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“Ssydarthurr” kicks things off on Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive like Syd Barrett performing a concert on some asteroid. With elements of early Brit Rock, taking the Who’s “Boris the Spider” to a realm where The U.K. Kaleidoscope totally owned, you know you’re in for a ride right from the start. “Weirdo’s Everywhere” is a jangle jangle pop sensation...

The musical entity called James Discovers is guitarist, vocalist, drummer, songwriter Mario Epstein along with bassist Andy Huges and from the ascending lines of the seven minute twenty-five second “Born Desire” you get a glimpse of The Twilinng meets the Mothers of Invention that makes up the fabric of this song.  “Flew into Boston / held my breath with...

Back in the 1980s, Ted Solovicos rocked out in the band Smuggler. Jump forward to the new millennium, and the artist formerly known as Grateful Ted performed in a duo called Britannica, nailing down British rock, the Moody Blues being a favorite, among many others.   Which brings us to this disc overflowing with original compositions – resplendent in a...

Alnico 4 magnets have been a vital component of PAF pickups since the earliest days of humbucker production.  I went into the A4-based PAF background not long ago with my review of the Mojotone Hot Classic with the Alnico 4 option, so I’ll save you guys the time of me droning on.  LOL!  And while the Alnico 4 flavor...

Blue Manic dive right into the four minute and forty-eight second riveting blues/rocker, “Stoned,” to open up the 5 song E.P. V-32. Guitars sparkling, resplendent in raw energy – a harder edge on the recording than a couple of performances that this writer experienced. The band appears more earthy from the stage, and though “Stoned” might appear edgier on...

Videogame Roundtable Episode 288 - Back in 2007, Derrick and Jennifer Schommer, along with Don Dunn started the Gaming Podcast, with their unique sense of humor and take on the biz of video games (as well as starting a popular World of Warcraft guild.) The trio would move on, with Derrick starting his Everyday Drinkers podcast and Common Man...

Trained at the New England Conservatory of Music in 2004, singer John Russell and composer Jordan Montgomery weave a dreamy, trippy aural mix consisting of violin, keyboards and avant garde complementary drumming. The almost four minute “Social Anxiety” features those beats with a layer of grunge keys embracing the unreal quality of the vocal that embraces these movements. The...

Episode 286: Videogame Roundtable Piss-Take Unfortunately, there's no Donald Trump in this podcast - you'll have to wait for an outtakes episode to listen to THAT discussion. However, there's plenty of news culled from the past two weeks to enjoy. The news includes: Rumor: Beyond Good & Evil 2 Switch exclusive for first 12 months 'Game Mode' for Windows 10 will...

I came across something on Twitter a couple of days ago that made me stop and think. Someone had posted a picture of some Wii games they had picked up and stated that they enjoyed collecting Wii games because those still came with Instruction Booklets. This was the second time that the lack of Instruction Booklets in recent console...

Video Game Roundtable Episode 284: The Very Late Paul S. Nowak In an hour-long epilogue to last week's landmark episode, Paul Nowak shows up for a guest appearance and is very late. He discusses the previous week's podcast notes - and talks about his new job and Dungeon Keeper. This is the last episode of 2016. See you in the new,...