International Heavy Metal

Here’s a snip from Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas:
In truth, talking to members of Journey doesn’t interest me that much; I much prefer chatting with my Croatian waiter, as he seems to know a great deal about international politics and international heavy metal.  He bristles when I tell him [...]

Behold The Metal Glory: Rail

The year was 1984, and the hair metal was flourishing.  My friend Bill and I were glued to MTV to catch all the Rattness, the Dio-tude, and the general mayhem associated with leather pants.  That was when Northwest upstarts Rail released their one and only album, a self-titled EP with 4 or 5 songs on [...]

Under Blood Red Skies

The whole PG-13 rating decision had me turned off to Terminator Salvation, but now reviews are pouring in that it may actaully still have promise.  I understand they are introducing a young Kyle Reese, which makes me certain there’ll be at least one more movie as Reese takes the time travel plunge in the final [...]