Well, sort of. The band Matchbook Romance is looking for a guitarist, but dude, you have to go to Poughkeepsie, NY. Remember the classic line from The French Connection? “Did you ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?” The scoop: Epitaph’s breakout band MATCHBOOK ROMANCE is seeking a new guitar player …

The Olympic Games return to their ancestral home in Athens, Greece. We aren’t there but we’d like to be. Ongoing news and commentary on the gathering of the nations in the celebration of sport: Athens Olympics 2004: The End We watched the Athens Olympics every night for over two weeks, …

Perhaps the area where the president is most beholden to the religious right, and the area of my greatest disagreement with him, is where the pro-life extreme bleeds into stem cell research policy. I have no logical problem with those who are pro-life: I may disagree with them, but I …

Warner Brothers Records is the only major label that hasn’t got around to discovering Blogcritics – can’t be bothered I guess, which would indicate to me a high level of cluelessness. While I admire WB’s efforts to integrate themselves into the Byzantine world of blogs – but not yet Blogcritics, …

Though all discussion of the Middle East, Islam, Iraq, the current military action in Najaf, and seemingly the future of the world, involves discussion of the Shiah and the Sunni branches of Islam. But how many actually know what the differences between the sects are and what they mean? I, …

I am very excited but also sad about the Athens Olympics starting today. I am a total Olympic buff and will follow the Games as closely as I can on TV between work and the rest of my nonsensical schedule, but I won’t be there. This will be the first …

Hard rock and horror films seem a logical fit: Los Angeles, CA based AEI’s (Atchity Entertainment International) DVD products will now be exclusively distributed by Victory Records in North America. AEI Chairman Dr. Kenneth Atchity said, “We’re thrilled to open this new vista of business for AEI. Through AEI Home …

Nice little twist on racism from Debra Dickerson: I’m the only person I know who routinely admits to being a racist. When I redeemed my Mother’s Day spa package, I was assigned a lovely young black woman as my aesthetician. As we chatted, I found myself searching for words. Eventually, …

In a way, the disembodied head is the perfect symbol for a radio DJ from the Golden Age: the invisible voice danced directly into your ear late at night in the dark, maybe hidden under a pillow as the voice – intermixed with exciting, rhythmic, forbidden music – illicitly stole …

What a difference two years makes: one of the first things we did at Blogcritics was an email interview with Frank Black, formerly Black Francis, formerly and now once-againly Charles Thompson. Now that the Pixies have quite successfully reunited, a look at that interview is entertaining: Eric Olsen: You have …