Well, it's that time again - the time where we begin to turn our attention to the next issue we'll be doing. Trust me, I'd much rather post stuff like this than stuff about our financial troubles, but those are still an unsettling reality that needs addressing if we're to survive - so I have to waste time trying to drum up support rather than address the cooler stuff - like the reviews and things we'll be doing. Well, for now I'm going to look at that stuff - but there will be a cry for help at the end of this blog.
So, just to drop some names - these are the CD/DVD reviews we hope to have for you for next time - just by the name of the artist. Keep in mind this list may be taken away from or added to by the time we're done.
Asia Bassinvaders Beardfish Benedictum Black Fortress of Opium Blind Melon Caamora Dark Suns Dead Man Demians Destroy All Monsters Divine Baze Orchestra, The Doors, The Dream/Clone Dream Theater Dream Tiger Earth Wind and Fire Edgar Babriel's String Fusion Farflung Forever Will Be Gone Gaye, Marvin Guards of Metropolis Guthrie, Robin Hate Camels Holdsworth, Allan and Alan Pasqua Jaik Miller Band Kalliopi Karmacoda Kilguss, Jessie Killgo, Keith Kings X Korn Lair of the Minotaur Le Rug Lennon, John Mar De Grises McConnell, Craig Mekong Delta Mink Deville Nightwish Nugent, Ted Oxygene8 Pallas Powerglove Project Creation Quiet Earth Orchestra, The Running Still Sacket, Sacha Seventh Season Slough Feg Solare, Arianna Spiritual Beggars Stebmo Steed, Jim Steel Pulse Testament 3rd Genesis Turunen, Tarja Ween Ziino, Robert
We're also planning to have these concert reviews -
Black Bonzo Circa: Ritual RPWL UFO Wishbone Ash
And our plan is to have these interviews, too
Beardfish Guthrie, Robin Manilla Road My American Heart Stolt, Roine Tangent, The UFO
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I've mentioned before that we're in the process of getting all our archives moved from the old version of the site to the new one. Well, some letters are finished and we're still plugging away. I've been posting these as separate releases, but figured I'll consolidate them all in one place. Keep in mind that while these are all the letters we have completed, every letter has some of its content moved. We've got the last several issues in. Also, remember that in order to read the full text of anything other than the current issue you'll need to get a membership, but they start at six bucks and include a ton of other stuff – see the video (underneath the log in box) for more details.
If you are a musician or in a band and the name starts with a one of these letters check the list – you might be there! Well, with no further delay, here's a look at the archive letters that are finished – first, for CD reviews, we've got these.
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A Chinese Firedrill - Circles A Melodic Daydream - Pool or the Pond EP A Perfect Murder - Strength Through Vengeance Aaliyah - Aaliyah ABC - Absolutely Abigail's Ghost - Selling Insincerity Abramis Brama - Dansa Tokjavelns Vals Abramis Brama - Live Acumen - Diversity Adult Party Experience - Overpenetration Aerial - Caught Inside the Circle CD EP Aerosmith - Nine Lives Aethellis - Aethellis Age of Nemesis - Psychogeist Age of Nemesis - Terra Incognita Agora - Segundo Pasado Agua De Annique - Air Aina - Days of Rising Doom-The Metal Opera Aisles - The Yearning Ajalon - Eternity Ajalon - The Light At the End of the Tunnel Akercocke - Choronzon AKLO - Beyond Madness AKLO - Unnamable Al Atkins - Demon Deceiver – The Sin Sessions Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire Alaska - Alaska Alchemist - Organasm Alcoholika - Toxicnology Part 1 & 2 Alientar - Alientar All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals Gary Allan - Greatest Hits Roye Albrighton - The Follies of Rupert Treacle Russell Allen's Atomic Soul - Russell Allen's Atomic Soul Ed Alleyne-Johnson - Reflections Altera Enigma - Alteration Altura - Mercy Amaran's Plight - Voice in the Light Amarok - Sol de Medianoche The Amber Light - goodbye to dawn farewell to dusk American Zen - Level 1 - Peace of Mind Amon Amarath - With Oden on our Side Tori Amos - Boys For Pele Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls Analog Missionary - Transmitter Analog Missionary - Voyage of the Demeter Ancient Vision - Focus or Blinders Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe - An Evening of Yes Music Plus Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe - An Evening of Yes Music Plus (Reissue) Christine Anderson - Live Summer Session Ian Anderson - Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull Jon Anderson - 3 Ships Jon Anderson - Live From La La Land Jon Anderson - Live in Sheffield 1980 Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Jon Anderson - Searching for the Songs Jon Anderson - Song of Seven Jon Anderson - The Mother's Day Concert Jon Anderson - Watching The Flags That Fly Anekdoten - Gravity Jane Anfinson - Precious Details Angel Witch - Resurrection Änglagård - Hybris Angra - Rebirth Annihilator - Carnival Diablos Annihilator - Metal Annihilator - Schizo Deluxe Anthrax - Among The Living Anthropia - Ereyn Chronicles: Part 1 the Journey of Beginnings Antigone Rising - Traveling Circus Antiquus - Eleutheria Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained Anubis Spire - Back To Abydos Anubis Spire - Children of a Foreign Faith Anubis Spire - Old Lions (In the World of Snarling Sheep) Anyone's Daughter - Wrong Carmine Appice - Ultimate Guitar Zeus Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin Arena - Immortal Arena - Pepper's Ghost India Arie - Acoustic Soul Diane Arkenstone & Misha Segal - Christmas Healing Volume 1 Diane Arkenstone & Misha Segal - Christmas Healing Volume 2 Diane Arkenstone & Misha Segal - Christmas Healing Volume 3 Art Rock Circus - Tell A Vision The Ascent of Everest - How Lonely Sits the City Ray Ashley - 3 Hour Detour Ray Ashley - Cinema Inferno Asia - Archiva 1 Asia - Arena Asia - Asia Asia - Fantasia – Live In Tokyo Asia - Live Koln Asia - Rare Asia - Silent Nation Asmodeus X - Sanctuary Astral Doors - Astralism Astral Doors - Evil Is Forever Astralasia - The Hawkwind Re-Mixes At War With Self - Acts of God Atomic Rooster - Best of Atomic Rooster - Volume 1 and Volume 2 Atreyu - The Curse Attention Deficit - Attention Deficit Attention Deficit - The Idiot King Autumn Rest - Poems From the Fire Average White Band - Greatest and Latest Ayreon - - 01011001 – Special Edition CD and DVD Ayreon - Flight Of The Migrator Universal Migrator (Part 2) Ayreon - The Dream Sequencer Universal Migrator (Part 1) Aziola Cry - Ellipsis Aziola Cry - Ghost Conversations
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Sebastian Bach - Bring 'Em Bach Alive Dave Bainbridge - Veil of Gossamer Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin! Bane - The Note Peter Banks - Two Sides of Peter Banks Tony Banks - Still Banned From Utopia - So Yuh Don't Like Modern Art Michael Barry-Rec - On The Road to North Mountain Jodi Beach Trio - In Other Words Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic: Part One Robin Beck - Do You Miss Me Adrian Belew - Side One Adrian Belew - Side Two Adrian Belew - Side Three Adrian Belew - Side Four Beautiful Creatures - Deuce Before the Dawn - The Ghost Bellaphon - Firefly Benedictum - Uncreation Ray Bennett - Angels and Ghosts Ray Bennett - Whatever Falls Robert Berry - A Soundtrack To The Wheel of Time Robert Berry - Prime Cuts The Berzerker - Dissimulate The Berzerker - World of Lies Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear Big Big Train - The Difference Engine Big Dixon - Big Dixon Bird Mancini - Year of Change Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Dancing on A'A Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Faultline Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Petrophonics Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Pyroclastics Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - The Iridium Controversy Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - with Oral Moses - Extreme Spirituals Mike Black - Go/No-Go The Black Crowes - Freak 'N' Roll...Into the Fog - The Black Crowes All Join Hands - The Fillmore… Black 47 - Fire of Freedom Black 47 - Iraq Black 47 - Live In New York City Black Bonzo - Sound of the Apocalypse Black Label Society - Hangover Music, Vol.
