September 2008
13 posts
Movie Review: (1997) A Better Place
A Better Place Directed by Vincent Pereira 1997, View Askew Productions If you can't remember, high school was painfully awkward for most parties; it was rife with fighting and bickering, especially between differing social classes. At…
Movie Review: (1996) Drawing Flies
Drawing Flies Directed and written by Matthew Gissing and Malcolm Ingram 1996 Drawing Flies , 1996 release from View Askew Productions, may feature several actors from Kevin Smith's Clerks and Mallrats , but expecting a romp with the same…
Politics and Music: Mark Berube
Mark Berube, a Canadian indie musician who performs folk-inflected indie with his group, Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few, discusses his perspective on music and politics. This is the third in a series of interviews with musicians…
Southern Utah: Open Mic Night at The Grind
For eight years, Open Mic Night has taken place at Groovacious, a Cedar City record store; one week ago, Open Mic Night was moved to The Grind Coffee House. The new ownership at the coffee shop has already shown a great willingness to…
Review: What Laura Says - Thinks and Feels
What Laura Says Thinks and Feels Terpsikshore Records, 2008 What Laura Says opens their second release with a collection, of sorts, of musical styles: "Couldn't Lose Myself If I Tried" opens with a gentle folk-inflected tune before it…
Music Geek #12: Subscribe with Google Reader, please
Five of you subscribe to MusicGeek.org with Google Reader. One of you is me. So, let me revise that: Four of you subscribe to MusicGeek.org with Google Reader. Thank you. More of you regular readers should subscribe to this site with some…
From the archives: An interview with Sean and Christian of Monster Movie
The following is an interview conducted with Christian Savill and Sean Hewson of Monster Movie from 2005. The interview is being resurfaced mostly because I think it's interesting. Nothing in the interview -- aside from formatting -- has…
Music Geek #11: Post-rock: reproducing in the back seat since the '90s
From the chart attached — from VerySmallArray.com , a wonderful little site of charts and graphics and things by Dorothy Gambrell, creator of my favorite web comic, Cat and Girl — it's clear that instrumental music is not very popular…