Los Angeles foursome Foreign Born deliver Person to Person this month, on what is fast becoming one of my favorite independent labels, Secretly Canadian.  The album is remarkable not because it breaks ground or changes rock and roll as you know it, but because it does so well what you already know so well. Like [...]

According to Comic Book Resources, J. Michael Straczynski (nominated for an Eisner) is leaving Thor because he refused to allow Thor to be involved in an unnamed Marvel “Big Event” crossover.  I applaud him.  In fact, I’m standing and clapping right now.  Civil War changed the Marvel Universe for the worse, and it was difficult [...]

Batman Theme-Link Wray

The hills are alive with the sounds of Michael Jackson.  I was gonna post something on the dude because no matter what his faults were, he made some good music, but . . . For many reasons, I just don’t feel comfortable paying tribute to him.  I’ll send you here though.  And here (ooh!  stars [...]

Tom Wilson’s new band, LeE HARVeY OsMOND, bills his sound as “acid folk,” which must mean that it sounds like Donovan and Chris Isaak jamming with the Cowboy Junkies in an old, echoey attic with Robbie Robertson joining in.  It’s creepy, jazzy country, played smooth under Wilson’s deep and powerful voice.  As long as the [...]

Helpless/Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door-Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Ben Keith

I’m a fan of L.A.’s Custom Made (a foursome starring Bluff, Element, Scoobs and Six), and apparently I’m not the only one.  Their fifth “Street Cinema” mixtape sold upwards of 100,000.  This latest one compiles tracks recorded in 2007 and 2008, and a few new ones that were recorded after Six got out of prison [...]

I’m not just writing about Fishhawk because my buddy from The Plugg is their manager.  It’s also because they’ve got this electrofunk thing going, like classic rock on LSD.  Like White Zombie, but without all the hoarse yelling.  Like Stellastarr with edge.  Like Electric Six with a sensitive side.  No, not really.  It’s really not [...]

To stimulate further discussion: Dreams of Fucking Lil’ Kim-Kanye West And, if you’re a real knowledgable movie guy, maybe you can name the film this speech is from . . . Fuck You Speech