Author: John B. Moore

Posted on: March 17, 2011 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy Hagar and Joel Selvin (It! Books)

Sammy Hagar may have miscalculated a bit if he was looking to bolster his aw shucks good guy reputation with his just-released memoir. Before the book came out he was pretty much a clean slate, with many having little or no opinion about the red rocker. Sure he got dinged a bit for stepping into David Lee Roth’s shoes, but contrary to popular belief, he was a far better songwriter…

Posted on: March 16, 2011 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Venture Bros.: Season 4, Vol. 2 (DVD)

A show like The Venture Bros. could only exist on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Equally as impressive as anything the channel has turned out before from Aqua Teen Hunger Force to Metalocalypse, The Venture Bros. centers around the clueless brothers Dean and Hank Venture, their madman/ultimately an ok guy scientist father and his bodyguards.

Posted on: February 24, 2011 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Intimates by Ralph Sassone (Book)

Though it takes nearly half the book to draw out complete sketches of the main characters, in The Intimates, first time novelist Ralph Sassone has created two of the most compelling characters in years.

Posted on: February 9, 2011 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Ice Road Truckers – The Complete Season Four (DVD)

I finally realized I was addicted to realty programming about 10 minutes in the first episode of Ice Road Truckers. The concept for this History channel show is fairly simple: Take a handful of truck drivers, through them up in frozen Alaska and train cameras on them as they haul massive loads up steep mountains with narrow, snow clogged roads and in some very frightening cases, over frozen lakes. The…

Posted on: February 3, 2011 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Aloud – Exile (CD)

Having shed two members since their last release, Boston indie band Aloud is down to a duo, but don’t assume that means a sparse sound. Far from it. Down to members Jennifer de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain, both who share vocal and guitar duties (and occasionally pick up the bass or play piano or glockenspiel), the band turns in their strongest effort yet with Exile, their third release. Put…

Posted on: January 29, 2011 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

ER – The Complete Fourteenth Season (DVD)

By the time the 14th season of E.R. hit the air, the show had long since stopped being water cooler fodder at work the next day, which is a shame because the show had finally hit a comfortable groove. ER proved years ago that it’s not always the actors that make the show. With the exception of maybe Law & Order, no other drama managed to be as successful as…

Posted on: January 17, 2011 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Winning Season (DVD)

The plot behind The Winning Season goes all the way back to The Bad News Bears: one-time star athlete, now a loser doing menial jobs is brought in to coach a team of misfits and manages to turn their luck around. Though thanks to stellar casting and solid acting from the leads, The Winning Season manages to overcome all the baggage it’s been saddled with and the result is a…