6 Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon Black Sabbath - Never Say Die Black Sabbath - Reunion Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy Black Sabbath - Volume IV Blackfield - Blackfield Blackmore's Night - Past Times With Good Company Blackmore's Night - Winter Carols Blackshine - Soulless and Proud Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Bliss - Chasing the Mad Rabbit Blondie - Live Blondie - No Exit Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage The Bloody Lovelies - Some Truth and a Little Money Blue Öyster Cult - Curse of the Hidden Mirror Blue Öyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin Blue Öyster Cult - Heaven Forbid Blue Öyster Cult - The Revolution By Night Blue Öyster Cult - Workshop of the Telescopes Tomas Bodin - I Am Tomas Bodin - Sonic Boulevard Bodragaz - Bodragaz Bodragaz - Somewhere In Switzerland Body Count - Murder 4 Hire Boetz - Call to Arms Borg Symphony - Ode to Hero Tixe Boud Deun - The Stolen Bicycle Bozzio, Levin, Stevens - Black Light Syndrome Bozzio, Levin, Stevens - Situation Dangerous Terry Bozzio - Prime Cuts Terry Bozzio & Billy Sheehan - Nine Short Films Brain Surgeons - Malpractice Brain Surgeons - Piece of Work Brand X - Missing Period Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour Brazen Abbot - My Resurrection Peter Brown - Warm Bruford - One of A Kind Bruford - Rock Goes To College Bruford and Borstlap - In Two Minds Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Bill Bruford's Earthworks Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - BLUE Nights Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Bruford Levin Upper Extremities Gary Paul Bryant - Imaginary Piano Jimmy Buffett - Take the Weather with You Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire Eric Burdon - My Secret Life Burning Saviours - Nymphs & Weavers Kate Bush – Aerial Kate Bush - Hounds of Love Kate Bush - The Dreaming Bushwhack - Bushwhack Richard Butler - Richard Butler
C
Chris Caffery - Pins And Needles Cairo - Cairo Cairo - Conflict and Dreams Cairo - Time of Legends Caliban - Caliban California Guitar Trio - A Christmas Album California Guitar Trio - Whitewater California Guitar Trio - with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto-Live At The Key Club Robert Calvert - Revenge Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie Candlemass - Ancient Dreams Candlemass - Candlemass Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands Canvas - Digital Pigeon Canvas Solaris - Penumbra Diffuse Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond Oscar Caraballo - Yesterday Is Tomorrow Caravan - Canterbury Comes to London Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen Neil Carswell - Good Man's Journey Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways Cathedral - The Garden of Unearthly Delights Celldweller - Celldweller Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium Celtic Frost - Monotheist Chain - Chain.
exe Changing Modes - Aeroplane Cheap Trick - At Budokan-The Complete Concert Cheap Trick - Rockford James Christian - Meet the Man Chroma Key - Graveyard Mountain Home Chroma Key - You Go Now ChthoniC - Relentless Recurrence ChthoniC - Seedig Bale Circa: - 2007 Circle II Circle - Burden Of Truth Circus Brimstone - Brimstoned in Europe (Live) Circus Maximus - Isolate Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter Clark Plays Guitar - Clark Plays Guitar TD Clark - Next Big Adventure The Clinton Administration - One Nation Under a Regroove The Clinton Administration - Take You Higher Clutch - Beale Street To Oblivion Cobweb Strange - A Breath Of October Cobweb Strange - Sounds From The Gathering Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Café Cocteau Twins - Lullabies To Violaine - Volume 1 Colin Spring and the Band That Murdered Silence - Cancion De Pollo Collective Soul - Dosage Albert Collins - Live At Montreux 1992 Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting Concrete Blonde - Live In Brazil Contrarian - Minor Complexities Converge - Jane Doe Alice Cooper - A Fistful of Alice Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet Alice Cooper - Dragontown Alice Cooper - Dragontown (Special Edition) Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid Alice Cooper - The Eyes of Alice Cooper Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare DC Cooper - DC Cooper Brian Copeland Band - Velvet Crush Bob Couchenour - The Sound 1.
0 The County Medical Examiners - Olidous Operettas Court - Frost of Watermelon Dave Cousins - Secret Paths Cracker - Garage D' Or Cradle of Filth - Damnation and a Day Cradle of Filth - Midian Robert Cray - Twenty Crazy World - Crazy World Creature Feature - Creature Feature The Creepniks - Graveyard Shindig Creozoth - Creozoth Crimson Glory - Astronomica Crushed - My Machine C2THype - Close To The Hype Cy Curnin - The Returning Sun The Cursed - Room Full of Sinners Curved Air - PhantasmagoriaCracker - Garage D'Or
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Qoph - Kalejkoskopiska-aktiviteter Qoph - Pyrola Queen - A Night At The Opera Queensryche - Take Cover Queensrÿche - Live Evolution Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime II Queensrÿche - Rage For Order Queensrÿche - The Art of Live Queensrÿche - Tribe Linnea Quigley - and the Bi-Polar Bears-Surfboards and Chainsaws The Quill - Voodoo Caravan Quodia - The Arrow – a story in seven parts
X
The X Brothers – Solid Citizen
Y
Faith Yang (Yang Nai Wen) - Continuation John Young Band - Live at the Classic Rock Society 2003 Neil Young - Living With War Trisha Yearwood - Greatest Hits Yanni - Live – The Concert Event Yes - 90125 Yes - 90125 Remastered and Expanded Yes - Big Generator Yes - Classic Yes Yes - Close To The Edge Yes - Drama Yes - Drama - Remastered and Expanded Yes - Fragile - Remastered And Expanded Yes - Friends and Relatives Yes - Going For The One Yes - Greatest Hits Yes - House of Yes-Live From The House of Blues Yes - Keys To Ascension Yes - Keys to Ascension 2 Yes - Keystudio Yes - Live at Montreux 2003 Yes - Magnification Yes - Open Your Eyes Yes - Open Your Eyes (Surround Sound Version) Yes - Relayer Yes - Something..s Coming Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans Yes - Talk Yes - The Ladder Yes - The Yes Album Yes - Time and A Word Yes - Tormato Yes - Tormato (Expanded and Remastered) Yes - Union Yes - Yes Yes - Yesshows Yes - Yessongs Yes - Yesterdays Yes - Yesyears Box Set Neil Young - Under Review 1976-2006 DVD
Z
Zachariah and the Lobos Riders - Alcoholiday Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free Frank Zappa - Freak Out! Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere Frank Zappa - We're Only in It for the Money Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York Richard Zeier - Phenomenation The Zen Tricksters - A Love Surreal Zero Hour - Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond Zero Hour - The Towers of Avarice Sandy Zio - All That I Am Rob Zombie - Past, Present and Future Saul Zonana - Love Over Money
For video reviews, here's what we've got:
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America - Live in Central Park 1979 DVD Amon Amarath - Wrath of the Norsemen DVD Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe - An Evening of Yes Music Plus DVD Ian Anderson - Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull DVD Jon Anderson - Tour of the Universe DVD Annihilator - Ten Years Of Hell DVD Carmine and Vinny Appice - Drum Wars: The Ultimate Battle DVD Asia - Fantasia - Live in Tokyo DVD Average White Band - Live At Montreux 1977 DVD
B
Baby Shambles - Up The Shambles - Live in Manchester DVD Ginger Baker - Ginger Baker In Africa DVD Band Du Lac - One Night Only Live DVD Nick Barrett & Clive Nolan - A Rush of Adrenaline DVD Blaze Bayley - Alive In Poland DVD The Beatles - From Liverpool to San Francisco DVD Before the Dawn - The First Chapter George Benson - Live At Montreux 1986 DVD Black Sabbath - The Last Supper-DVD Blackmore's Night - Paris Moon DVD Body Count - Live in L.A.
