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Book Review: Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi

Casino

You may already know the movie called, “Casino” but like many people, you may not know that this was once a book and it’s about a real person. The story of Lefty Rosenthal and Tony Spilotro are the subjects of this 1995 book, and it is a New York Times Best Seller. This book is the basis for the movie, but it’s a lot harder than you see with the movie, and it’s quite interesting to see how…

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Movie Reviews: Shaolin Deadly Kicks (1977)

Shaolin Deadly Kicks (1977) DVD Cover

Today we are going back to 1977 for a kung fu movie that features quite a bit of back and forth. The name of the movie is “Shaolin Deadly Kicks”, and it was first released as “The Ultimate Eight Feet” in Cantonese, and then translated as “The Flash Legs” as well. These are all worth tracking down, but you will find that they remade this as “Breathing Fire”,…

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Movie Reviews: He Has Nothing But Kung Fu (1977)

Nothing But Kung Fu

When you think of the tune “Dixie”, you don’t think action movies, nor do you think kung fu. However, that’s the song that plays throughout this movie, and it’s an awkward element that you are not going to forget about as you go through the motions of this movie. The movie that I’m referring to is one that is titled, “He Has Nothing But Kung Fu”and it was released in 1977.…

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Movie Reviews: Kung Fu Arts (1978)

Kung Fu Arts

It was bound to happen, I was going to run into a movie that threw a wrench into my kung fu movie fandom, and it started with a viewing of “Kung Fu Arts”. This movie is from 1978 and there’s a sub plot that is so preposterous, that I almost threw my laptop across the room. Now, that doesn’t mean this is a bad movie, but you will have to suspend disbelief because there’s some insane…

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Movie Reviews: Shaolin Temple Against Lama (1980)

Shaolin Against Lama

For today’s movie we go towards the year 1980. It’s here that we meet up with a movie called “Shaolin Against Lama”. This is a story of corruption, and spirituality. There are several Buddhists temples in China, and one of the temples wants to rule over the others, and of the many different areas, only one temple is holding out, and that’s the Shaolin Temple. They do not want…

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Deep Cuts: Soul Surgeon by The Humpers

The Humpers LP

The year was 1996, and the first riffs that opened up the slam section of a Thrasher skateboard video had me hooked on the band that they used. The band played a punk rock tune that would forever make me a fan of theirs. The band was called The Humpers, and the song was none other than “Soul Surgeon”. This came from their jump to Epitaph Records, and it’s a solid song with a lot of…

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Deep Cuts: Downside by Klank

Still Suffering LP

I know a lot of people that claim that they like techno music and they love industrial. I always love talking to them, and when we start naming bands, they always forget about one of the best industrial bands from the 1990s, and it’s all because they never really get their due for how good they were. This band is none other than Klank. Since 1995, they have been putting out…

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Deep Cuts: A Consequence Plan by Denison Marrs

Denison Marrs LP

It was during a Stavesacre tourthat I was able to find the record that would stick with me more than anything that the heavy rock band put out. Yes, I love Stavesacre, don’t get me wrong. However, at this show where they were performing with Project 86, Living Sacrifice, and Dogwood, they released an EP that I was first in line to get. That EP was a split with the band Denison…

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Deep Cuts: Frail by Jars of Clay

Much Afraid LP

Jars of Clay put out a studio record in 1995 on Essential Records. That record would garner crossover success which is very rare for a Christian Alternative Rock Band. I found out about the band through MTV, and then would follow up with purchasing their first record. That was all the way back in 1995, and it was a disc I listened to a lot back then, and still listen to often. I…

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Deep Cuts: Primus Electric Uncle Sam

Primus Antipop LP

It was 1999 when I first heard of Primus and their release “Antipop”. I was a teenager and the band Payable on Death was getting a big push forward, and they were added to the tour that Primus went on after the recording and release of this record. The album features some amazing collaborations that you may not know about, including Tom Waits, Fred Durst, and Tom Morello. But…

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Deep Cuts: Embodyment Yours Truly

Embodyment LP

The journey of Embodyment is not one that I totally know, because I didn’t read a lot of coverage about the band when I was listening to them. However, their debut records were all extreme metal, with chaotic ups and downs, starts and stops, not too unlike Norma Jean would become. However, the vocals were rooted in thrash metal like that of Testament. The band put out an incredible…

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Deep Cuts: Couple Skate By Joe Christmas

Joe Christmas

Joe Christmas is one of the best shoegaze bands you’ve never heard of. Their debut album for Tooth and Nail Records back in the 1990s was one of the best to come out, and yet they didn’t get a lot of love. Sure, they put out a second release, but the initial album is one of the best shoegaze, indie rock records that no one has heard of, and their single “Couple Skate” from the album…

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Deep Cuts: Watashi Wa All of Me

The Love of Life

Watashi Wa is one of the best bands that no one has heard of, and that’s unfortunate. Through the 1990s and into the 2000s, a lot of bands came through Tooth and Nail Records. There was a surge of Christian music, and while a lot of bands got mainstream pushes from that label, other bands were squarely centered in the Christian scene, even if they weren’t preaching the gospel, so…

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Deep Cuts: Pulley Cashed In

Esteem Driven Engine

In 1996 I was just a teenager like a lot of guys out there. I would stay up late and watch our newly purchased cable television box and on late nights during the weekends a show would come on featuring punk rock videos. That show was called “Punkorama”. That show would introduce me to some of my favorite bands, and one of the videos that they showed was that of “Cashed In” by…

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Book Reviews: Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

James Baldwin

I was not too familiar with James Baldwin when I picked up his 1955 book. I was intrigued, however, so I went ahead and read his book entitled, “Notes of a Native Son”, and wow, it is certainly one of the more interesting options that I’ve read in a long time. This is a book that deals with a lot of racial elements that he has faced in the United States as well as in Europe. There’s…

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Book Reviews:Always Outnumbered Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

Perhaps one of my favorite authors right now is Walter Mosley. This is a writer that has given me some great emotional connections, some great ideas and has changed the way I see narrative at times. With the book, “Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned”, Walter Mosley introduces a new character. This character is known as Socrates Fortlow, and he’s an ex-con…

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Book Reviews: Psycho by Richard Bloch

Psycho

You already know the story, you saw the movie. But did you ever read the book? That’s the question that people ask about so many things, that at this point, I don’t even know what to say half the time. But then again, I am one of those people that does read the book. In fact, I read a lot of books. So today, I finally finished “Psycho” by Richard Bloch, and it’s the novel that came out in…

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