Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: January 4, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #2

The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #2 / $1 / 5 x 5 / 32 Pages / http://www.microcosmpublishing.com / PO Box 14332, Portland OR 97293 /  This time around, we have the history of the AIDS virus completely broken open in a way that is both informative and well-documented. Using sources like the storied C.I. Aids and What If Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong, this issue…

Posted on: January 4, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Grayceon Tours, Releases 7″ With Giant Squid

Vendlus Records’ Grayceon has recently finished a 7″ split with Giant Squid that is now available by The End Records, limited to 500 copies. Tour dates are scheduled through the first quarter of 2008 with acts like Agalloch, Lesbian, Giant Squid, Black Elk, Ludicra and more, with more dates being scheduled and updated all the time. Grayceon’s self-titled debut is still available for coverage via Vendlus/Earsplit, with a new full-length…

Posted on: January 3, 2008 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Brian Dewan – Words of Wisdom

Brian Dewan – Words of Wisdom / 2007 Eschatone / 16 Tracks / http://www.briandewan.com / http://www.eschatone.com / Brian Dewan is one weird individual. The sing-song nature of “Words of Wisdom” (the opening track), could conceivably be on a Disney movie or some odd, out of the way, radio station. Dewan’s opening to the album “Words of Wisdom” is primarily vocal, with only the lightest in terms of instrumentation to fill…

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Havoc Unit Set To Release h.IV+ in February

Finland’s and Oceans is dead, now rises the new age of machines: the industrialized proclamation of Havoc Unit. Havoc Unit is the new propaganda machine & the audio-visual forum for artists to collaborate without restrictions: a test channel where neurons communicate via chemical and electrical synapses in order to spread audio-virulence and bacteria. The iridescent concept album [h.IV+] is a terror  assault on the world taboos & baboons, and for…

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Christian * New Age Quarterly: Volume 16, Number 2

Christian * New Age Quarterly: Volume 16, Number 2 / $3.50 / :30 / 20M / [email protected] / http://www.christiannewage.com / Wow, the premise of this zine is very positive – Christian and New Age individuals getting together to positively enact change and have dialogue. However, when one actually gets into the zine proper, pieces like Catherine Groves’ “A Tale of Two Lenses” rapidly lose readers as the focus changes from…

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Writing

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The Audition Touring in later January on PacSun Tour

Chicago’s finest export of dance-worthy rock, The Audition, have been chosen as the premier band to headline the first ever Pacific Sunwear Music Tour. The tour, beginning January 16 at Raleigh’s The Brewery, will feature support from acts Envy On The Coast, Danger Radio, and Another Day Late, with completion exactly one month later in Baltimore.

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Dri – Smoke Rings

Dri – Smoke Rings / 2007 Range Life / 11 Tracks / http://www.rangeliferecords.com / Do you remember the band The Anniversary? That act that got oh so freaking angry whenever an interview or review called them “emo”? Well, Dri was a member of that band. Dri is also currently a member of Art in Manila and Fourth of July. The songs that are present on “Smoke Rings” in no way…

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Quickie Up and Coming: AA Batteries

In 2006, Amy and Alex were babysitting at a church and discovered their knack for entertaining. Playing an old, out of tune piano and singing made up songs, they discovered both of them had the same dream. Amy has been singing since the age of 3 and playing piano for the last 7 years. Alex has been singing for a year and playing piano since she was 5. AA Batteries…

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Choking Hazard #12

Choking Hazard #12 ($1 , No Address – [email protected]) (For Jersey Beat) A line that finally strikes on almost all cylinders. From the front cover, which has an extraordinarily-well reproduced picture of a hair guy with Slayer on his chest, to the top 24 CDs that are essential to live by (which has lists by six or seven people, Choking Hazard is a fun zine to read. But, before I…