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Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley waxes cinematic on the more important films of our time. Sort of.  VALLEY GIRL (1983) STARS : Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Michael Bowen THE PLOT : I have found myself up late at night wondering where on God’s great earth I could find a movie devoted to the […]

I've been raving about Glasgow, Scotland's WE ARE THE PHYSICS to so many people, they either respond with "Okay, I get it, Jas," a quick kick to my crotch or both. The surname-deficient quartet of Michael, Michael, Michael and Chris have been plying their jittery, angular punk since 2005, releasing a handful of singles (starting with the […]

This past Saturday was National Record Store Day across the nation. I'm sure you heard what the point was of it all; Go to your local indie record store and buy something. Anything. A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G. Show your financial support and help keep their doors open. Before they go the way of the: Yet, if you read […]

Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley waxes cinematic on the more important films of our time. Sort of.  SHORT CIRCUIT (1986) STARS : Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens THE PLOT : “Okay guys, everybody listen closely. I’ve got a great idea for a movie. We start with a man who has grown tired […]

It seems like forever since last we spoke. The world is now a different place. Soundgarden got back together without Chris Cornell, which is the grunge equivalent of Double Stuf Oreos without the Double Stuf. Craig Owens debuted his 36th side-project, Isles & Glaciers, at AP's South By Southwest party. And I'm not even gonna […]

Who the hell are you, anyway? Are you that big of a douche-bag in everyday life? I'm just not sure where you get off saying such horrible shit about a musician that you either: a) met once for a minute after a show b) never met but your friend's friend did for a minute after […]

When more and more musicians are living like this: And the top music industry executives live like this: Music fans go and steal music thinking they're robbing the: But instead are actually hurting the: Because, believe it or not, the majority of musicians don't live like: Or: And, instead, live like: Because, most of them, […]

  Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley waxes cinematic on the more important films of our time. Sort of.    BREAKIN’ 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO (1984)   STARS : Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones, Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers, Ice-T   THE PLOT: This movie is indisputably the “feel-greasy movie of the ’80s.” After watching it, I felt like some […]

Several times a week I get an email to my myspace from a high school student asking the $10,000,000 question: "So, how do I make a career as a music journalist? What courses should I take in college? How should I get my start? How can I have your job?" After about the 25th time, I get […]

  I was gonna call this blog, "Touch And Gone," and talk about how the downsizing of Touch And Go Records is sad for about three zillion reasons, not the least of which being: Where will Ted Leo go now? Is he warm? I hope he's warm. I even went and got quotes from folks at some of the […]

There's a lot of talk within the journalism profession these days about how to get people to pay for content on the internet when almost all of it can be accessed for free. Newspaper companies across the nation are quickly going broke as they sink financial resources into quality journalism and photography for their websites […]

Ending months (if not years) of speculation, pop-punk icons Blink-182 announced Sunday at the Grammys that they will end their four-year hiatus and that they're back together. They didn't reveal any specific details onstage, but moments later, the band left a message on their revamped website saying that they are currently in the studio writing and recording a […]

There used to be a time when FM radio mattered to taking your band to the next level. Your band could only get so big without having the major radio networks from coast-to-coast pushing your hits down the throats of listeners day in and out. Lots of radio people were paid off to play music […]

  Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley waxes cinematic on the more important films of our time. Sort of.    SPIES LIKE US (1985)   STARS: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon   THE PLOT: When I first took this assignment, I thought it might be extremely difficult to negatively comment on or find fault with […]

  I don't know if you read the news today, but it seems awful likely that you're gonna be spotting the Wentzes (Sir Peter and Dame Ashlee) in an upcoming episode of CSI:NY. And unlike Paramore's recent appearance in CSI: Las Vegas(seriously, enough with the CSI's. There are so many other letters we can string together for TV show […]

  Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley waxes cinematic on the more important films of our time. Sort of.   TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990)   STARS: Elias Koteas, Sam Rockwell, the voice of Corey Feldman   THE PLOT: This may not be as obscure as some of the movies I’ve reviewed, but I whole-heartedly feel […]

  Regardless of what Scott Heisel says, I do occasionally follow up on things I promise.   And like I said in my last blog (and at the request of beener48, whose whim I apparently feel a preternatural need to succumb to lately), I'm gonna dedicate this one to my Top 5 video games of all time. […]