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The Faceless, Ace of Spades Sacramento, 18th May 2013,  full set of photos on Flickr.When my daughter Jade used to listen to Cannibal Corpse, Deicide and other death-metal-genre music, loud, I really didn't get it (apart from the teenage rebellion...

Journal, Ace of Spades Sacramento, 18 May 2013, full set of photos on Flickr.My first time seeing Journal, local Sacramento band... definitely a touch of Prog rock in there. And definitely will not be the last time. Good music from this three-man instr...

Since I saw Beware of Darkness at last year's Aftershock festival, I've been eager to hear their new--first--album, "Orthodox". While "Howl" and a couple of other tracks have been available as a single and EP for a while, Orthodox has just been release...

Director Baz Luhrmann joins the ranks of Robert Redford, Robert Markowitz and a few other filmmakers who have tackled the challenge of adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s critically acclaimed novel “The Great Gatsby” to film. The glamorous a...

I was honored to be invited to yesterday’s media tasting of the America’a Classics Menu at Frank Fat’s. Of course, the menu at Frank Fat’s is not a perfect editorial fit for my Paleo/Primal website, but a James Beard award is not something you win everyday. I was happy and excited to attend and...

While I was expecting Saturday evening of the Marillion Weekend to open with Pete Trewavas performing a few solo songs (and very good they were too Pete, where's the CD???), I was surprised, happily and excitedly surprised, to see Eric Blackwood o...

Relish were the second opening act on the Saturday of the Marillion weekend.I don't know if it was because they were sandwiched between Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood's groovy twosome and Marillion's genius Brave performance, or because they told me ...

Another support act at the Marillion Weekend in Wolverhampton was Aziz: two-piece band comprising Aziz Ibrahim (formerly of Stone Roses, and Dalbir Singh Rattan, tabla maestro!  East meets west...  electric guitar, shredded and sliced, &...

The third installment in the “Iron Man” saga is filled with plenty of metal-to-flesh action sequences, explosive special effects and the titular character’s expected witty remarks. It also manages to be politically relevant, tackling th...

Friday night, and the clock's already ticking. Wolverhampton Civic Hall; black country, Midlands, home of Slade, but I'd never been there before, never had a reason to. Until April 12th 2013: Marillion's UK Weekend, first day of three. What better reas...