DVD Body Count - Smokeout DVD Bon Jovi - The Story of My Life DVD Brazen Abbot - A Decade of Brazen Abbot DVD James Brown - Live in Montreux 1981 DVD Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Video Anthology Volume I - 2000's Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Video Anthology 2 - 1990's DVD Buckethead - Young Buckethead Vol.
1 DVD Buckethead - Young Buckethead Vol.
2 DVD Gary Burton - and Makoto Ozone – Live at Montreux 2002 DVD The Byrds - Under Review DVD
C
Cactus - Live DVD Canned Heat - Live at Montreux 1973 DVD (2 Disc) Canned Heat - Live at Montreux 1973 DVD California Guitar Trio - Live @ Sinnissippi Park 7/23/05 DVD Chain - Chain.
exe - Limited Edition DVD Ray Charles - Live at Montreux 1997 DVD The Chieftains - Live Over Ireland – Water From The Well DVD ChthoniC - A Decade on the Throne (DVD and CD) Eric Clapton - Live at Montreux 1986 DVD Coldplay - XYX – The Story Behind DVD Albert Collins - Live At Montreux 1992 DVD Phil Collins - A Life Less Ordinary DVD Alice Cooper - Live at Montreux 2005 DVD Alice Cooper - Brutally Live DVD Cradle of Filth - Heavy Left Handed and Candid (DVD) Cream - The Making Of Disraeli Gears DVD Cro-Mags - The Final Quarrel: Live at CGBG 2001 DVD Culture Club - Live In Sydney DVD The Cure - Lost in the Labyrinth DVD
Q
Queen - Rock Montreal DVD Queen - Under Review 1946-1991 Queen: The Freddie Mercury Story DVD Queen - The Making of A Night At The Opera DVD Queensrÿche - The Art of Live DVD Queensrÿche - Operation Livecrime DVD
Y
Y&T - Live One Hot Night DVD Yes - 9012Live DVD Yes - Greatest Video Hits DVD Yes - House of Yes Live DVD Yes - Keys To Ascension DVD Yes - Live At Montreux 2003 DVD Yes - Live In Philadelphia 1979 DVD Yes - Musikladen Live DVD Yes - Symphonic Live DVD Yes - Yessongs DVD Yes - Yesspeak DVD Yes - Yesyears DVD
Z
Frank Zappa - The Dub Room Special DVD
For concert reviews, here's what we have
A
ABC - Live In Chicago-October 27th, 1999 Ian Anderson - Live In Milwaukee, WI, October 2006 Jon Anderson - A review of Jon Anderson's Earthmotherearth ballet presented as a poem Jon Anderson - Earth Mother Earth Ballet by Jon Anderson Anthrax - Live in Rockford, IL, September 28, 2005 Asia - Live in Chicago, July 2005 Atreyu - Live at Ozzfest, 2004, Alpine Valley, WI Aziola Cry - Live at M.A.R.S.
, June 2007 Aziola Cry - Live in Madison, WI, June, 2007
B
Adrian Belew - Live in Buffalo, New York, March 2008 Black 47 - Live In Chicago, 2002 Black 47 - Live in Rockford, IL, 2003 Black Label Society - Live at Ozzfest, 2004, Alpine Valley, WI Black Sabbath - Live at Ozzfest, 2004, East Troy, WI Black Sabbath - Live in Chicago, IL, June 8th, 2001 Black Sabbath - Live in Chicago, January 19, 1999 Blind Guardian - Live in Chicago, 2002 Blue Öyster Cult - Live in Anaheim, CA, March, 2007 Blue Öyster Cult - Live In Beloit, WI, 2002 Blue Öyster Cult - Live in Costa Mesa, California, August, 2007 Blue Öyster Cult - Live in Rockford, IL, September 6th, 1998 Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Live in Chicago, December 9, 1998
C
California Guitar Trio - Live in Chicago October 26th, 2001 California Guitar Trio - Live in Eugene, OR, 2003 California Guitar Trio - Live In Palatine, IL, 2002 Caravan - Live at NEARfest, 2002 Collective Soul - Live in Beloit, Wi, July, 2005 Concrete Blonde - Live in Chicago, May 10th, 2003 Alice Cooper - Live at Beloit Riverfest, July 9, 2004 Alice Cooper - Live in Chicago, October 23, 2001 Alice Cooper - Live In Milwaukee, August 7, 2000 Cracker - Live in Dekalb, IL, 2001 Robert Cray - Live in Rockford, IL, August, 2005
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Queensrÿche - Live in Chicago, IL, June, 2005 Queensrÿche - Live in Chicago, IL, September, 2006 Queensrÿche - Live in Chicago, July 19, 2003 Queensrÿche - Live in Chicago, November 17th, 2001 Queensrÿche - Live in Hoffman Estates, IL, September, 2007 Queensrÿche - Live in Merrillville, IN, October, 2005 Queensrÿche - Live In Milwaukee August 26th, 2000
Y
Y&T - Live in Schaumburg, IL, October 2007 Yes - Live at Taste of Chicago, July 8th, 2000 Yes - Live at the World Music Theater-July 9th, 1998 Yes - Live In Chicago, 2002 Yes - Live in Chicago, November 21, 2002 Yes - Live In Milwaukee, November 13, 1999 Yes - Live in Milwaukee-November 15th, 1997 Yes - Live In Nottingham, England, June 6, 2003 Yes - Live in Rosemont, IL, May 4th, 2004
For interviews we've got:
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Age of Nemesis Ajalon (2 interviews) Akercocke Al Atkins Alabama Thunderpussy Altera Enigma Analog Missionary Jon Anderson (2 interviews) Annihilator (2 Interviews) Anthrax Carmine Appice Asia Ayreon Aziola Cry
B
Adrian Belew (an interview with Mr.
