Author: John B. Moore

Posted on: August 23, 2026 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Roller Conveyor Systems Compared: Choosing the Right Setup for Your Line

Selecting a conveyor setup affects uptime, product handling, labour pressure, and future expansion. Roller conveyors fit many production lines, but the best arrangement depends on load weight, item shape, accumulation needs, and floor space. A line moving cartons every minute faces different demands from one carrying heavy pallets in short runs. Comparing options early helps teams reduce stoppages, protect goods, and build a system that suits current output well without…

Posted on: February 19, 2026 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Recovery: Sleep, Nutrition, and Training Load as One System

Most people think progress is built in the gym. In reality, it’s built between sessions – during recovery. And if you’re using oral steroids from ZPHC, recovery stops being “nice to have” and becomes the backbone of how stable, safe, and sustainable your results will be. Orals can add performance and drive in the short term, but they also increase overall stress on the body. If sleep, nutrition, and training…

Posted on: February 9, 2026 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Why 5G Makes Mobile Slots Faster and Smoother

Remember when you’d tap that spin button and have to wait a few seconds for anything to happen? Those days are fading fast. 5G technology is changing the way we experience mobile slots, and honestly, it’s not just about speed anymore. The difference between playing slots on 4G versus 5G feels like switching from dial-up internet to fiber optic. We’re talking about connections that can reach speeds up to 10Gbps,…

Posted on: July 1, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Hunt (DVD)

One of the most shocking revelations about the misunderstood thriller The Hunt is just how many right wing influencers, including the president, likely contributed to the movie’s sabotaged release, painting it as an example of “Liberal Hollywood” showing their contempt for Trump supporters by having them hunted for sport and calling it “[r]acist at the highest level”. The movie was also pulled in deference to mass shootings in Dayton and…

Posted on: June 13, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 1

Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead (Book)

ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons is best known for three things: playing a mean guitar, his obsession with exotic hot rods (check out any band video from the ‘80s) and one of the most impressive beards in rock. His book, Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead, tackles two out of three. Initially out in 2011, this latest book is an expanded version with over 200 pages devoted to Gibbons…

Posted on: June 11, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Invisible Man DVD review

There have been countless attempts by Universal to reboot and retell the classic H.G. Wells story of The Invisible Man, but thanks to an inspired modern twist on the classic story, the studio has finally turned in possibly the best and easily the scariest telling yet of this classic monster movie. Written and directed by Leigh Whannell (best known for his screenplays for Saw and the Insidious franchise), the movie…

Posted on: June 1, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Teddy Thompson – Heartbreaker Please (CD)

As if the album title weren’t hint enough, the opening line to the opening track off of Teddy Thompson’s latest begins, “Here’s the thing/You don’t love me anymore.” What follows is an album’s worth of heartbreak (as advertised). Sometimes maudlin, sometimes oddly optimistic in the acceptance of the end, Thompson deftly creates an impressively infectious modern day break up record. In recent press materials, Thompson admits to growing up in…

Posted on: April 6, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Mark Erelli – Blindsided

Massachusetts-based songwriter Mark Erelli has been a go-to sideman for decades, playing with everyone from Paula Cole and Josh Ritter to Marc Cohen. He’s also a much in demand producer, but as Blindsided, his latest solo effort shows, he really belongs in front of the mic. Across 11 tracks, Erelli blends pop, folk and American in a deeply accessible way. You can hear traces of everyone from Tom Petty to…

Posted on: April 4, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Claudettes – High Times In The Dark

It’s rather apt that The Claudettes pulled in Ted Hutt to produce their latest, High Times In The Dark. The current go-to producer for hard to define bands was co-founder of Flogging Molly, another group that heled to create a style of music by cobbling together various genres, much like The Claudettes have done since their first record, nearly a decade ago. A beautifully bastardized child of cabaret, pop, punk…

Posted on: March 19, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Dave Simonett – Red Tail

Gone are the fiddles, the mandolins and the banjo, that have come to define Trampled By Turtles trademark sound, but Dave Simonett’s strong stark vocals are still front and center on this, his first proper solo album under his own name. The music is a mix of mostly somber Americana and folk and is in the same vein as the material Simonett put out under the Dead Man Winter name.…

Posted on: March 17, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Ballroom Thieves – Unlovely (CD)

