Name: Peter Chakerian
Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio
Weblog: joyrides4shutins.typepad.com
Articles: 41
First Published: Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Last Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Currently listing articles 41-1:
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Interview: Guitar Virtuoso Alex Skolnick of Testament— A conversation with the influential, six-string whiz from Testament, AST and Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
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Music Review: Sex and the City - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack— Cue the air conditioning in Hades and those flying pigs. Third time's a charm for this Sex-y soundtrack.
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Interview: Dream Theater Keyboard Maestro Jordan Rudess— A candid conversation with the keyboard wizard behind Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and others...
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Concert Review: Zappa Plays Zappa 'Tour de Frank' – Cleveland Heights, OH, July 28, 2007— Dweezil and Co. offer a feast for the ears without the Queen/Paul Rodgers-like assault on senses and sensibilities.
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Interview: A Conversation with Slayer's Tom Araya— It’s been 25 years since Slayer arrived and many are still gripping about them. It all makes the band's bassist Tom Araya laugh.
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Music Review: Lez Zeppelin - Lez Zeppelin— All-female rockers really get the Led out.
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Music Review - Frank Black - Frank Black 93-03— Though not as troublesome as the last Pixies compilation, how are essentials are picked when everything seems to be essential?
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Music Review: Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated— Confidence IS very sexy, but what about longevity? Where's Jack Palance when Art Brut needs him?
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TV Preview: All Hail the Lil’ Decider – Comedy Central’s Lil’ Bush— Can “Lil’ Bush” take viral video to the big leagues? Creator Donick Cary and voiceover star Iggy Pop think so.
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Book Review: LeBron James - The Rise of a Star by David Lee Morgan, Jr.— Think you know NBA Superstar LeBron James? This will make you appreciate what "the Chosen One" can do even more.
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Concert Review: Porcupine Tree, 3 – Cleveland, OH, May 18, 2007— Getting blown away seldom happens at rock concerts these days. Enter Porcupine Tree.
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Concert Review: Heaven & Hell, Megadeth, Machine Head – Cleveland, Ohio, May 11, 2007— Iommi's guitars, Dio's voice and charisma led the charge through Sabbath's second life with a sharp, medieval set.
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Music Review: The Milk and Honey Band - The Secret Life of the Milk and Honey Band— UK trio's lush, shimmering pop-rock bliss is irresistible, unpretentious. Any sweeter and it would give you cavities.
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Music Review: Veda Hille - Return of the Kildeer— Hauntingly sweet, fringe folk and avant-pop shows Canadian singer-songwriter Veda Hille is all about the journey
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Concert Review: Billy Joel - Cleveland, OH, April 13, 2007— Let it never be said that The Piano Man phones in a performance. Greatest Hits and oddities abound on his Cleveland tour stop.
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Concert Review: David Thomas & Two Pale Boys – Cleveland, OH, April 10, 2007— Call it performance art. When you don't know quite what you just witnessed, that's when you know you've been challenged.
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Concert Review: The Tragically Hip – Cleveland, OH, April 14, 2007— Sublime alt-rock feast from Kingston, Ontario quintet will be hard to top — even by their own hands. Maybe the Hip's best gig ever.
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Music Review: Brandi Carlile - The Story— T Bone Burnett production channels the newcomer's magic and makes it all sound effortless. An early Album of the Year candidate.
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Music Review: Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In: Special Edition— Special Edition DVD is a marketing trick for a record that enough has been said of already.
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Music Review: Chantal Kreviazuk - Ghost Stories— Maturity and depth on album number four proves the Canadian songstress is ready for her close-up, Mr. DeMille.
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Music Review: Aqualung - Memory Man— Matt Hales ratchets up the sonic cinema with guitars and a more layered approach. No flutes or prog rock fans were harmed.
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Music Review: Todd Snider - Peace, Love and Anarchy: Rarities, B-Sides and Demos, Vol. 1— Prolific singer-songwriter Snider drops a collection of deft, daft obscurities. Get ready for some pure, unadulterated fun.
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Music Review: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture, 10th Anniversary Edition— This Romeo redux offers bonus tracks, diversity, and celebrates what a modern motion picture soundtrack can do for a film.
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Music Review: Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down - Phantom Punch — With a couple more albums like this, the hearty Norwegian and his band are poised to develop into this generation’s Elvis Costello and the Attractions.
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The Death of Captain America and the Not-So Secret Wars— Captain American had to die to prove a point. The United States’ image as a just, righteous, moral compass is seemingly dead.
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Music Review: Tracey Thorn - Out of the Woods— For someone who has made work by EBTG, The Style Council, The Go-Betweens, Massive Attack and Lloyd Cole stunningly memorable, this is just stunningly disappointing.
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Music Review: Quantic - An Announcement to Answer— Loops, jazzy atmospherics, Brazilian jazz infuse multi-instrumentalist Quantic's electronic vibes with beauty.
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Is the Concert Tour T-Shirt Era Over?— Where's the love for concert tour shirts? Like My Darlin' Clementine, one writer thinks those halcyon days may be lost and gone forever.
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Music Review: Paolo Nutini - These Streets— Confident 19-year-old Scottish singer-songwriter harkens back to the days when "Van the Man" was a wee feisty lad.
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How To Save Rock & Roll Legacies From Wayward Embarrassment— This one goes out to every New Cars, Foreigner, Journey, Styx, Guns N’ Roses, and INXS who will listen.
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The Death of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip— Network television programming executives must loathe smart, engaged viewers like me.
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Music Review: Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass— Yo La Tengo celebrates 20 years of recording with another delightful slice of big, daydreamy retropop.
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Music Review: The Tragically Hip - World Container— Bob Rock meddles with another act that ain't broken. Somehow Canadian alt-rockers the Tragically Hip survive the production anyway.
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Music Review: Bruce Hornsby - Intersections [1985 – 2005]— Hornsby box set celebrates 20-year recording career Resplendent left turns, collaborations and live work clearly outshine pianist's pop star moments.
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Music Review: Pere Ubu - Why I Hate Women— David Thomas delivers another slice of artsy post-punk, fronting yet another version of Pere Ubu. Iconic, post-modern cinema for the skull ensues.
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Music Review: The Pretenders - Pirate Radio— Quintessential collection celebrates Pretenders' heyday and brusque, vulnerable frontwoman Hynde, who set male-dominated music industry on its ear.
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Music Review: Josh Rouse - Subtitulo— Singer-songwriter's trapped-in-time warmth and contentment fuses with indigenous persuasions. Mellow, disarming songcraft results.
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Music Review: Michelle Malone - Sugarfoot— Tough, indie southern gal goes darker, grittier with whiskey-soaked road house affair. For blues fans and road house rockers alike.
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Music Review: Rocco DeLuca & the Burden - I Trust You to Kill Me— Shrewd, organic roots-rock act Rocco DeLuca & the Burden has an air of danger, but doesn't need manager "Jack Bauer" to save them.
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Music Review: Will Kimbrough – Americanitis— Patriotic guitarist/wordsmith delivers his most engaging, complete effort to date. Overly sensitive right-wingers need not apply.
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Music Review: Goat - Twisted Heart— Channeling Newman, Bowie, Rat Pack and Beck, singer/songwriter Andy Rosen radiates charm.
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