Belew himself and one with the other members of his power trio) Benedictum Beyond Fear Big Dixon Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Black 47 Black Bonzo Blackmore's Night Blue Öyster Cult (an interview with Eric Bloom and one with him and Buck Dharma) Boetz Brain Surgeons (an interview with Deborah Frost and one with Albert Bouchard) Brazen Abbot Michael Barry-Rec Ray Bennett Robert Berry (3 Interviews) Sebastian Bach The Berzerker (2 Interviews) Tomas Bodin
C
Chris Caffery Cairo California Guitar Trio Candlemass Celldweller Circa: Circle II Circle TD Clark Clutch Converge DC Cooper (2 Interviews) Cradle of Filth The County Medical Examiners
Q
4 Queensryche Interviews
Y
The John Young Band Y & T and 2 Yes Interviews (there are actually more set under the musician's name - for instance Jon Anderson - rather than the band name)
Z
Saul Zonana and Zero Hour
For book reviews we have
B
The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America written by Jonathan Gould and The Beatles - Get Back: The Beatles' Let It Be Disaster written by Doug Sulpy and Ray Schweighardt.
Y
Yes - The Extraordinary World of Yes written by Alan Farley and Yes - Yesstories-Yes In Their Own Words written by Tim Morse.
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I’ve mentioned before that we’re in the process of getting all our archives moved from the old version of the site to the new one. Well, some letters are finished and we’re still plugging away. I’ve been posting these as bulletins, but figured I’ll do a blog to consolidate them all in one place. Keep in mind that while these are all the letters we have completed, every letter has some of its content moved. We’ve got the last several issues in and "C" is probably over half done. Also, remember that in order to read the full text of anything other than the current issue you’ll need to get a membership, but they start at six bucks and include a ton of other stuff – see my last blog or the video on this profile – how about both – for more details.
If you are a musician or in a band and the name starts with a one of these letters check the list – you might be there! Well, with no further delay, here’s a look at the archive letters that are finished – first, for CD reviews, we’ve got these.
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A Chinese Firedrill - Circles A Melodic Daydream - Pool or the Pond EP A Perfect Murder - Strength Through Vengeance Aaliyah - Aaliyah ABC - Absolutely Abigail’s Ghost - Selling Insincerity Abramis Brama - Dansa Tokjavelns Vals Abramis Brama - Live Acumen - Diversity Adult Party Experience - Overpenetration Aerial - Caught Inside the Circle CD EP Aerosmith - Nine Lives Aethellis - Aethellis Age of Nemesis - Psychogeist Age of Nemesis - Terra Incognita Agora - Segundo Pasado Agua De Annique - Air Aina - Days of Rising Doom-The Metal Opera Aisles - The Yearning Ajalon - Eternity Ajalon - The Light At the End of the Tunnel Akercocke - Choronzon AKLO - Beyond Madness AKLO - Unnamable Al Atkins - Demon Deceiver – The Sin Sessions Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire Alaska - Alaska Alchemist - Organasm Alcoholika - Toxicnology Part 1 & 2 Alientar - Alientar All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals Gary Allan - Greatest Hits Roye Albrighton - The Follies of Rupert Treacle Russell Allen’s Atomic Soul - Russell Allen’s Atomic Soul Ed Alleyne-Johnson - Reflections Altera Enigma - Alteration Altura - Mercy Amaran’s Plight - Voice in the Light Amarok - Sol de Medianoche The Amber Light - goodbye to dawn farewell to dusk American Zen - Level 1 - Peace of Mind Amon Amarath - With Oden on our Side Tori Amos - Boys For Pele Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel Tori Amos - Scarlet’s Walk Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls Analog Missionary - Transmitter Analog Missionary - Voyage of the Demeter Ancient Vision - Focus or Blinders Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe - An Evening of Yes Music Plus Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe - An Evening of Yes Music Plus (Reissue) Christine Anderson - Live Summer Session Ian Anderson - Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull Jon Anderson - 3 Ships Jon Anderson - Live From La La Land Jon Anderson - Live in Sheffield 1980 Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Jon Anderson - Searching for the Songs Jon Anderson - Song of Seven Jon Anderson - The Mother’s Day Concert Jon Anderson - Watching The Flags That Fly Anekdoten - Gravity Jane Anfinson - Precious Details Angel Witch - Resurrection Änglagård - Hybris Angra - Rebirth Annihilator - Carnival Diablos Annihilator - Metal Annihilator - Schizo Deluxe Anthrax - Among The Living Anthropia - Ereyn Chronicles: Part 1 the Journey of Beginnings Antigone Rising - Traveling Circus Antiquus - Eleutheria Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained Anubis Spire - Back To Abydos Anubis Spire - Children of a Foreign Faith Anubis Spire - Old Lions (In the World of Snarling Sheep) Anyone’s Daughter - Wrong Carmine Appice - Ultimate Guitar Zeus Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin Arena - Immortal Arena - Pepper’s Ghost India Arie - Acoustic Soul Diane Arkenstone & Misha Segal - Christmas Healing Volume 1 Diane Arkenstone & Misha Segal - Christmas Healing Volume 2 Diane Arkenstone & Misha Segal - Christmas Healing Volume 3 Art Rock Circus - Tell A Vision The Ascent of Everest - How Lonely Sits the City Ray Ashley - 3 Hour Detour Ray Ashley - Cinema Inferno Asia - Archiva 1 Asia - Arena Asia - Asia Asia - Fantasia – Live In Tokyo Asia - Live Koln Asia - Rare Asia - Silent Nation Asmodeus X - Sanctuary Astral Doors - Astralism Astral Doors - Evil Is Forever Astralasia - The Hawkwind Re-Mixes At War With Self - Acts of God Atomic Rooster - Best of Atomic Rooster - Volume 1 and Volume 2 Atreyu - The Curse Attention Deficit - Attention Deficit Attention Deficit - The Idiot King Autumn Rest - Poems From the Fire Average White Band - Greatest and Latest Ayreon - - 01011001 – Special Edition CD and DVD Ayreon - Flight Of The Migrator Universal Migrator (Part 2) Ayreon - The Dream Sequencer Universal Migrator (Part 1) Aziola Cry - Ellipsis Aziola Cry - Ghost Conversations
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Sebastian Bach - Bring ’Em Bach Alive Dave Bainbridge - Veil of Gossamer Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin! Bane - The Note Peter Banks - Two Sides of Peter Banks Tony Banks - Still Banned From Utopia - So Yuh Don’t Like Modern Art Michael Barry-Rec - On The Road to North Mountain Jodi Beach Trio - In Other Words Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic: Part One Robin Beck - Do You Miss Me Adrian Belew - Side One Adrian Belew - Side Two Adrian Belew - Side Three Adrian Belew - Side Four Beautiful Creatures - Deuce Before the Dawn - The Ghost Bellaphon - Firefly Benedictum - Uncreation Ray Bennett - Angels and Ghosts Ray Bennett - Whatever Falls Robert Berry - A Soundtrack To The Wheel of Time Robert Berry - Prime Cuts The Berzerker - Dissimulate The Berzerker - World of Lies Beyond Fear - Beyond Fear Big Big Train - The Difference Engine Big Dixon - Big Dixon Bird Mancini - Year of Change Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Dancing on