FOR ME, IT ALL BEGAN WITH \"LET THERE BE PEACE\". IT WAS A LIVE RECORDING-- A BOOTLEG-- AND I DOWNLOADED IT FROM THE INTERNET. BUT BEFORE YOU GO CURSING INTERNET PIRACY TO HIGH HEAVEN, UNDERSTAND THAT THAT SINGLE SONG COMPELLED ME TO SEEK OUT AND PURCHASE EVERY PIECE OF MUSIC THAT MAN\'S HAD HIS HANDS IN. HE\'S THAT GOOD.
Vinnie: Can you remember a time when music wasn\'t your passion?
Chris: Not really. Both my parents played instruments and sang, so I was immersed in music from as far back as I can remember.
V: When did Jamaican music enter your life?

MIKE KENEALLY IS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS, PERFORMING KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, AND VOCALS FOR FRANK ZAPPA (ON TOUR AND RECORD), AS WELL AS DWEEZIL AND AHMET ZAPPA. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MIKE HAS BEEN RECORDING AND RELEASING HIS OWN MUSIC SINCE HIS 1991 DEBUT, HAT, AN AMAZING COMBINATION OF ZAPPA INTRICACIES AND XTC-STYLE VOCALS. IN 1996 HE WAS HIRED AS GUITARIST, VOCALIST, AND KEYBOARDIST FOR STEVE VAI\'S TOUR AND THE G3 FESTIVAL.

EVER WANT TO SET FIRE TO ALL THOSE JOCKS AND CUTESY BITCHES YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH? EVER FELT LIKE MUSIC AND ART WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN YOUR LIFE? EVER BEEN UP FOR ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS IN YOUR PROFESSION? WELL, IF YOU SAID \"YES\" TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS, THEN YOU\'VE DEFINITELY GOT SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH THE CREATOR OF BLUE MONDAY AND SCOOTER GIRL. READ ON, AS DEBBIE GETS HIS INTERVIEW ON WITH EISNER AWARD NOMINEE AND ALL-AROUND RIOT GIRL CARTOONIST, CHYNNA CLUGSTON-MAJOR.

We open on Darby O'Gill alone in a dark office, sometime in the early morning on the West Coast. He needs to write the review of Adaptation., but where to begin? Do we begin with him buying the ticket? Seeing the movie? Liking the movie? Or do we start at the beginning of him wanting to see the movie? No. Tell the story. It’s about two people-- no, wait-- four people! It's about a flower. I write these reviews all the time yet I never know if what I’m saying is right. Is there a right answer to a review? Okay.

We all have guilty pleasures. For some, it's watching soap operas. For others, it’s owning the entire collection of Ron Popeil infomercials, and using his buzz words like “set it and forget it” in your daily conversations. For me, it’s blasting "Hakuna Matada" on my car stereo and singing aloud at the top of my lungs during rush hour. To each his own, I guess.