael Jordan story always seems to be told in extremes. Either he is heralded as an icon so mindlessly that the storytelling appears uninteresting or he is vilified, as previous writers knew the...
Posted by Wade on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:47:00 PST |
'The Real America,' Redefined |
'The Real America,' Redefined
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006; Page A29
Washington Post
When a nation alters its philosophical direction and changes its assumptions, there is...
Posted by Wade on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:54:00 PST |
Nightcrawler Review -- A study in the term hit and misses |
Pete Yorn's Nightcrawler is a study in the term hit and misses. The singer songwriter's third record recalls and sometimes outshines his previous efforts, but at the same time cannot create the consis...
Posted by Wade on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:45:00 PST |
