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Saturday Mar 26, 2005
Supernaut Aaron Duran
I like me some Supernaut. I’ve caught this local Portland band a few times now. The most recent time being at their CD release party at Dantes last Friday (yes, this is a little late…sue me). Anyway, to say they put on a damn fine show is a gross understatement....
Saturday Mar 26, 2005
Storm and the Balls - 2004, 'Hanging with the Balls' Aaron Duran
Finally tracked down a copy of Hanging with the Balls today. Storm is absolutely amazing! The CD is powerfully overwhelming, and the scary part is that it barely holds a candle to hearing her perform live. I've always had a weakness for out-of-the-ordinary cover tunes, and Storm exploits that weakness...
Monday May 30, 2005
Star Trek: Section 31 Aaron Duran
While I’ve yet to mention it here, many comrades of your friendly neighborhood Geek know how much I enjoy radio shows and I don’t mean wacky morning shows or mindless rambling. No, I speak of the radio dramas of old (and the few that still get produced today). As a...
Sunday Jun 19, 2005
Richard Cheese: Aperitif For Destruction Illusionaire
Fix yourself a cocktail, take the plastic off the couch, and kick back in your smoking jacket to enjoy Aperitif for Destruction, the latest album from Richard Cheese. This man is so hip I’m surprised he can see over his pelvis. This blend of favorites of the last three decades...
Sunday Jun 19, 2005
Two Scores, Two Blockbusters Aaron Duran
I love movie soundtracks. From pure musical scores to inspired by albums, at least half of my entire music collection is made up of movie, stage, and television soundtracks. The reasons are simple, most scores tell a complete musical tale from start to finish and so I can again relive...
Friday Sep 22, 2006
The Franchise - "To The Rescue" CD Aaron Duran
For all my ranting and raving about liking creepy horror movie scores and ear-shattering metal music, I do have to admit to loving the "quirky" school of music. Music that ranges from the mainstream styling of Weird Al Yankovic to the Gen X sensibility of They Might Be Giants,...
Tuesday Nov 7, 2006
Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose Aaron Duran
Ah Meat Loaf. You were the voice of myself and countless Drama Dorks throughout our entire high school years. Without you, we would have no icon with which to feel our adolescent pain and angst. We didn't care when people snickered and groaned whenever we asked for Bat out of...
Thursday Mar 15, 2007
Creature Feature – The Greatest Show Unearthed Aaron Duran
I wish there were more sideshows roving America these days. I love them. I love all things bizarre, weird, strange and unusual... How I wish I could travel back in time to the glory days of Ripley’s or Barnum and Baileys traveling shows... From what I can gather from the...
Tuesday Feb 19, 2008
Azure Noir - Antecedence EP Review Scott Dally
Azure Noir, the latest voice and sound in Trip-Hop, makes a startling debut on their EP Antecedence. Based out of Las Vegas, Hip Hop artist The Low (now known as Neleik) and Morguen Merlot, formerly of In Winter, have teamed up to bring us a long overdue taste of a...
Monday Jul 7, 2008
The Dark Knight – Original Score Review Aaron Duran
Composers – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard Zimmer and Howard’s score for Batman Begins was both hopeful and dark. Yes, the night was long and the dangers vast, but our hero was there, willing and able to fight the darkness, to stand by us until the coming light. In...
Tuesday Aug 19, 2008
Mirrors – Original Score Review Aaron Duran
Horror films might contain my favorite music. Sure, I get swept up in the grand and epic music found in Science Fiction and Action films. However, nothing fuels my own creative nature like a good horror score. Many a night I’ve spent huddled over my keyboard, giggling to myself as...
Sunday Sep 14, 2008
The Dead Matter – Score Review Aaron Duran
Hard to believe it has been 10 years since I purchased my first Midnight Syndicate CD. It was early October 1998 and I was stalking the “seasonal” CD section of Sam Goody. The usual box of “horror" CDs arrived, packed with the same old crap you can find at the...
Friday Sep 26, 2008
Eureka - Original Score Review Fatboy Roberts
Amongst the strange lot of people who follow the realm of film scoring in the same way meat-and-potatoes Joe Sixpack follow football, the common wisdom is this: Michael Giacchino is the new John Williams, and Bear McCreary is the new Jerry Goldsmith. McCreary learned at the feet of Elmer Bernstein,...
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