A’A Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Faultline Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Petrophonics Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Pyroclastics Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - The Iridium Controversy Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - with Oral Moses - Extreme Spirituals Mike Black - Go/No-Go The Black Crowes - Freak ’N’ Roll...Into the Fog - The Black Crowes All Join Hands - The Fillmore… Black 47 - Fire of Freedom Black 47 - Iraq Black 47 - Live In New York City Black Bonzo - Sound of the Apocalypse Black Label Society - Hangover Music, Vol. 6 Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon Black Sabbath - Never Say Die Black Sabbath - Reunion Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy Black Sabbath - Volume IV Blackfield - Blackfield Blackmore’s Night - Past Times With Good Company Blackmore’s Night - Winter Carols Blackshine - Soulless and Proud Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Bliss - Chasing the Mad Rabbit Blondie - Live Blondie - No Exit Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage The Bloody Lovelies - Some Truth and a Little Money Blue Öyster Cult - Curse of the Hidden Mirror Blue Öyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin Blue Öyster Cult - Heaven Forbid Blue Öyster Cult - The Revolution By Night Blue Öyster Cult - Workshop of the Telescopes Tomas Bodin - I Am Tomas Bodin - Sonic Boulevard Bodragaz - Bodragaz Bodragaz - Somewhere In Switzerland Body Count - Murder 4 Hire Boetz - Call to Arms Borg Symphony - Ode to Hero Tixe Boud Deun - The Stolen Bicycle Bozzio, Levin, Stevens - Black Light Syndrome Bozzio, Levin, Stevens - Situation Dangerous Terry Bozzio - Prime Cuts Terry Bozzio & Billy Sheehan - Nine Short Films Brain Surgeons - Malpractice Brain Surgeons - Piece of Work Brand X - Missing Period Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour Brazen Abbot - My Resurrection Peter Brown - Warm Bruford - One of A Kind Bruford - Rock Goes To College Bruford and Borstlap - In Two Minds Bill Bruford’s Earthworks - Bill Bruford’s Earthworks Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - BLUE Nights Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Bruford Levin Upper Extremities Gary Paul Bryant - Imaginary Piano Jimmy Buffett - Take the Weather with You Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire Eric Burdon - My Secret Life Burning Saviours - Nymphs & Weavers Kate Bush – Aerial Kate Bush - Hounds of Love Kate Bush - The Dreaming Bushwhack - Bushwhack Richard Butler - Richard Butler
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The X Brothers – Solid Citizen
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Faith Yang (Yang Nai Wen) - Continuation John Young Band - Live at the Classic Rock Society 2003 Neil Young - Living With War Trisha Yearwood - Greatest Hits Yanni - Live – The Concert Event Yes - 90125 Yes - 90125 Remastered and Expanded Yes - Big Generator Yes - Classic Yes Yes - Close To The Edge Yes - Drama Yes - Drama - Remastered and Expanded Yes - Fragile - Remastered And Expanded Yes - Friends and Relatives Yes - Going For The One Yes - Greatest Hits Yes - House of Yes-Live From The House of Blues Yes - Keys To Ascension Yes - Keys to Ascension 2 Yes - Keystudio Yes - Live at Montreux 2003 Yes - Magnification Yes - Open Your Eyes Yes - Open Your Eyes (Surround Sound Version) Yes - Relayer Yes - Something..s Coming Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans Yes - Talk Yes - The Ladder Yes - The Yes Album Yes - Time and A Word Yes - Tormato Yes - Tormato (Expanded and Remastered) Yes - Union Yes - Yes Yes - Yesshows Yes - Yessongs Yes - Yesterdays Yes - Yesyears Box Set Neil Young - Under Review 1976-2006 DVD
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Zachariah and the Lobos Riders - Alcoholiday Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free Frank Zappa - Freak Out! Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere Frank Zappa - We’re Only in It for the Money Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York Richard Zeier - Phenomenation The Zen Tricksters - A Love Surreal Zero Hour - Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond Zero Hour - The Towers of Avarice Sandy Zio - All That I Am Rob Zombie - Past, Present and Future Saul Zonana - Love Over Money
For video reviews, here’s what we’ve got:
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America - Live in Central Park 1979 DVD Amon Amarath - Wrath of the Norsemen DVD Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe - An Evening of Yes Music Plus DVD Ian Anderson - Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull DVD Jon Anderson - Tour of the Universe DVD Annihilator - Ten Years Of Hell DVD Carmine and Vinny Appice - Drum Wars: The Ultimate Battle DVD Asia - Fantasia - Live in Tokyo DVD Average White Band - Live At Montreux 1977 DVD
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Baby Shambles - Up The Shambles - Live in Manchester DVD Ginger Baker - Ginger Baker In Africa DVD Band Du Lac - One Night Only Live DVD Nick Barrett & Clive Nolan - A Rush of Adrenaline DVD Blaze Bayley - Alive In Poland DVD The Beatles - From Liverpool to San Francisco DVD Before the Dawn - The First Chapter George Benson - Live At Montreux 1986 DVD Black Sabbath - The Last Supper-DVD Blackmore’s Night - Paris Moon DVD Body Count - Live in L.A. DVD Body Count - Smokeout DVD Bon Jovi - The Story of My Life DVD Brazen Abbot - A Decade of Brazen Abbot DVD James Brown - Live in Montreux 1981 DVD Bill Bruford’s Earthworks - Video Anthology Volume I - 2000’s Bill Bruford’s Earthworks - Video Anthology 2 - 1990’s DVD Buckethead - Young Buckethead Vol. 1 DVD Buckethead - Young Buckethead Vol. 2 DVD Gary Burton - and Makoto Ozone – Live at Montreux 2002 DVD The Byrds - Under Review DVD
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Y&T - Live One Hot Night DVD Yes - 9012Live DVD Yes - Greatest Video Hits DVD Yes - House of Yes Live DVD Yes - Keys To Ascension DVD Yes - Live At Montreux 2003 DVD Yes - Live In Philadelphia 1979 DVD Yes - Musikladen Live DVD Yes - Symphonic Live DVD Yes - Yessongs DVD Yes - Yesspeak DVD Yes - Yesyears DVD
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Frank Zappa - The Dub Room Special DVD
For concert reviews, here’s what we have
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ABC - Live In Chicago-October 27th, 1999 Ian Anderson - Live In Milwaukee, WI, October 2006 Jon Anderson - A review of Jon Anderson’s Earthmotherearth ballet presented as a poem Jon Anderson - Earth Mother Earth Ballet by Jon Anderson Anthrax - Live in Rockford, IL, September 28, 2005 Asia - Live in Chicago, July 2005 Atreyu - Live at Ozzfest, 2004, Alpine Valley, WI Aziola Cry - Live at M.A.R.S. , June 2007 Aziola Cry - Live in Madison, WI, June, 2007
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Adrian Belew - Live in Buffalo, New York, March 2008 Black 47 - Live In Chicago, 2002 Black 47 - Live in Rockford, IL, 2003 Black Label Society - Live at Ozzfest, 2004, Alpine Valley, WI Black Sabbath - Live at Ozzfest, 2004, East Troy, WI Black Sabbath - Live in Chicago, IL, June 8th, 2001 Black Sabbath - Live in Chicago, January 19, 1999 Blind Guardian - Live in Chicago, 2002 Blue Öyster Cult - Live in Anaheim, CA, March, 2007 Blue Öyster Cult - Live In Beloit, WI, 2002 Blue Öyster Cult - Live in Costa Mesa, California, August, 2007 Blue Öyster Cult - Live in Rockford, IL, September 6th, 1998 Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Live in Chicago, December 9, 1998
