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Spirit of rock lives on in Steve Zing
"I think punk is a state of mind," says Steve Zing, frontman for the punk/metal band Doomtree, ex-frontman for Chyna, current bassist for Danzig, and former drummer in Samhain and Mourning Noise, two punk rock bands that broke up in the '80s.
Punk is "just having your own thoughts and doing your own thing," Zing says.…
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'Shallow' psyches youReview of Pissed Jeans album "Shallow"
Released in June 2005 these eight songs seriously get better with time, and I loved the music the first time I heard it. Released on Parts Unknown record label, the music is a noisy, sludgy kick in the face and was part of the regular rotation at the Allentown based, no longer existing, riot-of-a-venue Jeff the Pigeon.…
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AC keeps things hotReview of Air Conditioning's album "Weakness"
Though dated a few years this Allentown based trio's full length is easily their most common release, available even on cdnow.com.
You really have to listen closely to "Weakness" to find the underlying rhythm, if rhythm is your thing. You can play it at full volume at any time and the lyrics, whether screamed or in spoken word, are impossible to figure out.…
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'300' marches down gory path to glory
Hollywood's list of blockbuster movies overwhelmed with historical inaccuracies became a little bit longer when "300" was released over the March 9 weekend.
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Carrey chilling in 'Number 23' thrillerJim Carrey plays the role of a dog catcher who goes insane after reading a mysterious book.
The Number 23 is a movie filled with suspense, thrills and endless mathematical nonsense. Jim Carrey plays the role of a delightfully more serious character named Walter Sparrow who falls into the insane chasms of a novel simply titled "The Number 23."
Sparrow's wife Agatha, under happenstance, comes across this book in a local book store and buys it for her husband as gift for his birthday.…
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Preparing students for the world beyond college
"Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms" is an informative, "life experience" book filled with suggestions, hints and warnings of what a college graduate can reasonably expect to encounter in today's work environment.
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'The Girl Next Door' has unsettling message
Movie viewers shuddered in their seats as they gazed at the screen, watching the atrocities being committed. Some shuddered, some bristled, as they viewed "The Girl Next Door," wondering how one human being could be so cruel to another.
The movie, available on DVD, is based on the book of the same name by Jack Ketchum.…
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