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Nada Surf: The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy

Samuel — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:02:41 +0000

To be completely honest? After a few listens…I’m kind of indifferent to this album. If the “Artistic Response” is a good way of judging art…this album is not even in the same category as some of their earlier fare.

That sounded harsh. I think I’m ... More >

Best Albums in 2011

Samuel — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:23:55 +0000

Well another year has come and gone. I hardly noticed amongst the piles of soiled diapers, the small bits of food covering every surface of the house and, of course, the screaming child trying to punch me in the face. We are only granted a few moments of silence per day, and I choose to fi... More >

Tron Evolution

Samuel — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:41:58 +0000

I felt obligated to play thus game, if not for my 20+ year love affair with the original movie (now dubbed Tron Classic), I needed to play this game to help me understand what was missing from Tron Legacy. After 28 years waiting, I guess I should have known it wasn’t going to be perf... More >

Low – C’mon

Samuel — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:59:52 +0000

It was maybe not surprising that it was Thom Yorke that led me to Deluth’s premiere slo-core trio. Low have been together for almost 20 years, and they are still bringing sweet, vibrant melodies to the masses. This album is a sort of “return to form”, returning to the sam... More >

Best Albums of 2010

Samuel — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:55:36 +0000

Every year it’s been tradition for me to reflect on the past year’s CD releases. As the years go by I’m finding it harder and harder to stay connected to what’s new, and find new and interesting bands. The bands that I do like eventually break up or stop releasing r... More >

Mass Effect 2

Samuel — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:25:48 +0000

There’s one major quality that most games released today seem to lack: Immersion. Perhaps in my old age I’m becoming less imaginative, and getting “sucked in” to e... More >

Best Albums of 2009

Samuel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:26:31 +0000

Below are my Top 5 Albums from 2009. I think overall this year was kind of a let-down; there weren’t too many releases that really blew my socks off. There was a notable absence of some of bands (another year without a Tool album…*sigh*) while other bands came back fro... More >

Them Crooked Vultures

Samuel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:45:39 +0000

The word “supergroup” gets thrown around a lot. Lately there haven’t been a lot of notable bands in this category. Rage Against the Machine minus the rage plus a whole lot of Chris Cornell, good for one album but I ... More >

Muse – The Resistance

Samuel — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:43:04 +0000

I must admit that I have always viewed Muse as a poor-man’s Radiohead circa 1995. I always thought lead singer Matthew Bellamy listened to The Bends one too many times and just thought ... More >

Mark it FAB!

Samuel — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:45:42 +0000

As a long time of both The Beatles and Guitar Hero-style games, I was overjoyed the day the “rumour” of a Beatles Rock Band game became reality. It’s a straight fact that almo... More >