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WHO: Minneapolis Uranium Club WHAT: Infants Under the Bulb WHY: Like if Minutemen and Dead Milkmen had a very loud baby. There’s a certain edge with the clean sound of guitar, and smarts to these lyrics you just don’t hear anymore. The songs in Infants Under the...

Rocky: Ultimate Knockout Collection Growing up I was both a Schwarzenegger and Stallone fan. Maybe more a Schwarzenegger fan because he seemed tough, scary, and a lovable goof. Of course I loved Stallone in Rocky, Judge Dredd, and Demolition Man, but I think at the...

Dune Part TwoOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrackby Hans Zimmer Can you believe they made a Dune movie AGAIN? And that it turned out THIS good? Jodowosky’s Dune opened my world to the mythos surrounding the book and to Jodorowksy himself. My cultural world was changed...

Heyooooo! It’s that time of year again! Look, the world is getting dumber and dumber and I blame mainstream media. No, not news (well, a little the news), but just terrible music, movies and TV shows. So, it’s more important than ever that we focus on our scholarly...

WHO: Redd Kross WHAT: Redd Kross WHY: Ever wondered what the Beatles and the Kinks would have sounded like as a garage punk band? Redd Kross injects some much needed crunch into that familiar musical sty;e. Yes, I’m late to the game on Redd Kross, but this...

The Fall Guy What the hell happened with this movie? It flopped colossally and no one knows why. Was it marketed incorrectly? That seems to be the only explanation, because The Fall Guy looked so dumb that it somehow elevated the collective consciousness. But,...

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Sometimes you miss the bus. A certain album drops, it creates a splash, it’s on everyone’s best-of lists of the year and FOMO sets in. You check out the album and try to hop on real quick, but for some reason, the inclination to do so never comes. What’s all the...

WHO: Shellac WHAT: To All Trains WHY: In a world full of phonies, Steve Albini was a real one even to the real ones. To All Trains is a wonderful sendoff both to the main and his band. It rocks, it paces, it pounds, it zigs and zags, and is full of humor in a way no...

Dune Part Two It’s shocking to think that the Dune movies have been a success. Yes – spoiler alert – I like Dune Two. But, the reason it’s so shocking to me is because Dune is just too weird and complex to appeal to a mass audience. It’s not because they’re...