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The Eternals - Approaching the Energy Field

THE ETERNALS
Approaching the Engergy Field

I've always imagined The Eternals to be a bit of a spiritual incarnation of The Clash—like they started with side seven of Sandinista and just kept going from there. They are definitely adept at genre blending, experimenting with effects, pushing the boundaries and sometimes they feel like funkin' it up. They're also not necessarily as concerned with pleasing the public as they are with charting their own course. Unlike the Clash, yet very like Wayne and Damon's previous band Trenchmouth, The Eternals may be one of the most underrated and overlooked bands putting out records today (and yes this is a real vinyl record). Kinda hard to figure. (Read More)

HIGH LLAMAS
Talahomi Way

It’s interesting that we should receive this album the same week as Heidecker & Wood's Starting from Nowhere. They’re very similar in their approach to pop music. The High Llamas have been at it for a lot longer of course and it’s hard to determine exactly where Heidecker & Wood are coming from. The Llamas, led by founder Sean O'Hagan, have been at it since 1992 releasing nine records in that near twenty year span. I have not heard any of the band's preceding eight efforts, nor am I familiar with O'Hagan's previous bands Fatima Mansions or Microdisney. I can only assume that he, like many artists with any sort of career longevity, started at one point and arrived at another. (Read More)

ROCTOBER'S
JAKE AUSTEN

The conga line of Stormtroopers pictured above was not chosen arbitrarily, although there's never a bad reason to show Star Wars characters dancing. Even no reason at all is reason enough. In this case, however, those Imperial dancers are boogying down on Chic-a-go-go, the cable access show that Jake Austen has been involved in running for years. As a dance show host, freelance writer, puppeteer, rocker and zine publisher, Jake has been an important and busy part of Chicago's musical culture. So we figured we'd ask him a few questions about 20 Years of Roctober and other things.

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PHILLIP DICK SCHOLAR
DAVID GILL

"(Dick) has given us a guidebook on how to operate in this century and how to stay sane and how to stay centered and how to stay positive, even though those aren’t characteristics that are used to describe his work or him."

Dickhead? That certainly is a rude thing to say about a man, unless it's true of course. In this particular instance Dickhead refers to a fan of sci-fi legend, Philip K. Dick. Mr. Gill is a PKD scholar of the first order and therefore is worthy of the title. Nick Sondy reached Dave in Oakland to discuss all things Android in Part 2 of this two part interview.

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