Lazarus Waits, Rachel Weeps

From Jill Carratini at Ravi Zacharias' Slice of Infinity: In our impervious boxes and minimalist depictions of the Christian story, we comfortably live as if in our own world, blind and unconcerned with the world of suffering around us, intent to tell our feel-good stories while

Pampelmoose Picks for the Week of July 3rd

Reverend Beat-Man - Friday @ Slabtown This growling menace from Switzerland (pictured) has done most of the work for me - releasing three volumes of recordings as "Surreal Folk Blues Gospel Trash." I could think of no better descriptor for his devastating and sexy sound. Leave th

DJ Hype - Drum & Bass Arena - Presents DJ Hype (2007)

This is where I thought DnB started to sound "cheesy" and sound like Clownstep and sadly DJ Hype was one of the main driving forces behind it. Now days to me, there are very few DnB tracks that sound any good or a cut above the rest, the scene in my eyes has opened up on itself,

No, That’s Racist

I didn't watch the BET awards on Sunday night but I did watch the coverage of it on Twitter. A lot of the people I follow were pissed all night with what BET was serving up. The overall sentiment: why can't they just be better? Michael deserves better. We deserve better. There we

aspen nightlife – harris concert hal

There is always something going on in Aspen, Colorado and the Aspen nightlife is very active. You can find a wide variety of things to do – but if you want a little culture, you should definitely find out what events are planned at the Harris Concert Hall. At the Harris Concert

Happy 30th Birthday Walkman

Happy July, Happy Canada Day, and Happy 30th Birthday to the Sony Walkman. To shed some light on the technological leaps and bounds made since its advent, BBC brilliantly handed one to a 13 year old for a week to review. He (rather eloquently) delineates his experience here. Luck

The effect of Hip-Hop on American culture

The influence of Hip-Hop on American culture is more than obvious. Transcending cultural, racial, ethnic, social and class lines, Hip-Hop is a culture itself moulding a status quo that is reflected in distinctive language, outfit, artwork and ideology.... (

Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra

Sometime in the early 1940's, Bela Bartok emigrated to the United States.  He was broke, and, what is worse, sick.  Serge Koussevitsky, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, commissioned him to write  a piece, which he composed while lying sick.  The result was his conc

What I’m Hearing, Vol. 14

{for May's edition of What I'm Hearing, click here} Summer months are traditionally good ones for mega pop hits to patrol the radio airwaves, washing out last year's music and replacing it with something fresh to dance to in the warm weather. May saw some of that, with the new Em

The Stoning Of Soraya M. by John Debney

ALBUM DETAILS: Artist: John Debney Title: The Stoning Of Soraya M. Format: CD and Download Type: Limited Edition Playing time: 48:03 Film Released: 2008 CD Release Date: 15th June 2009 Label: Varese Sarabande Records Genre: Soundtrack: Drama In recent times, John Debney has be

What is ‘pop music?’ Where did this distinction arise and what’s it is purpose? If it has ...

On close examination, you see that it is the way society absorbs a thing; the way the tiger is defanged. It is another useful illusion from society's toolbox of illusions. All through my school years, I had to put up with this prattle about ' serious music,' and 'pop music.' Oh s