2007

Joe Walsh Really Needs To Go Away

This putz planted himself squarely on my shitlist after earning three full strikes. Strike #1: Last summer Walsh took the James Gang on the road, charging $70 for a balcony seat to

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Wednesday Intermezzo: Oh, The Irony

Blender must have missed the renaming of the Gramercy Theater on its list of The 50 Worst Things Ever to Happen to Music. The ironing, it’s delicious. As usual we’ve got

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Artist Jim Pollock Opens His Doors

Willy Wonka, be damned, the artist opened his PollockPrints Studio to the public recently, and our poster-geek friend Phil could find himself nowhere else in the world than that Chicago abode.

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Shapes and Sizes: Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner

Shapes and Sizes sophomore effort, Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner," exerts less of an impact than their self-titled debut by taking itself too seriously. Despite that, the band continues to engage in an intellectual slugfest, creating their form of art rock by hammering away at convention. Here you will find an array of horns, notes from a music box, and static all working together to produce progressive sound.

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