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Being a real, actual, functioning, living-in-a-fart-filled-van band is not glamorous, jolly, or lucrative, but if that’s what you want to do, then that’s what you have to do. Engine Down (audio here), who have a brand new rockin’ record out on Lookout Records, just got spanked in the worst way. …

Killer dancehall and reggae photographic exhibition at Eyejammie Gallery in NYC: “Riddim Driven: A 25th Birthday Salute to VP Records and Dancehall Reggae” will open at the Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery, 516 W.25th Street, on Friday, September 10, 2004 from 6 to 9pm. The group show will use photography to …

After fully succumbing to his pop music impulses via the solo album route, bookish cowpunk Rhett Miller has finally reunited with his cronies in the Old 97’s. And if the results aren’t as knock-you-on-yer-ass as the band’s best and brightest (Fight Songs or Satellite Rides), this band of Texas alt-countrifiers …

Mark Evanier's latest ace collection of comics and pop culture essays. . .

by Ray Olsen Part 1 is here. Part 2 Preliminary games of both the Women’s and Men’s Beach Volleyball were on the very first day of Olympic events. A great way to start. Although it is a luck of the draw as to who you see in the prelims, the …

At what point – or perhaps the question is, IS there a point at which all this smoke indicates the presence of an underlying fire which must be actually extinguished rather than simply contained? Can all of this really be the result of parasites, gold diggers, and misunderstandings? I find …

Last weekend was the bittersweet goodbye to James Doohan as Scotty, who at 84 is just too old and sick to carry on with his appearances at conventions and so forth. Coincidentally, Trekkies 2, a documentary about hard core Star Trek fans was just released on DVD: Once wasn’t enough! …

RJ posted a state-by-state breakdown on where the presidential election stands as of just before the RNC, (Zogby says Bush by 46-44 this morning), and even before the RNC, Bush was leading in the electoral college. I’d say the RNC was quite successful, and Bush again showed that he is …

Ozzfest cancels last show in WEST PALM Florida; on Saturday September 4th due to category 5 Hurricane Frances predicted to hit the state of Florida on Friday Sept 3rd. About 2.5 million residents were told to clear out ahead of what could be the most powerful storm to hit Florida …

Just a week after saxman Noble “Thin Man” Watts passed away, Alligator Records has lost another from its extended blues family, Raful Neal: RAFUL NEAL: JUNE 6, 1936 — SEPTEMBER 1, 2004 Famed Bayou bluesman, singer/harmonica player Raful Neal, died Wednesday, September 1, after a long bout with cancer. He …