F e a t u r e s : :
 Revealing
the Ramones
The documentary of a great punk band comes to DVD.
by Tom Gilmore
 Video
killed the video star
Exploring the decline of the music video, pop culture and
MTV.
by
Dan Tobin
 On
Being Michael Hurley
The refreshingly weird folk world of the man who drives the
October Bird of Death.
by
Tom Gilmore
Occasional interviews with not-quite-discovered
musicians
Part 2:Writing
soundtracks for video games
"The game targets people who did not enjoy high school
as much as they should have. Like they never went on a date
or got laid or shit like that."
Rennie
Sparks speaks
Handsome Family's lyricist talks about the autoharp,
Leonard Cohen & China
by Tom Gilmore
 Punk
Matters
a
tribute to Joe Strummer, punk rock's leading man
by Neil
Shea
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e v i e w s : :
Popular
Music 101
a regular column of short reviews
In this issue:
Pissed
Jeans, Reigning Sound, Monolake, Lau Nau & more
Pop Summer '05
Bembeya Jazz National, the Go Betweens, Electrelane &
more
Pop Spring '05
Pop
Winter '05
Pop Fall '04
 The
Sadies
Favourite
Colours
Ken Ishii
 Japan's
foremost DJ turns away from his past work in an album that
is equally confusing and difficult to find.
plus: a
Ken Ishii discography
More ::
The
George Bushes
presidents, nu-grass & boogie-woogie
The Floor
Doll
EP | Autonomy
Off/On
Two independent releases from The Floor, in which the four-man
Canadian band manages to avoid overloads of irony and push
past commercial rock.
Joe
Meek
Predicted music in space. Shot his landlady in the back.
When
MTV shocks you...
"I
was flipping channels last night and I came across something
that floored me: a music video... ON MTV! I was astounded.
To top it all off, it was part of a new segment of music videos
called "All Things Rock" or something to that affect.
It led me to ask myself, Why Rock? Why now? After so many
years why has Rock resurfaced? Please tell me what is going
on!
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