Those chips were also partly responsible for my falling asleep during my second attempt to finish watching Snatch. Third time will be the charm, I'm sure, though I already have seen enough to know that it's just a slower moving, more easily digestible cousin to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. One's for the caffeinated, one's for the inebriated. Take your pick.
You also have your pick of a few different reviews. I've got four more to share, three of which were made available this week, and one which was actually published back when I said rock was dead, but if I mentioned that one, I'd have to make some ridiculous argument that Jethro Tull is not rock (which could be made, quite easily too). So...
- L.A. rockers the Amateurs are reviewed in the September issue of West Coast Performer.
- Ditto for San Francisco's The Girlfriend Experience.
- A career-spanning, double disc compilation of virtuoso jazz guitarist John McLaughlin's recordings is reviewed over at Bullz Eye.
- And finally, Jethro Tull's Live At Montreux 2003 DVD is also covered at Bullz Eye.
And if you get bored with my garbage (very likely), take a look at this: the New York Times recently published an excellent story on music guru Rick Rubin. He's gone from co-founding Def Jam (thereby playing a big role in hip hop's crossing over to a mainstream audience), to producing records by Slayer and Andrew "Dice" Clay, to resurrecting Johnny Cash's career so that the man could go out on top, to his latest humongous project - leading Columbia Records as the music industry faces a dire present and an uncertain future. Can Rick help turn the situation around? He could be the industry's savior... he even looks like one!
(Photo Credit: By Jamie Rector For The Washington Post Photo)
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