Soundtrack for a new generation
By Brian Kayser | November 15, 2002When you have selling power, you can do anything -- that
When you have selling power, you can do anything -- that
When Eminem first appears in the opening scene of
Tim Barry of Avail is a man of his word. He once said that he would never release an album longer than 35 minutes, and his newest release, "Front Porch Stories," clocks in at just over 32.
Damon Gough always was a little too precious. The splotches of uneven facial hair decorating his plump face reeked of the apathetic/tortured singer-songwriter archetype co-opted from Elliot Smith.
When the Beatles broke up in 1970, each member of the archetypal boy band eventually released solo albums.
The Jeff Buckley comparisons are inevitable, so let's get them out of the way right here and now: yes, Jimmy Gnecco, the lead singer of Ours, sounds like Buckley, and yes, he even looks exactly like Buckley.
There are many great sequels in the history of cinema "The Godfather Part II," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" to name a few.
Starring Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy, "I Spy" is a remake of a 1960s television show with (shockingly) the same title.
The life of Bob Crane, star of the 1960s television series "Hogan's Heroes," was seemingly ideal.
The crooning voices of 3LW reverberate at ear-splitting volume off the walls of a dense, chambered room.
It's that time of year again: Young men and women run amuck in colorful costumes, dancing provocatively and even singing aloud.
Handing over the ticket to Krishna in "Salaam Bombay," the seller remarks without emotion on the destination: "Bombay.
Concisely classifying a band like Add N to (X) is next to impossible, as its sound is comparable to nothing else in music today, or for that matter, in music at any point in history.
First, the leader ran off to fool around with some wanton Queens (of the Stone Age). Then there was the legal battle with the lovely Ms. Courtney.
It's one thing to be a loser sometimes. You know, whatever, we all have our stupid days. Like when you do an entire class presentation with your fly unzipped.
"Ghost Ship," starring Julianna Margulies and Gabriel Byrne, starts off pretty well, but the second half sinks with underdeveloped characters and confusing plot twists. The movie opens during the 1960s on an opulent Italian ocean liner.
Who is Tim Reynolds? If you were to ask the average U.Va. student this question, you'd probably hear something about Dave Matthews and the "Live at Luther College" CD. This response is completely understandable -- Reynolds has been a long-time collaborator with Matthews and has appeared on seven of his albums, even serving as the primary guitarist on the album "Remember Two Things." Indeed, most people cannot identify Reynolds apart from his work with Dave Matthews and would be surprised to learn that Reynolds is an artist in his own making.
Let's get one thing straight right off the bat here: "Jackass: The Movie" is not in any way a movie.
Have you ever lain in bed at night and thought to yourself, "I'm so drunk right now that I could either pee in the bed or get up and go to the toilet," and then weighed the pros and cons of each decision?
Let's face it: 2002 is the year of the dull electronic album. Ventures in ambient, less head-pounding and generally meathead pulse have led to the emergence of the so-called "chill out" album, the post-club downer to provoke profundity and eventually lull the listener into a sonically induced dream. Chill out is, of course, not a bad thing, and many bands have done it incredible justice in years past, but the genre as a whole typically has provided an outlet for substandard electronic outfits to pass off doldrums as depth.