Of all the subgenres that birthed from rock music, nu metal may be the hardest one for bands to shake off. With all the heights that came from the Family Values Tour and Woodstock ’99, nu metal was a rocket…
Cowboy Bebop: The Anime Hollywood Wants
I know, how dare I suggest the tiniest disgracing of one of the greatest anime series of all time? What kind of monster would actually support Hollywood’s desperate cash-grab of beloved Japanese culture and what else could possibly be done…
Album Review: Jamiroquai – “Automaton”
It’s easy to think that Jamiroquai existed in the wrong era. Their tendency for funky bass-lines, scratching guitars, spacey synthesizers, and the use of use of cosmic wordplay to describe sex make them sound like legends of the disco era,…
From the Record Crate: Prince – “Sign o’ the Times”
1987 was a busy time to be Prince: He disbanded The Revolution, his backup band that had become as synonymous with his name as his love symbol. While he did try to make one more album for Revolution members Wendy…
Movie Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’
“Choose life…..we thought it was amusing at the time.” There’s a screaming sense of sadness in the air when this line is said, because it once stood out as a cry of rebellion. The emphatic repurposing of “Choose life” was…
First Trailer For ‘Justice League’ Released
The comic-book movie war is heading for its climax, and DC has made the first move. Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for Justice League, their massive superhero team-up meant as the cornerstone of the DC Cinematic Universe. Again directed…
Movie Review: ‘Power Rangers’
About five minutes into the new live-action Power Rangers movie, there’s a joke about someone jerking off a bull. As lame and out-of-place this was in a movie about teens in jumpsuits kung-fu fighting, I couldn’t help but notice a…
