debbie: How would you describe The Rancid Yak Butter Tea Party to someone who’s never heard their music before (without the inevitable Mr. Bungle comparison)?
neogeo: Dude, fuck Mr. Bungle! These guys kick Mike Patton’s sissy little ass! This is the type of music the world has been waiting for. Yak Butter takes you on an adventure with their music. You go over the highest mountains and through the darkest valleys, and you do it all with a smile on your face.

You've got that right. Any movie with this many celebrities has nothing but big trouble on their hands. I really wanted to write a positive review this month. After the last two reviews, I needed it. Well, there's always next month. Big Trouble is the new movie from Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty and Men In Black). It's about a guy trying to win the respect of his son, and how one suitcase changes the lives of all these people. At least that's what I think it's about.

If I can say one thing about Joe Quesada it’s that he's lived up to his hype. When he became Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics he promised he'd push the envelope. Ten months later, the envelope has been pushed, folded, spindled and mutilated. Quesada raided his DC competitors for editors, writers and artists. He launched the highly successful "Ultimate" line. He changed the face of the comics themselves by creating a modern/retro cover dress and adding the original issue numbers on books that had been restarted at number one.

In high school, as a young artist, you're the shit. You’re better than anyone else in the school. You win all the local contests, and end up with a scholarship to art school. But it's art school that tears you a new asshole. You're no longer the shit there. That other kid is. The kid who can draw better than everyone. I know six of those kids. All students at the Columbus College of Art and Design. And they just recently had an exhibition of work at the Roy G. Biv Gallery (September 1 - 30) titled New Arrangements. Here's a rundown of the artists, and their work:

Do you remember the first few albums from the Red Hot Chili Peppers? They were funky and grooved with a wandering electric guitar over it all. Well, that’s how the opening track, “Higher”, off Sugar Pill’s Dose, sounds. But more like a rip-off. Lead vocalist Rick Abate is a horrifying mix between Ed Kowalczyk (Live) and David Byrne (Talking Heads). The rest of the band is talented, but they don’t do anything really innovative or remarkable. After the first few tracks you start to hear a whole different CD.

If you don't know who Bruce Campbell is, shame on you. If you do, I'm sure you are a big fan of his work in the Evil Dead series, Hercules, Briscoe County Jr. and Xena. Campbell forgoes all of the bullshit posturing and sob stories of most celebrity memoirs and gives it to the reader straight. Almost.

Some things are so bad they're intriguing, much like terrible automobile accidents. This is one of those things. Apparently, the Turkish love redoing popular American TV and film offerings, believing them to be far too good and way too professionally rendered. They've enthusiastically butchered everything from E.T. to The Exorcist, and the original Star Trek television series was not to be spared. Yes, you're reading this right-- there is a Turkish version of Star Trek. The episode “Man Trap”, to be precise. The roles of Kaptain Kirk and Mr.

One only needs to take a quick glance at Built to Spill singer Doug Martsch's receding hairline, craggy beard and rummage sale shorts to know that he is definitely not Teen Beat material. In fact, Martsch looks more like the kind of guy who might deliver your mail or unclog your backed up toilet, not invite you to the local bar to astound you with a metaphysical discussion of the unfathomable mysteries of our ever-evolving universe.

Once in a great while, an album comes along that just kicks your ass. An album by a duo of acoustic troubadours would never make that list, unless it comes from the ferocious duo known as Tenacious D. The blend of Kyle Gass' classical guitar work, with the thrash metal and ballad sweet vocals of Jack Black on their self-titled album do exactly that-- kick ass. Backed by the percussive thunder of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, and the production talents of the Dust Brothers, the new disc is a tight, well-rounded musical presentation.

VINNIE: You know why David Byrne is so cool? Because he’s still a kid. A kid who makes the music that a child revolutionary would make. A little Ché Guevara strumming madness on a guitar. He made a packed house full of all walks of life sing and laugh and dance for a few hours. It seemed like we’d cheer for him for days, and at volumes far greater than any of us thought possible. I dug the mix of solo songs and Talking Heads’ songs. Especially “The Revolution,” “The Accident,” and “Once in a Lifetime.” If I could find a job, I’d buy his brand-new record.