Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: January 13, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Dead Bell

The Dead Bell / :40 / $2 (No Prisoners) / 84M / [email protected] / http://www.skdistro.cjb.net / The Dead Bell has an early nineties feel to it that really strengthens the content within – lots of hand-drawn borders, cut and pasted text, as well as no real political or personal agenda. Pizie just comes out and drops this beast of a zine on our laps, and opens eirself completely to eir’s…

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Devotchka Sign With Anti- Records

Highly Anticipated Follow-Up to 2004’s Full-Length How It Ends to be Released in March (Los Angeles) The critically acclaimed, exceptionally talented and expansively creative Denver quartet DeVotchKa have signed with the revered independent label Anti-, home of such notables as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case.

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Tyler Perry: The Plays

Tyler Perry: The Plays / 2007 Lionsgate / http://www.tylerperry.com /  http://www.kionsgate.com / When I worked at Kmart a few years back, pretty much everyone was trying to pick up the “Diary of A Mad Black Woman” DVD. In the meantime, there have been a few new movies released in that vein. This means that there are a good seven movies in this specific story arc, and “Tyler Perry: The Plays”…

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Evangelicals Announce Details to the First Great Album of 2008

“The Evening Descends”Š and worlds collide. First you hear the prodigious musical skill: the deft guitar work, the clever pop sensibility, the wild arrangements. But then on other end of the spectrum there is the innocent and youthful charm of a trio of lost boys who seem to have no business making music with such maturity and sophistication. Taken together, you have Evangelicals, a wholly demented ensemble from Norman, OK.…

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ROSEY Wants To Get LUCKY… Her New Album Out March 2008

Sultry and seductive are just two of the many tags that Quango recording artist ROSEY has tucked in her back pocket, but those come just as easily as what Entertainment Weekly once dubbed “as cool as anything you’ll hear” or as Rolling Stone described as “Boho chic, grrrl power”. Sassy and alluring, she’s sauntering back with her new album Luckiest Girl to be released in March 2008, proudly displaying a…

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Dave Dumpsterland and The Great Wall of Bagels

Dave Dumpsterland and The Great Wall of Bagels / Half Size / 32 Pages / [email protected] Whether this zine is a story, fable, or some form of illustrated poetry, I will never know. However, thi szine will probably be one of the most fun times you will have with a zine. Pretty much an amalgamation between a comic and a background-illustrated perzine, the story of Dave Dumpsterland is a heart-warming…

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Wiki

It is pretty much easy to go and edit a wiki, whether it be the granddaddy of them all in Wikipedia or even like the Lucha Wiki or various other sources that use that general framework. Wetpaint is a web site that provides individuals with a very Web 2.0-styled web site, that shows individuals essentially a users guide for anything to do with Wikis. This means that one side of…

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Metal Blade Records Releases 3’s “The End is Begun”

Woodstock, New York based progressive indie rockers 3 are eagerly awaiting the release of the special edition of The End Is Begun. The special edition is going to feature a cover of the Pink Floyd classic “See Emily Play” as well as a bonus DVD. The DVD will give those who are yet to see 3’s mind blowing live show a sneak peak. The live tracks include; “Monster”, “Bramfatura”, and…

Posted on: January 12, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Gary Allan – Living Hard

Gary Allan – Living Hard / 2007 MCA / 11 Tracks / http://www.garyallan.com / http://www.mca.com / “Living Hard” is the eight studio album for Gary Allan, and marks the second time that Allan has reached #3 on the US 200 charts (eir highest showing). While “Living Hard” did not top the US country charts as “Tough All Over” and “Greatest Hits” had done in 2005 and earlier 2007, this higher…