RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE – November 2005 The Catz in the Hatz, “”Take One” (Catz in the Hatz Records) Stardust-sprinkled jazz favorites played by genial weekend warriors for the Arthur Murray set. The marketing sound-bite for this SoCal-based quintet is “Jazz with an attitude” but with such foxtrot favorites as “I’ve Got You Under […] Continue reading →

RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE – January 2006 by Eric Saeger Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction, “Rock Savage” (Abstract Sounds) Medium-speed sleaze-metal so full of its double-Y self it can’t help but succeed. AWOL from his writing/cartooning/psychiatric- ward-squatting pursuits, Zode brags on and on about booze, motorcycles and stealing your girlfriend in his best […] Continue reading →

In incendiary brilliance of Jethro Tull’s follow up to the magnificent “This Was” is staggering. Totally veering away from the jazzy blues of their debut, the band set up an album comprising mainly of rock, folk and classical. The album starts with the full on crunchy riff-fest of “New day yesterday”, a style which is […] Continue reading →

Getting To This, Blodwyn Pig’s second opus, features Mick Abrahams (formerly of Jethro Tull) meeting acid and fusing it with his unique blues style. This album also shows the band as having a reflective side, thus creating the epic “San Francisco Sketches”, and single handedly creating prog rock (no, it wasn’t King Crimson folks!) The […] Continue reading →

1994 would be a year we would never forget, and for many bands it would see the death of milestone in modern music, the unforgivable grunge era was dead. But from the ashes still burned the passion and the meaning to which many musicians are discovering once more. The Vines have most certainly taken this […] Continue reading →

June 2005 by Eric Saeger Eric is a former contributor to Boston Rock, Factsheet Five, The Portsmouth Herald (NH) and the seminal San Francisco punk fanzine Why Music Sucks. Ghost Orgy, “Lullabies for Lunatics” (Thoth Music) In “Lullabies for Lunatics,” Filipina hottie Dina Concina has come up with some of the most misfit mall-goth in […] Continue reading →

For those who have never have been to the North Country Faire in Northern Alberta, Canada it is a hard event to describe. It is a solstice celebration with short nights (dark for 4 hours) and some of the trippiest people you could ever meet. It is four days of camping, constant music, sleep deprivation, […] Continue reading →

This is a great little river town. You can hear live R&B and old time rock every Wednesday and on the weekend coming from the local night clubs,and the river is a great place to spend the day hiking fishing swiming boating and horse back riding. Then spend the night partying at Lenora’s Ghost. Continue reading →

The still brilliant examination of one man’s life in the balance, 12 Angry Men irrevocably alters one’s perceptions of the trial by jury process. With a worried gaze, the defendant (John Savoca) pensively stares at the retreating backs of his jury. On trial for pre-meditated murder, he will be sent to the chair if a […] Continue reading →

The Dutch Experience The inside story: 30 years of hash and grass coffeeshops By Nol van Schaik Reviewed by Skip Stone BUY THIS BOOK! With this compelling book, Nol van Schaik, has done what no one else dared; expose the inside workings of the Dutch Coffeeshop system. In doing so, he reveals the truth about […] Continue reading →