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2005 Stories by Greg Burk

• In Memoriam: Derek Bailey, 1930–2005

  published December 29, 2005

  Derek Bailey died on Christmas at age 75. It seems strange that such a pleasant, thoughtful Englishman was one of the most radical... More >>

• Metal Memoir

  published December 29, 2005

  Buy this rock chick a beer and let her blab, cuz she’s fun to hang out with. Is she disillusioned with her few years... More >>

• Laptop Laserium

  published December 22, 2005

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• Fireball Ministry

  published December 8, 2005

  WHAT: The metal that riffeth, that roareth, that passeth understanding. These devils breathe with such steady power, they must even... More >>

• The Color of Music

  published November 24, 2005

  Race is a bitch — about the baddest bitch in the American doghouse — and UC Riverside prof (and Weekly contributor) Josh Kun had t... More >>

• Half Moon

  published November 24, 2005

  I like rock that makes me want to drink — yeah, pal, there are brief moments when I don’t wanna. But after congress with t... More >>

• Micro-Ritmia

  published November 17, 2005

  MICRO-RITMIA At Café Metropol, November 3Two dudes from Mexico. One skull-shaved, one shaggy. Sitting... More >>

• Virgin / Whore

  published November 3, 2005

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• Immigrant Women Speak About Leaving the Church

  published November 3, 2005

  Illustration by Patrick MartinezWhere feminism has cut the biggest swath — North America and Europe — Catholicism has lost the most tur... More >>

• The Darts

  published November 3, 2005

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• Music Books We’ve Been Reading . . .

  published October 20, 2005

  Into the Void With Ace Frehley by Wendy Moore (Pitbull Publishing). This trashy Kiss-and-tell-all has been out for a year, but it... More >>

• Live in LA

  published October 20, 2005

  ORKESTROVA L.A. at REDCAT, September 30. What, in the 21st century, is John Coltrane’s 1965 freeform “composition” Ascension More >>

• Songs of My Father

  published October 13, 2005

  Photo by Jimmy KatzIn a time when jazz has been marginalized to the edge of extinction, Dave Douglas has managed to build a castle... More >>

• Dear Colleen

  published October 6, 2005

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• Scott Morrow, 1958–2005

  published September 29, 2005

  Photo by Ivy NoyScott Morrow used to write about music for this paper quite a bit in the ’80s and ’90s. He was some gift — a blast of energy ... More >>

• The Curse of Tut

  published September 1, 2005

  King Tut got me busted in the Egyptian Museum in 1989. My wife and I, recently married, were visiting Cairo. Romantic vacation — but I was als... More >>

• For the Love of Redd

  published August 4, 2005

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• High On Fire, Drunk On Jack!

  published July 21, 2005

  Photo by Kevin Scanlon Beware: High on Fire ain’t here to rinse your nylons. The Bay Area band play the darkest, sludg-ies... More >>

• Whitesnake, Ricky Warwick

  published July 7, 2005

  WHITESNAKE, RICKY WARWICK at House of Blues, June 26 When David Coverdale belts out all that humpahumpa ’bout how he want... More >>

• Live Jazz

  published June 16, 2005

  Times have changed, but a full appreciation of jazz still requires a suit, a roll of currency and a steady supply of liquor. The suit... More >>

• X Ray Vision

  published June 9, 2005

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• The Joy of Jazz

  published June 2, 2005

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• Heart Food

  published May 26, 2005

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• The Sign of Z

  published May 19, 2005

  How does a 37-year-old Latino from Pacoima acquire the tools to become the producer of choice for Brit metal dudes two generations removed?... More >>

• Chew on This

  published April 28, 2005

  Can’t stand it? Get over it. Cookie Monster metal — the genre(s) where a voxdude woofs notelessly atop fretboard frenzy and... More >>