Month: August 2005
Review: Expansion Pack 2.0 – Ant Zen
Expansion Pack 2.0 Ant Zen Street: 06.03 What’s better than getting a new CD from Converter? Getting two! Two discs and 31 tracks of unreleased material, live mixes and remixes from Displacer, Broken Fabiola, Sonar and Prospero (to name a few), make the second installation in the Expansion Pack 2.0 series something for you to
Review: DJ Rupert – Nutwood EP
DJ Rupert Nutwood EP Swing City Another hit release is out this season from the Swing City boys. This time, label DJ Rupert presents his scholar styles and unique expression of sounds. Rhyme and Rhythm, this EP brings us back to character- and quality-defining house music. Featuring “Bring us Back,” a bass-driven, disco-funk flavored number,
Review: Dismantled – Breed to Death
Dismantled Breed to Death Metropolis Street: 04.25 As soon as I saw there was a cover of Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up,” I couldn’t wait to listen to Breed to Death, the preview to Dismantled’s third album, Standard Issue. I was never a fan of Dismantled (the whole trying-to-sound-like-Frontline Assembly thing turned me off), so I
Review: Dead Hollywood Stars – Smoke and Mirrors
Dead Hollywood Stars Smoke and Mirrors Hymen Street: 07.11 Electronic Americana! Dead Hollywood Stars have pioneered across the dusty plains with spaghetti Western and have panned for gold in the Old West to sift out the finest nugget of country-esque music. After two successful full-length albums of Hollywood soundtrack Western music, John Sellekaers and company
Review: A Northern Chorus – Bitter Hands Resign
A Northern Chorus Bitter Hands Resign Sonic Unyon Street: 05.03 A Northern Chorus = Low + Elbow + Strings + Mogwai’s Distortion Peddle While many might find the pacing of Bitter Hands Resign cumbersome, they’d be missing the intricate details that make this melancholy release particularly unique and beautiful. It’s all caught up in the
Review: Cruddy – Lynda Barry
Cruddy Lynda Barry Simon & Schuster Street: 10.10.00 If you think your life is bad––and, judging by statistics, it probably is––then you have to read this book, cause it’ll make you run outside, kiss the soil and thank God you’re not Cruddy’s Roberta Rohbeson, or “Clyde,” as her father, who wished she had been born
Review: Thinking in Type: The Practical Philosophy of Typography –...
Thinking in Type: The Practical Philosophy of Typography Alex W. White Allworth Press Street: 01.01.05 Thinking in Type is lauded by Ed Benguiat, a typographic designer, as being “a practical, exciting reference book,” so you can imagine my disappointment when I came to find out that such a highly praised book on something I know
Review: Pilates Perfect: The Complete Guide to Pilates Exercise at...
Pilates Perfect: The Complete Guide to Pilates Exercise at Home Diane Daniels Hatherleigh Press Street: 08.21.03 You never thought you would see a review for an exercise book in SLUG, did you? Especially one on an exercise craze sweeping the nation: Pilates. But Diane Daniels’ book on Pilates is right on target. I don’t exercise