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Y&T - Live in Schaumburg, IL, October 2007 Yes - Live at Taste of Chicago, July 8th, 2000 Yes - Live at the World Music Theater-July 9th, 1998 Yes - Live In Chicago, 2002 Yes - Live in Chicago, November 21, 2002 Yes - Live In Milwaukee, November 13, 1999 Yes - Live in Milwaukee-November 15th, 1997 Yes - Live In Nottingham, England, June 6, 2003 Yes - Live in Rosemont, IL, May 4th, 2004
For interviews we’ve got:
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Age of Nemesis Ajalon (2 interviews) Akercocke Al Atkins Alabama Thunderpussy Altera Enigma Analog Missionary Jon Anderson (2 interviews) Annihilator (2 Interviews) Anthrax Carmine Appice Asia Ayreon Aziola Cry
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Adrian Belew (an interview with Mr. Belew himself and one with the other members of his power trio) Benedictum Beyond Fear Big Dixon Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Black 47 Black Bonzo Blackmore’s Night Blue Öyster Cult (an interview with Eric Bloom and one with him and Buck Dharma) Boetz Brain Surgeons (an interview with Deborah Frost and one with Albert Bouchard) Brazen Abbot Michael Barry-Rec Ray Bennett Robert Berry (3 Interviews) Sebastian Bach The Berzerker (2 Interviews) Tomas Bodin
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The John Young Band Y & T and 2 Yes Interviews (there are actually more set under the musician’s name - for instance Jon Anderson - rather than the band name)
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Saul Zonana and Zero Hour
For book reviews we have
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The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America written by Jonathan Gould and The Beatles - Get Back: The Beatles’ Let It Be Disaster written by Doug Sulpy and Ray Schweighardt.
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Yes - The Extraordinary World of Yes written by Alan Farley and Yes - Yesstories-Yes In Their Own Words written by Tim Morse.
Remember (as mentioned above) that except for any articles that are in the current issue (and those are also included in the archives) you need a membership to check out the full text of the articles. For information about what else membership gives you, check out the previous blog – or the video on this profile or at the site.
I thought I’d give everyone some ideas of how the whole Music Street Journal membership breaks down in terms of what you get for your money.
A one month membership is six dollars. One of the things you get with your membership is the ability to read the book The Strange Sound of Cthulhu – Music Inspired by the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft online. That book retails for 24 dollars if you buy it. So, here you can read it for just six dollars and then all the other content in the members area could be considered "bonus!"
A three month membership is twelve bucks. Another thing you get with your membership is access to content by different bands. We’re constantly adding more acts, but in general you can sample songs, or watch videos (sometimes both) from the bands. You can also ask some of them questions and read blogs by some of the artists. We currently have these artists in there – with more being added on a daily basis lately.
Aethellis
Asmodeus X
Black 47
bloodsimple
Bill Bruford
Clark Plays Guitar
Cosmo’s Moon
Alan Davey
DC4
Brett Dennen
Devil Doll
Wil Deynes
Djam Karet
Dream Aria
Duran Duran
EdibleRed
Eternal Descent
Farpoint
Fernwood
Josh Fix
FortPastor
Groove Pipe
Hate Camels
Gary Hill
Thom Hopkins
Inquisitor Betrayer
I/OI
Jupiter One
Jessie Kilguss
Lana Lane
THE LAST TAXI
Magic Pie
Guy Manning
Matt Martino
Scott Mosher
Valentin Narvaez
Erik Norlander
OnOffOn
Otep
Diana Page
Diana Page
The Paisley Tones
Michael Paul
Pennenga
Pilgrim Speakeasy
Raising Fear
Rocket Scientists
Rotten Cheri
Sacha Sacket
The Sea Dragons
2nd Day Crush
Slickfist
The Smith Brothers
Soniq Theater
The States
Stealing Jane
Sifu Stephen Doe
Stratospheerius
James Sudakow
The Syn
Tafoya’s Lost Boyzz
John Taglieri
Telling on Trixie
Triangle Exception
TV/TV
Mike Visaggio
The White Tie Affair
John Young Band
Sandy Zio
With 68 bands there now that comes to less than twenty cents a band – and again that means that everything else in the members area is free if you figure it out that way – bonus once more.
A six month membership is fifteen dollars. In addition to everything else listed above, your membership also includes access to our massive photo galleries. These are generally pictures that are larger and higher quality than the ones that appear with our concert reviews. In most cases you get lots of extra pictures that never ran at the site (and often anywhere else) before. There are actually galleries of concerts that we never covered at the site. The bands included right now (once more, galleries are being added on a regular basis) are:
Alice Cooper
Amon Amarth
Arlo Guthrie
Asia
Atreyu
Black 47
Black Label Society
Bleeding Through
California Guitar Trio
Children of Bodom
Chris Caffery
Coco Montoya
Dimmu Borgir
Doro (2 galleries)
Dream Theater (2 galleries)
Echolyn
Enslaved
Enuff Z’Nuff
Every Time I Die
Frank Marino
Geoff Tate
Gojira
Grand Funk Railroad
Gwar
Hawkwind
Heaven and Hell (2 galleries)
Ian Anderson
Ian Gillan
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jethro Tull (2 galleries)
Judas Priest (4 galleries)
Kansas
Lacuna Coil
Lamb of God
Lonnie Brooks and the Brooks Family Band
Magma
Magna-Fi
Megadeth
Nazareth
Otep (2 galleries)
Overkill
Placebo
Porcupine Tree
Prong
Pure Reason Revolution
Queensryche (4 galleries)
Rik Emmett
Robert Cray
Ron Keel
Skeleton Breath
Slayer
Soul Sirkus
Spock’s Beard (3 galleries)
Star People
Static-X
Stratovarius
Superjoint Ritual
Tempest
The Heavils
The Red Masque
Throwdown
Tony Levin
Toto (2 galleries)
UFO
Uli Jon Roth
Y & T
Yes (5 galleries)
With well over 2,000 pics in those galleries, based on the six month price they cost you less than a penny a piece – and that calculation again makes everything else in the members area "free with purchase bonuses."
A one year membership is $25 dollars and membership also includes access to our archives.We’re still in the process of putting these in, but once we’re done that means you’ll have access to well over 2.500 articles that aren’t accessible without a membership. Since each issue gets put into the archives after the next one goes up, that number is growing every two months – and at 2,500 articles, they are yours to access for a penny each – and again, that means everything else in the members’ area comes "bonus" with that price.
I haven’t even mentioned our audio interviews, but you get those in the members area, too. Right now we have interviews with Electric Wizard, Enslaved, Exodus, Dave Brock of Hawkwind, Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings (this one won’t even be in MSJ – or anywhere besides the members area – until the next issue goes up), Neal Morse when he was in Spock’s Beard, Ray Manzarek of the Doors and The Tangent’s Andy Tillison (this is another that won’t be published in print til next issue – but you can check it out now in the members area).
