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Even in this day and age, there are people who think of the Midwest states as ‘flyover states’ – not only in the sense...
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Even in this day and age, there are people who think of the Midwest states as ‘flyover states’ – not only in the sense...
Readers of Otaku Lounge may remember an article I wrote some months ago about Western-friendly Japanese pop and rock music. I still have about...
Oh, if I could be a black hipster. I laugh at Portlandia, so maybe I’m close? I’m already a black nerd, and there’s a...
Even when I thought I knew just about everything creative, compulsive and crazed when it came to tales of the man and his music,...
Okay, I just got finished watching about an hour of the pre-game show on E! to see who dare to go against the dreaded...
Hey. You’re still here? Wow. Okay. I guess that means I’m going to keep writing this; at least, until pre-production on myself and Gary...
By Christy Gibbs The quick lowdown: Summer, Kyushu, 1966. A first-year high school student moves from bustling Yokosuka to live with his aunt and...
It’s hard to explain to the uninitiated just what a film like “Samsara” is all about. One could say it’s a nature documentary but...
Formed in 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Replacements were one of the great groups that merged a love of classic rock, hook-laden bands such as The...
Once again, I’ve pilfered the INSTANT WATCH avails to suggest some of the more interesting under-the-radar releases now streaming. Cult Classics, Not-So Classics, Not-Yet...
The year was 1994. The eight-year-old version of T.J Martinez was a diehard professional wrestling fan. I was all about everything WWF. Posters, action...
December 22nd, 2012 marked a decade since Joe Strummer (born John Mellor) passed away. My best friend (the one who initially broke the news...
Elvis Presley was born on this day in 1935. Some say he died on August 16, 1977. Others believe Elvis is alive. Once, after...
This Saturday, December 22nd at Brighton Music Hall, home of Boston’s best local electronic dance pop bands and young talent, will host an all...
Ah, Ah, We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow, The hammer of...
Chicago. Chicago. That toddlin’…nevermind. Chicago, home to some of the finest music ever made in the US of A. Chicago, my former home, and...
As the holidays overtake the sights and sounds of our culture in a seemingly endless loop, there are those aspects of it that have...
Produced by Jim Czarnecki, Stephen Kessler, Mike Wilkins, David Zieff, Lesa Lakin , Rob Cohen, Alicia Van Couvering Written and Directed by Stephen...
By the time he had assembled his band Lyres, Boston singer/songwriter/tambourine shaker/pianist/Vox Continental organist, Jeff Conolly, had already become a legendary figure on The Hub’s...
HELLO DISCO CITIZENS! I’ve been away for a long, long while, dealing with my crazy NYC life, working on becoming a Rock Star, teaching...
Music can be a powerful agent for change – it can wake you up to what’s really going on, and it can make you...
I was going to do a playlist of Halloween songs, anyway, and I was thrilled when I found out this particular column would actually...
John Entwistle was the legendary and highly influential bass player for The Who. Before Entwistle, pop music fans of all different styles could care...
Autumn has come to the Midwest. The days are getting shorter. The geese are honking loudly in the ecstasy of their southward flights. On...