Author: Sargeant

Posted on: July 15, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Kath Bloom and Loren Mazzacan Connors’ Release Unearthed

Kath Bloom and Loren Connors, both Connecticut natives, met in 1976 at New Haven arts venue The Theatre And The Space. Using his family name Mazzacane, Loren was playing in an improvised, experimental duo with fellow guitarist Tom Hanford, while Kath was an intrigued audience member. Loren, 27 at the time, worked as a janitor at Yale University, occasionally accessing the university’s music library after hours to absorb their collection…

Posted on: July 15, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Manswers: The Best of Season One (DVD)

As individuals should be able to see, this edition of Manswers is a “Best of” disc rather than being the release of the full season onto a DVD set. While I can understand that the DVD is thus the cream of the crop, I still feel that a more exhaustive release of the Manswers show onto DVD would have been the best decision here. Regardless, what comes forth here are…

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Toxic (DVD)

I see Toxic being in many ways a comparable film to a Four Rooms. This is due to the fact that the stories told during the film, previously kept separate, gradually weave themselves into a cohesive narrative. The main character, Lucille (Charity Shea, “The Best Years”) is the daughter of the owner of the titular bar, played by Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan). Lucille has just broken out of the…

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Seeking Some Connection

Seeking Some Connection / :15 / 24 Pages / Fourth-Sized / 2 Stamps / 111 Archer Pl, Denver, CO 80223 / vermicious_knid_21@yahoo.com /  Vermicious Knid is back with this zine, a longer version of what would be found in eir’s other ‘zine, Sex, Death, and Ronald McDonald. This time, Seeking Some Connection is the story of Jonah, and the connections that ey has with a cultist dad, a string of…

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Clara Lofaro Links New and Old with Perfekt World

Toronto Indie Week winner to donate 20% of album proceeds to Action Against Hunger “Clara Lofaro is destined to become a household name. … Her songs are laced with soulful grooves, and her vocals ooze with both vulnerability and defiance.” – METRO TORONTO

Posted on: July 14, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Venture Arctic (PC)

Venture Arctic is the sequel to Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa. It is perhaps the easiest way to show the younger set exactly what could happen if the environment is not properly cared for, and it does it without having a preachy message or page after page of text. Furthermore, this Pocketwatch / Brighter Minds release will imbue on players the sense that the actions that they take are those that…

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Jake and the Fatman – Season One, Volume One (DVD Set)

Jake and the Fatman was a show that ran from 1987 to 1992 on CBS, before spinning off Diagnosis: Murder. Diagnosis: Murder had a jump on Jake and the Fatman in the sense that while three complete boxed sets of Diagnosis: Murder (released in 2006 and 2007) were commissioned, this is the first boxed set of Jake and the Fatman to be released. For those individuals that either missed Jake…

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Scarlett Johansson Featured on MySpace Artist on Artist

Scarlett’s debut album Anywhere I Lay My Head is now available in stores and online.  The album features 10 Tom Waits covers and one original track.  I have listening party streams below featuring six tracks from the album, streaming video of Scarlett’s first single “Falling Down,” and other assets  below.

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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon (Wii)

Besides the moogle, I cannot think of another animal in Final Fantasy that players would honestly like to be more than the Chocobo. “Chocobo’s Dungeon” is the first game that allows the individual to do just that, while breaking free of the traditional gaming style that is present in the main line of Final Fantasy games. Sure, there are a number of elements that are similar from Final Fantasy XI…

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The Ruins (Blu-Ray)

The Ruins is a horror movie that, despite the fact at it follows a plot that has been well traveled, is one of the best films to come from the genre in the last few years. It is an adaption of the film from the same name by Scott Smith, whom individuals may know from eir introductory book, A Simple Plan. A group of college students come up with the…

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Harmonix and MTV Games Unveil Setlist for Rock Band(TM)2 – The Ultimate Music Game

Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game company, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), today revealed at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit the song set list for Rock Band(TM) 2, the next evolution of the groundbreaking Rock Band music platform.  The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs with over 80 songs…

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Cold War Kids Announce New Album Details

After giving fans a taste of what’s to come at last month’s stellar Celebrate Brooklyn performance, Cold War Kids announce details of their highly anticipated sophomore album. An impressive and lushly textured follow-up to their critically acclaimed robbers & cowards (2006), Loyalty To Loyalty will be released on Downtown Records in September ’08.

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Hatebreed Set to Release “Live Dominance” DVD 9/2

Hardcore Metal heavyweights HATEBREED have announced a September 2, 2008 release date for their first-ever DVD, Live Dominance. The DVD will include the band’s entire 80 minute show shot in front of a crazed, sold-out crowd at Harpo’s in Detroit on the Supremacy tour, plus additional live concert footage shot all over the globe in such cities as Philadelphia, New-Haven, New York and more.

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Remastered edition of New Eden’s album coming in June!

When it comes to power metal, it’s not easy to come up with an original formula that would conjoin pure heaviness, catchy melodies and top-notch musical skills. Fortunately, New Eden is one of these bands that manage to get the job done and deliver a prime selection of tasty riffs and memorable vocals. Metal Mind Productions presents the re-release of the group’s second LP, “Obscure Master Plan” which shows exactly…

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Second Street #1

This magazine is just too short to do a proper reviewing of. However, I will try my best to properly review it. First off, it has as a cover one of the cutest little girls that I’ve ever seen. There can be said to be about 3 articles in this magazine. These articles are an interview, a story about the death of Dee Dee Ramone, and some tips for a…

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Re-release of the Opprobrium’s album “Discerning Forces”

If you think that Sepultura is the only decent metal band from Brazil, you definitely haven’t heard Opprobrium! This death/thrash monstrosity has been infecting the metal scene for more than 20 years now, at first using the name Incubus and then changing it in to Opprobrium in 1997. Under that moniker the band released only one album called “Discerning Forces”, which proved to be a phenomenal combination of brutality and…

Posted on: July 13, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NACHTMYSTIUM album and Live Updates

“The impact the Chicagoans have left on the face of extreme music since 2004’s Eulogy IV EP is undeniable.” – Metal Maniacs “…the year’s most bleakly anthemic metal songs.” – Decibel Chicago’s ever-evolving NACHTMYSTIUM will join their similarly sonically expansive brethren in Boris and Torche for a week-long run through parts of Canada and the U.S. The tour will see the band play from Montreal to Milwaukee in mid-July, when…

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Sub Pop’s July Schedule, More Information

JULY 12&13  SP20 FESTIVAL Seattle WA Complete Information http://www.subpop.com/releases/sub_pop/misc/sub_pops_20th_anniversary Festival Line Up  http://www.subpop.com/channel/news/sp20_festival_details (new additions announced to the Comedy Night: Kristen Schaal + David Cross!)

Posted on: July 13, 2008 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Felice Brothers Play Summer’s Biggest Festivals – Mountain Jam, Bonnaroo, Clearwater, Newport Folk, All Points West, Philadelphia Folk, Outside Lands

Saturday July 19 2008 SNEAKERS AND SPEAKERS @ CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS Concord, New Hampshire Saturday August 2 2008 NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL Newport, Rhode Island Saturday August 9 2008 ALL POINTS WEST MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL New York Thursday August 14 & Saturday August 16 2008 PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL Schwenksville, Pennsylvania Friday August 22 2008 OUTSIDE LANDS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL San Francisco, California