In any event, the current issue of Music Street Journal is always accessible to everyone (member or not). From the main page you can also access press releases and tour dates that have been submitted without a membership. But really with a membership you get so much more.
Maybe the biggest benefit is that you’ll be helping to guarantee that Music Street Journal can stay afloat. Without financial support of membership sales and advertising (email me for info about ads and sponsorships) the site won’t be able to continue. All of the coverage we do will be no more if we can’t make the bills. So, perhaps the best thing is that, in addition to all the stuff mentioned above, you get the chance to be part of keeping a site covering music you like alive.
Have a look at the video on this profile - or the same video at the site (look under the log in box) - for a more visual picture of what Music Street Journal is all about. Then get yourself a membership (hit the "click to register" button next to the log in box) and stop missing out.
If you’d like to get an idea of how often the Music Street Journal members area is updated, first watch this video that shows you what is in the members area – pay close attention to the bands listed as providing material, the audio interview bands and the photo galleries.
Now, have a look at this list – remember the video is just about a week old.
Here are the bands now featured in the members area.
Aethellis
Asmodeus X
Black 47
Bill Bruford
Clark Plays Guitar
Cosmo’s Moon
Alan Davey
DC4
Djam Karet
Dream Aria
EdibleRed
Eternal Descent
Farpoint
Fernwood
Josh Fix
Groove Pipe
Hate Camels
Gary Hill
Thom Hopkins
Inquisitor Betrayer
Jessie Kilguss
Lana Lane
THE LAST TAXI
Magic Pie
Guy Manning
Matt Martino
Scott Mosher
Valentin Narvaez
Erik Norlander
OnOffOn
The Paisley Tones
Michael Paul
Pennenga
Pilgrim Speakeasy
Raising Fear
Rocket Scientists
Rotten Cheri
The Sea Dragons
2nd Day Crush
The Smith Brothers
Soniq Theater
The States
Stealing Jane
Sifu Stephen Doe
Stratospheerius
James Sudakow
The Syn
Tafoya’s Lost Boyzz
Telling on Trixie
Mike Visaggio
John Young Band
Sandy Zio
There are now two more concert photo galleries, too – an additional Queensryche gallery and another Toto gallery. There are also two additional audio interviews – one with Andy Tillison of The Tangent (that one won’t be in the regular site til the next issue – so for now this audio interview is the only place you can check it out) and one of Jus Osborn of Electric Wizard.
Memberships start at just six bucks and you can get your membership by following the "click to register" link next to the log in box on the main page of the site at musicstreetjournal.com.
Well folks, here we are again with another issue of Music Street Journal. I hope by now you’ve gotten a chance to check out the new site. We’re still working on assembling the archives into the new format – it’s quite time consuming. We’ve added a lot to the members area since we launched. In fact, there is a new audio interview with Andy Tillison of The Tangent that was just done a couple days ago. We didn’t have time to get it transcribed yet for print at the site, but we’ve got the audio uploaded in the members area. So, for the next two months that’s the only place you can check it out.
That brings up another point – and this is important. We appreciate all of your support over the years, but honestly, Music Street Journal costs money to keep running. It also takes massive amounts of time and work. We really need your financial support to keep this thing going. It’s been a "money losing" project from the beginning, but it just can’t continue that way. So, if you appreciate Music Street Journal, get over there and buy a membership – without support the site won’t last into next year – and that’s not an exaggeration. For information about what you get with memberships, check out the video posted on the main page of the site – it’s right under the box where you log in and register.
Now, let’s take a look at what we’ve got in the new issue. In terms of new progressive rock product reviews we have - Abigail’s Ghost - Selling Insincerity, Anderson Bruford Wakeman and Howe – An Evening of Yes Music Plus Reissue, Jon Anderson – Live in La La Land, Astralasia – The Hawkwind Remixes, Ayreon -- 01011001 – Special Edition CD and DVD, Adrian Belew – Side Four, Bushwhack – Bushwhack, Dave Cousins - Secret Paths, Dominici - 03 A Trilogy Part 3
Dr. Has been – Signs, Dream Theater - Greatest Hit (...and 21 other pretty cool songs) and Bucharest, Romania 7/4/02 DVD, Expedition: Delta -Expedition: Delta, Fairport Convention - Tony Palmer’s Film of Fairport Convention DVD, Fish – Communion, Genesis - Remember Knebworth 1978 DVD, Ghost Circus - Across The Line, Invisigoth – Narcotica, Billy Jenkins - SadTimes.co.uk ~ Shot Clean Through With The Blues, Jet Jaguar – Space Anthem, Latent Anxiety – Reaction, Mooch – 1967 ½, Moongarden - Songs From the Lighthouse, Mothergong – O Amsterdam, Arek Religa – In memory of the Greatests, RPWL – The RPWL Experience, Rush - Grace Under Pressure Live DVD, Satellite – Into the Night, Simon Says – Tardigrade, Soul Secret – Flowing Portraits, Spirits Burning – Alien Injection, Splinter – Dreamers, Chris Squire – Fish Out of Water Deluxe Expanded Edition, The Tangent – Not As Good As the Book, Tangerine Dream - Tony Palmer’s Film of Tangerine Dream Live at Conventry Cathedral 1975 DVD, Triangle Exception – Cheesesteak Walleye, Triangle Exception – Echo Papa Zero One, Rick Wakeman – Aspirant Sunset and Saul Zonana – Love Over Money. We also have prog content in the form of concert reviews of Adrian Belew (with pics) and Saul Zonana. There is also a book review of Dream Theater - Lifting Shadows written by Rich Wilson.
Turning our attention to heavy metal, these are the new product reviews we have for you - Bullet for my Valentine – Scream Aim Fire, Denial Fiend – They Rise, Iron Maiden – Live After Death DVD, Jorn – The Gathering, Lillian Axe – Lillian Axe and Love + War, Lions Share – Emotional Coma, Primal Fear – New Religion, Primordial – To The Nameless Dead, Rebellion – Miklagard, Various Artists - I-Crusher Complete DVD and Various Artists – Aural Amphetamine – Metallica and the Birth of Thrash DVD. We also have a new Iron Maiden concert review and an interview with Jus Osborn of Electric Wizard.
For the "everything else" category, these are the new product reviews - America - Live in Central Park 1979 DVD, Black 47 – Iraq, Albert Collins – Live at Montreux 1992 (a review of the CD and a review of the DVD), The Dead Boys - Return of the Living Dead Boys - Halloween Night 1986 DVD, Duke Ellington - Norman Granz Presents Duke: The Last Jam Session DVD, Flipper - Live Targetvideo77 1980-81 DVD, Flogging Molly – Float, Gillan – Glory Years DVD, Janet Jackson – Live in Hawaii DVD, Quincy Jones - 50 Years In Music: Live At Montreux 1996 DVD, James Last - Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD, Loretta Lynn – The Coal Miner’s Daughter, Matt Martino – Let It Shine, Van Morrison - Under Review 1964-1974 An Independent Critical Analysis DVD, Naturally 7 - Live at Montreux 2007 DVD, Randy Sabien – Rhythm and Bows, The Smiths – Inside the Smiths DVD, George Strait – 22 More Hits, Then There Were Two - Then There Were Two, Toto – Falling In Between Live, Various Artists - A Tribute to Edith Piaf: Live at Montreux 2004 DVD, Various Artists - Reggae Nashville - Deep Roots Music 3 DVD, The Ventures - Alive Five-0 Greatest Hits Live, The Wake – BLACKlist and Sandy Zio – All That I Am. We’ve also got new concert reviews of Loretta Lynn (with pics) and Suzanne Vega. There is a new interview with Then There Were Three bassist Mike Visceglia. He’s also Suzanne Vega’s bassist and we have a review of his new book A View From the Side, too.
