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  • Dark Side of the Death Star (or How I Wasted Eleven Months of My Life)

    by James Greene, Jr.July 9, 2008Comments (10)

    White Zombie’s landmark 1992 album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 certainly seemed like the type of sample-heavy rock freak-out that would align perfectly with a wild, outer space adventure starring Mark Hamill. Also, I figured it would be pretty cool watching Darth Vader parade around to all those bad-ass metal riffs. That alone might keep me from dozing off in the middle of said experiment. The following evening (read more)

  • Naz Nomad and the Nightmares

    by James Greene, Jr.February 27, 2008Comments (4)

    The organ-drenched disc I refer to is 1984’s Give Daddy the Knife, Cindy (sometimes written sans comma), the supposed soundtrack from a 1967 film of the same name, recorded entirely by “Naz Nomad and the Nightmares.” As you may be able to guess, Naz Nomad is none other than (read more)

  • Mirah, Shaky Hands, Chores, Against Me!, and Black Mountain

    by Howard Wyman, Angela Zimmerman, and Jocelyn HoppaFebruary 6, 2008Comments (0)

    We are well back into the swing of things, and this segment of our live show reviews features a varied assortment of acts at venues small and divey, like Thee Parkside, to massive and random, like Oakland Coliseum Arena. (read more)