August 23, 2002 Archive

Music

• It's Who I Am

  If I were a college-aged lad interested in buying an album for the sole purpose of impressing college-aged women, I would buy Mara's It's Who I Am.

  in Music — by David V. — on Aug 23, 2002

• Sparta - Wiretap Scars

  Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sparta are 3/5 of At The Drive-In. I'll go ahead and say it, cause it's the first thing you'll hear about them anyway. But it shouldn't be...

  in Music — by Amber Nussbaum — on Aug 23, 2002

• UFO - Regenerator

  While many people associate UFO with Michael Schenker, the often overlooked period with Paul 'Tonka' Chapman saw their greatest commercial success. This recording shows just why; it shows the Phil Mogg/Paul Chapman/Pete Way/Andy Parker/Neil Carter line-up at it's peak.

  in Music — by Tim Hall — on Aug 23, 2002

• New Jeff Buckley

  According to JeffBuckley.com, we've got some new sonic goodness to look forward to. Five years after his death, we're finally gonna get to hear his very first recordings.

  in Music — by Amber Nussbaum — on Aug 23, 2002

• Gil Evans-Out of the Cool: His Life and Music

  For anybody who has heard the lush orchestral dreamscapes that Evans' built for Miles Davis, or his own experiments in arranging on his solo albums (the most famous of which was the source of Crease’s title), Out of the Cool may be the closest they'll come to understanding the man who created them.

  in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 23, 2002

Culture

• Ira Robbins Part 2

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 23, 2002

Books

• Warrior Politics by Robert Kaplan

  in Books — by Kevin Murphy — on Aug 23, 2002