2004 February | one times one
opinions were like kittens i was giving them away. -modest mouse
there's nothing as something as one. -e. e. cummings

OTO Rating: 8/10 “Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don’t” -Brett Butler, Knee Deep in Paradise.       Imagine your entire life of having a haunting and recurring dream, a bizarre dream featuring a giant half-man half-bird character. Then one day to your shock and dismay, you stumble upon a [...]

OTO Rating: 8/10 “The ultimate shot of random procedure”       It’s the fifth line on The Orange Billboard’s first track, “Fieldtrip USA” and could probably suffice as an adequate album review. The ‘random procedure’ they speak of could certainly describe the music on this album, but only half baked. It’s random to the ear because [...]

     I can’t think of too many bands playing original music that come right out and make it known that their music is created to keep the spirit and goals of one particular musician (or person, or artist, or politician) alive and strong. I can’t think of two. I can, however, tell you about one. The [...]

OTO Rating: 4/10      The Assimilation EP from Jersey based rockers “The Silent Audibles” is not without it’s glimmer of hope, but when all is said and done, they are telling a story that is going around many a camp fire these days. Right on par with all of the hard rock that is on every [...]