July 2013 Reviews, July 2013 Books CURTIS HARRINGTON NICE GUYS DON’T WORK IN HOLLYWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF AN AESTHETE IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS (DRAG CITY) Curtis Harrington’s autobiography is a... Carl Elvers, Dan Fox, Graham Greenleaf, Kate Russell, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman
March 2013 Beats Per Month: Fashionably Late It’s not too often that I think of myself as a person who is behind the curve. However, as my age has progressed it would seem that my fingers have moved further off the pulse... Graham Greenleaf
February 2013 Beats per Month: 2013 is for the Heads I may be a month late, but let me start by saying happy new year. By now, most of us are probably still reeling from the over-indulgences of Mardi Gras; however, we all live in a... Graham Greenleaf
December 2012 DJ Shadow… Still Finds Something New Under the Sun In 1996, DJ Shadow released his debut album Endtroducing… which not only changed the face of hip-hop but opened the eyes and ears of an entire generation to sample-based... Graham Greenleaf
November 2012 Beats Per Month: Breaking Down Breakbeats Music has been an integral part of my life for years and shortly after my ninth birthday I began experimenting with different instruments. The desire to create music has been with... Graham Greenleaf
August 2012 Beats Per Month: Christmas Comes Early A few weeks ago, Siberia held a record raid and if you didn’t make it, you either have no interest in vinyl, you were trapped under a rock or you drank too much the previous... Graham Greenleaf
July 2012 Beats Per Month: Gear Lust When I was a kid, I can remember begging my mom for some Casio keyboard that I saw on a commercial that conveniently aired around Christmas. As time went on, that keyboard became... Graham Greenleaf
June 2012 RIP MCA Last month, we lost a great innovator of hardcore, hip-hop, funk, film and humanity. Adam Yauch – MCA of the Beastie Boys – passed away on the fourth of May, 2012. His... Graham Greenleaf
May 2012 Beats Per Month: Time Out Well friends, I hope that everyone found exactly what they were looking for on last month’s Record Store Day. Personally, I didn’t actually get around to physically going to a... Graham Greenleaf
April 2012 Beats Per Month: Check Your Headset With all this great music coming up so soon, it’s hard not to get excited about the Spring. Mardi Gras and St. Paddy’s may be over but as we all know, there’s always... Graham Greenleaf
March 2012 Beats Per Month:The Next Generation As we all know, there is a serious lack of recreation for the youth of New Orleans. Far too many kids end up running the streets and causing trouble for others as well as... Graham Greenleaf
January 2012 Beats Per Month: New Year’s Revolutions Recently, I began picking up Dub 45s from local record stores to supplement the void left by the ever decreasing Drum&Bass vinyl market. It allows me to get back to my roots... Graham Greenleaf