The fourth track, “Homme Run,” off The Ballroom Thieves latest Unlovely is a beautifully succinct, deftly written call out to how far we have yet to go in terms of equality. Even the Democratic party in 2020, the political group that has been preaching gender equality ad nauseum, is offering a choice between two 70-something white males as the group’s leader. Two steps forward one step back. Wrapped into Calin…

Posted on: March 17, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Sam Doores – Self-Titled

The bulk of Sam Doores self-titled solo debut may have been recorded in Berlin and Nashville, but he certainly didn’t leave behind his native New Orleans influences while he crossed the globe. The 13-track record may be Southern roots at its core, but it’s covered in swampy organ, laid back R&B and tinges of gospel and psychedelic music. Best known for his time in Hurray for the Riff Raff…

Posted on: March 13, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Peawees – Walking The Walk [Reissue] (CD)

While the world is inches away from plunging into Armageddon, Rum Bar Records and a brilliant Italian four-piece punk band are offering a glorious soundtrack to our end days. Boston-based Rum Bar continues their re-release series of albums by the Peawees with Walking The Walk, initially released 13 years ago (Wild Honey is putting it out on vinyl). The band’s fourth album, it also happens to be one of their…

Posted on: March 10, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Clifffs – Panic Attack (CD)

It’s pretty surprising to have the band bio included in your press materials written by The Old 97’s Rhett Miller. It’s even more surprising once you realize John Dufilho, frontman and songwriter behind the decidedly punk rock band Clifffs, has also worked for years with Miller, who’s Americana band sounds absolutely nothing like Clifffs. And that’s part of the beauty of this Texas band’s LP, Panic Attack, it really sounds…

Posted on: February 26, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Spanking Charlene – Find Me Out (CD)

Spanking Charlene’s last album was recorded nearly a decade ago, but the band clearly hasn’t bothered to let rust settle in. On Find Me Out, their third effort, the music is stronger and singer Charlene McPherson’s vocals are seemingly more powerful (quite a feat when you realize how impressive she sounded on the first two records). The New York band builds on the gritty garage pop that came to define…

Posted on: February 21, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

John Moreland – LP5 (Old Omens/Thirty Tigers)

On his aptly titled fifth album, LP5, Oklahoma’s John Moreland still hues closely to his trademark, introspective songs laced over a satisfying blend of modern Americana and folk that flirts with punk rock candor. But he also manages to deviate a bit from the tried and true with a little musical experimentation for one of his strongest records to date. This also happens to be the first album Moreland has…

Posted on: February 20, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

The Wood Brothers (2/1, Philadelphia)

Propelled by little more than strong word of mouth and a decade-and-a-half worth of stunningly impressive albums, The Wood Brothers were able to pack Philly’s 2,500 capacity Filmore on a recent Saturday night for an enthusiastic show that was as close as many will come to a religious experience. The Filmore is more than twice the size of the Union Transfer where the band played less than two years ago.…

Posted on: February 15, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Cracker with Camper Van Beethoven (Philadelphia, PA, 1/27)

Four stars Springsteen’s got nothing on David Lowery… well, at the very least, Lowery would have no problems keeping up with Bruce’s legendary reputation for on stage stamina. Lowery played two complete sets to a full capacity crowd at Philadelphia World Café Live recently, first playing a career-spanning set from Camper Van Beethoven and then taking the stage with an almost entirely different line up about 20 minutes later for…

Posted on: February 6, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Dustbowl Revival – Is It You, Is It Me (CD)

California-based Dustbowl Revival have always been a little hard to pin down musically. There is definitely an Americana vibe to their music, but there are also hefty elements of jazz, swing and pop. Their latest, Is It You, Is It Me does little to dispel that confusion. Across a baker’s dozen of new songs, the band relies just as heavily on their horn section as they do their acoustic guitars…

Posted on: February 4, 2020 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Simple Minds – 40: The Best Of 1979 – 2019

Simple Minds may best be remembered in this country for the outro song that gets played during the final shot of The Breakfast Club – a track that has almost become shorthand for Generation X rebellion, played at school reunions to this day. But as many in Europe and elsewhere outside of the U.S. realized decades ago, the Scottish band has an exhaustively large cannon of music that pre-and post-dates that…