Author: James McQuiston

Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Mary Lightfine Interview

Who is Mary Lightfine and what projects is she currently working on? (Answered in third person) After working sixteen years as a nurse in emergency rooms throughout the United States, Mary Lightfine uproots her life and plants herself in the middle of Mogadishu, Somalia where she decides to join an organization called Doctors Without Borders.  This decision gave her a chance to feel what war, starvation and desperation was like…

Posted on: September 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Far-Less Releases Sophomore Album 10/23

Abingdon/ Marion/ Pulaski, VA — Brandon Welch, Jordan Powers, Mark Karsten, Joseph Powers, Elizabeth Pina, and Todd Turner – an innocent enough series of six random names; but when combined with each other, they represent the powerhouse rock and roll sextet from Virginia that is called Far-Less – true evidence that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The band’s sophomore album, “A Toast To Bad Taste,”…

Posted on: September 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace

Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace / 2006 MVD / 116 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / http://www.odessafilmworks.com/hkatpn / Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace is done by the director that did “Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter”. Saying that, Harry Knuckles feels more like a Troma movie than anything else. Even Lloyd Kaufman is present in a small role during the movie. The movie tells a story about a super-spy named Harry Knuckles…

Posted on: September 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

What’s He Building In There? Releases New Video, Contests Themselves

Music Video for Group’s Debut Single Features Canada’s Largest Indoor Playground, 90’s Fly Dancers, and Time Travel Canadian progressive-metal newcomers, What’s He Building In There? (WHBIT?), have revealed their premiere music video for the song “Avian Taxi.” “Avian Taxi” is the first single taken from What’s He Building In There’s self-titled debut album, which was released earlier this year by Year of The Sun Records. The video can be viewed…

Posted on: September 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Dierks Bentley has 2nd Annual Miles & Music For Kids Benefit

Jason Aldean, Big Kenny Alphin, Shooter Jennings, Little Big Town And More To Join BentleyNashville, Tenn. – Sept. 5, 2007 – Award winning singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley will once again host his “Miles & Music for Kids” celebrity motorcycle ride and concert to benefit Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital on Sunday, September 30 in Nashville, Tenn. This year’s event includes a new ride route down the scenic Natchez Trace Parkway ending at the…

Posted on: September 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

John Hammond – Paris Concert

John Hammond – Paris Concert / 2006 MVD / 126 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / John Hammond is another of those jazz people that I had no clue about before turning on eir “Paris Concert”. After the concert was done, I was completely in eir corner. The performance was covered well; four cameras were able to pick up this 2004 show. And hell, even the bonus content on this DVD was…

Posted on: September 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Birds & Batteries Release Album, Tour

San Francisco, CA – Spreading lush electronic arrangements and rhodes electric piano under the ever-lonesome beacon of the county (pedal steel), Birds & Batteries discover the urban pastoral in a simple song. Comparable to Neil Young and M83, or Randy Newman meets Gary Newman.

Posted on: September 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Birds and Batteries – I’ll Never Sleep Again

Birds and Batteries – I’ll Never Sleep Again / 2007 Self / 13 Tracks / http://www.birdsandbatteries.com What the country’s new obsession with annoying Mario Cart music like The Snow Patrol and Hellogoodbye is, I will never figure out. Nor will I be able to forgive people like my sister, 17 and a cheerleader, for blasting the annoying, synthetic beats every morning for her workout. Good job, America, for getting away…

Posted on: September 12, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Klaxons Win Mercury Prize

Jamie Reynolds, James Righton & Simon Taylor collectively and best known as Klaxons beat fellow newcomers Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys & Jamie T with their apocalyptic pop debut Myths of the Near Future out now of Geffen.