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Ryan Adams - Demolition (Lost Highway) I don't know why people are calling this a collection of demos. It's just another marketing ploy as far as I can tell. A demo implies some sort of prototype; a sketch from which...
Est. 2001
Rock and roll can change your life.
Glorious Noise October 2002« September 2002 | Archives | November 2002 » Rare Dylan films releasedHome movies aren't supposed to be this cool! Rare Dylan films released.... The Decline & Fall of the Music Industry EmpireIs it possible that the music industry as we know it—as an industry—may cease to exist? Don't be entirely surprised if that, indeed, comes to pass. Why, you may wonder, what could bring this industry to its knees, and beyond?... Super Furry WednesdaySuper Furry Animals with Four Tet 10/2/2002, Metro, Chicago These days, we all have technology on the brain. Cell phones have become platforms to support a PDA, digital camera, and microwave oven. Game consoles like PS2 or Xbox have so... Advertisement
Cat Power: She Got Caught in the SpotlightCat Power October 3, The Knitting Factory, NYC There's never a dishonest moment in Chan Marshall's singing, and her voice, with its whispery ache, cast the spell it always does when I heard her at the Knitting Factory Thursday night.... Once In A LifetimeSame as it ever was? Not really. The Glorious Noise breakroom is always alive with chatter. Over cheese sandwiches and red pop, arguments erupt and fizzle at breakneck speed. But one conversation that's never off the table is the... Hot Rocks...what can a poor boy do, 'cept to sing for a rock & roll band... A couple issues back, Mick and Keith were on the cover of Fortune magazine. I know what you're thinking. I'm going to launch into some... Sahara Hotnights: Thank you sir, may I have another?Sahara Hotnights October 9, Metro, Chicago Swedish four-piece Sahara Hotnights arrived onstage Wednesday night at Metro with ofantlig chips on their shoulders. Can you blame them? When you're supporting one the best rock acts around (The Mooney Suzuki), and you... A New Thing on GLONOYou may have noticed we have a new "tab" up in the navigation menu: Reviews. This will take you to a new section of the site containing — you guessed it — music reviews. Some of you old-timers may remember... I'm No Rock and Roll FunI did a bad thing on Wednesday night. I was in a bar, some random joint in a part of Chicago that I'm not too familiar with. I was there at the behest of a few recent acquaintances; we had... Ugly CasanovaWhen the branches tap against the window and the house creaks in the wind, this album will keep you company and assure you that it's all OK.... Just ListenI Generally, we write about music here on GloNo, as many people tend to do. And while one might think that writing about music takes music as its direct subject, the preposition really works more in the context of location.... Fortune and MalteseFortune and Maltese - Bewitched (hosted by Glorious Noise with the permission of the band)... Ugly Casanova - Things I Don't RememberUgly Casanova - Things I Don't Remember from SubPop.... Celebrating with the Suicide GirlsWell, what can one say about a city with the largest new and used bookstore in the world, five record stores, a coffeehouse bumping Eazy E, a vintage toy store (with plenty of G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and Shogun Warriors... Analog RoamAnalog Roam Gigantic - beautiful design, smart articles, nice guy.... Flash MX TurntableFlash MX Turntable - It comes with some smooth tunes, and does everything except allow you to scratch.... Beck's Bipolar BrouhahaBeck with the Flaming Lips Chicago Theater, October 18, 2002 Beck may be our generation's greatest songwriter and best hope for sneaking good music into the mainstream culture of America. But his show Friday night at the Chicago Theater left... Johnny Winter's RevengeSeveral years ago, I saw what was arguably the most bizarre concert lineup this side of something that was shown back in the day by NBC on a Friday night, when it figured it would cash in more on people... NAKED WOMEN & FREE BEERI am troubled. I'm not sure that this is worth it. Writing this, that is. I've just read that Playboy is in trouble. No, not because of some scandalous, provocative pose of a has-been actress who is hoping that by... A new favorite BeatleAn essay on choosing a new favorite Beatle (that's not Paul). Mine is Leppo.... The Renaissance, Freud, & jackass: the movieWhether or not there is music in jackass: the movie is completely irrelevant. There probably is. But I doubt that this MTV/Paramount production (let's not give too much credence to the "MTV" portion as both firms are owned by Viacom,... Pac-Man Fever?Inspired by the discussion on the GLONO bulletin boards, we asked frequent poster Joshua Rogers to take a deeper look at music in video games in this GLONO Feature article. - ed. The inspiration for Glorious Noise is how rock... Notes from the Overground: Califone = Crème BrûléeWilco and Califone at the Michigan Theater, October 25, 2002 Having never heard Califone, and knowing that GloNo's Derek Phillips had interviewed the band's Tim Rutili, before going to Ann Arbor to see the show, I asked him what I... Spookifying!“What Is Sexy?” Victoria’s Secret asks us, as Oasis’ raunchy “Hung In A Bad Place” crunches in the background. But the question in rhetorical. Reality and Wal-Mart models don’t sell pricey underthings. Victoria’s Secret answers its own question, representing ‘sexy’... |
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