Month: September 2009

Posted on: September 12, 2009 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers – The Bear

Stephen Kellogg goes a little more country on his latest album, but that is far from being a bad thing. Songs like “A (With Love)” and “Satisfied Man” could have come straight out of Nashville’s Music Row, rather than from the mic of Massachusetts’ native Stephen Kellogg.

Posted on: September 9, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares: Season Two (DVD Set)

Gordon Ramsay has had an international presence over the course of the last few years, especially considering the success of the American version. Acorn has ensured that the British (original) version of the show is not something that will be lost to all time, and has put out the second series of the show. There are not too many features here in this DVD set beyond the biography of Ramsay…

Posted on: September 9, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Marker Man Adventures (Nintendo DS)

Marker Man Adventures is a title the uses well all aspects of the Nintendo DS. This means that over the course of 170 distinct levels, Marker Man has to take tremendous steps to ensure that eir dog Doodles is returned safely. To do that, players have to create through the use of the stylus different lines, machines, and other tools to bring the two together. The animation of the characters…

Posted on: September 8, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Sunshine Cleaning (DVD)

Sunshine Cleaning will be one of those movies that garners a wide cult following in the years after it was released. This is due to the fact that a star-studded cast, which includes Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, and Amy Adams, bond together to make a cogent and coherent film. Rose (Adams) and Norah (Blunt) are crime-scene cleaners attempting to make a name for themselves, as well as giving some sort…

Posted on: September 8, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (Sony PSP)

For those individuals that have intimately familiarized themselves with this Disgaea series, Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days is a revamped version of 2006’s Disgaea title (for the Playstation 2). Storyline-wise, it is followed up by Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (released last year for the Playstation 3). However, for those individuals that have already played the Playstation 2 version of the game, NIS America has added a tremendous amount of…

Posted on: September 7, 2009 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 3

Ty Ku Sake (30 Proof)

Whether it be at the local sushi buffet or some of the more upscale Japanese establishments that we here at NeuFutur have been to in the last few years, we have made it a point to check out the sake menus. It was quite a pleasant surprise then to received the Ty Kyu Sake for review a few weeks back, so much so in fact that we had to get…

Posted on: September 4, 2009 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Blur – Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur (CD)

It’s easy to forget just how long Blur has been around. Thanks to the handy timeline tucked inside the liner notes of the anthology Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur, you realize that they started before the EU was officially established, before the Soviet Union broke up and just one month after the Internet was opened to the public. The 25 tracks that make up the release – a collection…

Posted on: September 4, 2009 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses 20th Anniversary (2CD/1 DVD Deluxe Edition)

You’d be forgiven for taking the Stone Roses for granted a bit. They only had one remarkable album (their self-titled debut) and it was released in 1989, at the beginning of alternative rock’s heyday, forcing them to compete with everyone from Depeche Mode to Nirvana. But thanks to Legacy Records, the Manchester-based band gets another shot. Because of the infectious, if a bit mopey single “I Wanna to Be Adored,”…

Posted on: September 3, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Early November – The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path (CD)

The Early November – The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path / 2006 Drive-Thru / 46 Tracks / http://www.theearlynovember.net / http://www.drivethrurecords.com / Reviewed 24 July 2006 In the 1970s, rock gave birth to a child embraced by all called the concept album. Since then, concepts have gone into hiding for the most part only to be resurfaced by The Early November in what could not be called merely a 3-disc…

Posted on: September 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

The Eames Era – Heroes + Sheroes (CD)

The Eames Era plays a catchy brand of pop-infused rock that is catchy as all get out starting with “Little Brother” . The track shows The Eames Era as an act that is most comfortable in this earlier genre, while the band still makes the songs salient for the current audience. The band is able to craft shorter songs that make big impressions on anyone listening in. There may not…