AltWeeklies Wire
Band Bets on Debut Albumnew
Even with an appearance at the South by Southwest music festival and the imminent release of their debut album, members of Doris Henson are skeptical that they'll succeed big time.
The Pitch |
Nathan Dinsdale |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Trick Daddy Puréenew
A reviewer slices and dices a veritable buffet of new albums in a few sentences each.
So Long, Mr. Jonesnew
When he emerged from prison last year, rapper Russell Jones was by most accounts a subdued shell of his former manic self. His insanity had been the root of his appeal.
The Pitch |
Nathan Dinsdale |
11-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Voter Rapathynew
J-Kwon is merely another pinky-ringed cog in the ambitious machine known as the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. The organization is a noble, unprecedented attempt to enchant the disenchanted. Can it succeed?
Kansas Attorney General Protects Citizens from Lou Reednew
The state of Kansas turned away 1,600 CDs from a shipment of 51,000 that came as part of an anti-trust settlement between the federal government and the recording industry. Nathan Dinsdale visits a public library in the heartland to evaluate what benefit came from being spared Lou Reed, Nas, Soul Asylum and Devo.
What If Rock Stars Had Their Own Olympics?new
In the Rock Star Olympics, celebrity smack addicts would have to escape Betty Ford, evade drug-sniffing police dogs and run through back-alley water hazards in pursuit of a syringe filled with Mr. Brownstone.
Tags: humor & satire
