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GREG HOWARD AND THE FLYING DUTCHMEN

January 24, 2018

Greg Howard plays the Chapman Stick, an instrument that was only invented in 1969 (the inventor, Emmet Chapman, is still alive), and is backed up by three Dutchmen he met less than two years ago while on tour in Holland. Formed for a single concert, he liked the sound of the group so much they became the Greg Howard Band and their debut CD LIFT just came out in December 2000. Obviously not one to play to convention, Howard's…

Independent Reviews Site – Volume 3 Issue 4 (July 2003)

July 17, 2016

Books

WARRIORS CREATOR SOL YURICK Talks About Politics, Economics and What His Book Was Really About The Independent Reviews Site recommends you to read this post, especially if you are a real book lover because this is the place to find the independent book reviews you were looking for so long. The Warriors, which came out in 1978, was one of the first films that brought home the idea of the anti-hero. For a lot of people, it was…

Non-Fiction THE NEW MILITARY HUMANISM: Lessons from Kosovo Naom Chomsky Common Courage Press

March 30, 2011

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THE NEW MILITARY HUMANISM is a carefully wrought study by an important scholar with a lifelong commitment to individual liberty, rational thought, free speech, and critical habits of mind, scarce commodities in this era of interlocking media empires and totalistic propaganda systems. Readers of the Independent Reviews Site will not soon find another review of this important book elsewhere, certainly not in the mainstream US media. A leading American intellectual, Noam Chomsky wrote this book for those of us…

Independent Reviews Site – Retro Hell

March 17, 2011

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Amélie's Retro Hell INTERVIEW WITH THE MAGNETIC WALTER EGAN Amelie Frank: Welcome to Retro Hell, Walter Egan! You recently did a USO tour for our troops. Where did you go, and what did you play? Walter Egan: I played guitar for a woman named Kimberly Burns, rising Nashville vocalist. It was truly an experience to remember. When my drummer, Ron Krasinski asked me if I'd like to go play in Egypt, I thought for a moment. It was to be…

Concert Reviews

July 25, 2005

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PUNKORAMA The Palace Hollywood, CA March 17, 2000 I really intended to go to this show, to make it there on time and do a review of all the bands giving their music, lyrics and stage presence its due. But I had a tattoo appointment with Roni Zulu. My friend Raoul had set the whole thing up and for the price of an add on my web site I was going to get a cat kanji with the face…