That’s all for this time. Seriously, though, please get a membership if you want Music Street Journal to continue. We can’t keep doing this without your support. Check out the new issue today at www.musicstreetjournal.com.
Hey folks - first off, those of you popping into this blog for the announcement for music fans and musicians, check out my previous posting and the comments that go with it.
Now for the new blog posting. First if you want to check out the current issue of Music Street Journal, time is running out. At some point Friday a new issue will launch. When it does the current issue will be relegated to the archives - and you’ll need a membership to read those articles. So, hurry over to www.musicstreetjournal.com to check it out today.
Next up - have a look at the video I just added to the profile. This will give you a great look at what Music Street Journal has in store for you - both the free and members sections. It’ll take about three and a half minutes of your time, but you get to listen to some killer music from Scott Mosher in the process. Just scroll down my profile til you see the video and hit "play."
Well, that’s all for now. Get on over to musicstreetjournal.com and get yourself a membership. If you want to buy an ad, drop me an email.
We here at Music Street Journal are working on the next issue, which will be up at the site in about ten days. The thing is, there has been something else on my mind lately – partly due to issues we are having with the site and partly due to recurring themes I’ve been hearing from musicians. It seems as good a time as any to expound upon this theme. Those of you reading this are, no doubt, music fans. It seems likely that the music you listen to isn’t the stuff you hear on Top 40 radio. You are the people who really need to consider the proper care and feeding of music.
As much as people talk about doing music for the love of their art (and there is something to that) no one can continue to produce quality music without financial support. The truth is, time spent making music is time that could be spent doing something else (even if that’s working in a factory) to make a living. So, by replacing that labor income with money for the musician’s time is crucial if they are to have time to continue to make music. This used to be a lot easier to do. The truth of the matter is, illegal downloading does have a major effect on music. And it’s a snowball effect. If you participate in illegal downloading you are effectively starving the artists you take the music from. You wouldn’t starve a pet if you loved it, would you? Then why do the same thing to the musicians whose work you love?
Here’s a more detailed analysis of how this whole chain works. By taking music for free you make it harder and harder for the music you like to be produced. This means that some of those musicians will simply call it quits and you will lose out on any future works from them. Others have to find other ways to make money. Some turn to selling merchandise (shirts, buttons, etc.) at a higher price than they did before to make up for that loss. Others resort to trying to make a living from live gigs.
The vicious circle with live gigs is this – it used to be that concert tours usually lost money. The labels would sponsor the tour and take the expenses in order to promote the albums – and the live shows would result in increased sales to make it a worthwhile expenditure. This also helped to keep ticket prices down. With the downfall of music sales this was no longer possible. That means that the chance to see groups in your home town is less and less common. And when they do come around you have to pay much more dearly for the tickets because in many cases it’s one of the few ways that the artist can put food on their table. Now, the end result is that due to higher ticket prices you are seeing lower attendance, which breeds higher prices, etc. It is another vicious circle. I know of one prominent progressive rock musician who recently had to cancel a big festival because they were going to lose too much money on it. Who loses out, the fans. Of course, for everyone of those fans who downloaded the latest CD by that artist, it’s their own fault. Those of you who bought the disc, though, also paid the price.
The vicious circle continues. Lack of sales means that bands and labels have no money to buy advertising. That’s where we come in. Sites like Music Street Journal provide a way for fans and artist to connect in terms of readers seeing what is out there. It allows people to read reviews and interviews and make an informed decision about what music to get. But, MSJ costs money and time to maintain, as well. Without advertising budgets for musical acts and labels that support has to come from the readers. When we redid our site and added the new members area our goal was not only to provide a better zine for everyone, but also to try to keep this thing going, by making it profitable. If one out of every 2,000 visitors to the site were to buy a membership, then it would work. Well, the everyone wants something for free approach applies there, too. We have sold more like one for every 2 million visitors. We can’t survive on that.
While I’m not sure a lot of artists would agree with me (but I’ll bet they would) checking out a couple songs (or even a whole album – too many discs have one or two good songs and a lot of garbage) is kind of like looking over a book at the store. I don’t really see a problem like that. But if you are going to keep those songs and continue to listen to them, you need to buy them. If you don’t, your pet will die. The moral of the story here is – feed your pet music. Buy CD’s or at least buy legal downloads of the music. Support the publications that support your favorite artists. Without your support the whole house of cards tumbles down and you won’t have music from your favorite musicians. You also won’t have any publications out there that focus on anything but the latest pop star. Buy a membership to Music Street Journal today and then get out a buy some music, too.
It's still a little early to get into too much detail about what we're going to have for the upcoming issue of Music Street Journal - due at the end of the month, but I can give you all some names about what we're hoping to have - or should I say "planning to have?" In any event, consider this a bit of name dropping.
For progressive rock reviews we're looking at these names for this time: Abigail's Ghost, Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe, Anderson, Jon, Astral Asia, Breech, Tara Busch, Expedition, Fairport Convention, Fish, Louise Fraser, Genesis, Ghost Circus, Invisigoth, Billy Jenkins, Latent Anxiety, Craig McConnell, Mooch, Moongarden, Mothergong, Vladiswar Nadishana, Arek Religa, Rising Appalachia, RPWL, Salem, Satellite, Simon Says, Soul Secret, Chris Squire, The Tangent, Tangerine Dream, Triangle Exception, Rick Wakeman and Mark Wingfield.
In terms of new metal reviews, we're expecting to cover Anger Unlimited, Devil Dust, Iron Maiden, Lillian Axe and Primordial and should have a new interview with Electric Wizard.
In the "everything else" category we're looking at new reviews of Sylvi Alli, America, Black 47, Albert Collins, Patrick Dorobisz, Duke Ellington, Amy Farris, Flogging Molly, Quincy Jones, Marco-Fumo, Matt Martino, Naturally 7, The Smiths, Sons of Perdition, George Strait, Then There Were Two, Toto, The Ventures and Waves and we're hoping to have an interview with The Ventures and a Suzanne Vega concert review.
Remember, that means the time is running out to check out the issue that's up now. Mind you, it will always live in the archives, but you'll need a membership to read the articles there. The current issue is the free zone of the site and all the rest requires a membership. That said, with prices starting at $6 and a TON of great exclusive material, memberships are a bargain. In any event, stop by www.musicstreetjournal.com to check it all out today. In the meantime, have a look around at this profile for lots of information how you can use Music Street Journal for your promotion and if you scroll down you can see a bit of a preview of the members area.
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