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March DVDs!
The Constant Gardener Universal There’s no denying the price of prescription drugs is out of this world. What is often overlooked is the cost to bring those drugs to the market. Sure, it may cost the pharmaceutical company pennies to make the pills it offers, but it costs upwards of half a billion to bring […]
Stop, Thief!
Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering The Fisk University-Library Of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941-1942 is an important book. Edited by writers Robert Gordon and Bruce Nemerov, it introduces an unpublished manuscript by Fisk University professor, composer, and musicologist John Wesley Work III, sociologist Lewis Wade Jones, and graduate student Samuel Adams. The three Fisk scholars had […]
Who, What, When, Why, Where
At ARS STUDIO in Alsip, Larry Schara mastered the latest project for Tee & Company, Live From Joliet 2, and continued tracking with #Jock Hardy# for his latest Disney project . . . Schara also tracked choir vocals for Vishawn Mitchell‘s upcoming CD . . . Jennifer Highland tracked, mixed, and mastered for the Charles […]
At Least Joan Cusack Hasn’t Ditched Us (Yet)
Like “Soul Train,” the band Chicago, and the writers of the Broadway hit “Urinetown,” Ira Glass and his innovative public radio show “This American Life” are packing up and leaving town for greener pastures.
Pick Like Satriani
M-AUDIO Sputnik Microphone Home studio boffins looking for boutique-quality sound on a project/studio budget (who isn’t?), should find M-Audio‘s Sputnik ($899) an exceptional value. Sputnik is M-Audio’s flagship mic — a true large diaphragm vacuum tube condenser mic, with a sound the company claims “rivals the best microphones on the planet.” In this price range, […]
Smiling Scottish Eyes
March traditionally inspires lots of Celtic music and celebrations in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s important to note Celtic doesn’t just mean Irish. As a matter of fact, St. Patrick wasn’t actually Irish at all and some historians place his birth in Scotland, some in Wales. It’s a fitting reality considering after the […]
Local CD Reviews
Typical of countless other bluesy-rock bar bands, Analog Theory play conventional, straight-up rock that lacks originality or interest. Their sound is tired — chunky riffs, generic rhythms, and trite lyrics. This doesn’t mean they lack passion or spirit, as their musicianship exhibits cohesiveness and the performances are sharp. It’s too bad they put such a […]
BB King Review
B.B. King House Of Blues, Chicago Thursday, February 16, 2006 In what just might be his farewell tour, B.B. King exuded nothing but class on Thursday at House Of Blues, never bowing to the indignities of self-congratulation or hinting the blues are anything but alive.
Jeffersons Reviewed
Jefferson Starship & The Jefferson Airplane Family Galactic Reunion House Of Blues, Chicago Tuesday, February 21, 2006 The latest billing of the Jefferson Starship brand name has so much additional information that it couldn’t all fit on the ticket. But then again it’s only natural for this lengthy lineup to bill tours extremely specifically, given […]
Bob Mould Review
Bob Mould Old Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago Friday, February 17, 2006 Whether fronting the seminal Hüsker Dü, working solo, or with his second band Sugar, the constant hallmark of Bob Mould has always been the quality of his songwriting. Very few people can write such natural hooks as Mould, and there’s no better […]
Matt Pond/Dios (Malos) Review
Matt Pond PA, Dios (Malos) Double Door, Chicago Monday, February 20, 2006 I couldn’t believe it and neither could Matt Pond. What were all those people doing at the Double Door on a Monday, for a band that have never headlined a Chicago venue larger than the old Fireside?
BARR Preview
BARR Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago Saturday, February 25, 2006 “How do you start something? You start it.” These are the first words out of Brendan Fowler‘s (aka BARR) mouth on Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case, giving the immediate hint that this record might be out there — a ways.
Win A Trip To London
BRAVE NEW WORLD Catch them now before VH1 needs to dig them up in 10 years: Guitar Center and Vox Amplification are cosponsoring a contest that will send a winner and guest to London to see The Bravery at Wembley Arena on April 3rd.
Illumilite
Latrice Barnett Illuminate (Ultra) Dance club lite tracks exhibit more anonymity than soul on Five Point Plan vocalist’s solo debut.
Frankly
Frankel Chatterbox (Three Ring) Calling him “Lithium pop,” Frankel’s label isn’t doing him any favors, appropriate as it might be.
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