Fly Me to the Moon

by | Jul 22, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal

NASA's turn toward endlessly puttering around in low Earth orbit since the heady days of the moonshots irritates the kid in me. (It was, of course, 40 years ago today that Neil Armstrong did his lunar tarantella.) In the late 70s, many of us were drawing up plans...

Random Access Orkestra, Ray Mason

by | Jul 22, 2009 | Uncategorized

Random Access Orkestra(self-titled)Independent RAO is a miasmal, cut-and-paste smorgasbord of loops, live instruments and vocals, spoken word rants and almost propagandistic, Orwellian samples from old movies, educational videos and the like. The musical bed ranges...

Caravan Gogh

by | Jul 22, 2009 | Uncategorized

If Caravan Gogh doesn't sound like a local band you've heard of, that's 'cause they're not local. The band is the current musical vehicle of Gideon Freudmann, former Valley resident and electric cellist extraordinaire. These days, he lives in...

Feminism, Atlanta Style

by | Jul 22, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme

Alexyss K. Tylor is nothing less than a hoot (you want to check out her youtube channel). She hails from Atlanta and her rants about gender roles, sex, and the power play between men and women (or their respective genitalia) are often incendiary… she even smokes...