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Posted on June 18, 2010 by admin

Stage Shows:

Blue Man Group
(Image Copyright © 2008 Blue Man Productions, Inc.)

Plays:

The Phantom Of The Opera - Christine
The Phantom Of The Opera
(Image Copyright © 2007 The Really Useful Group Limited.)

Did you know that the classic Christmas hymn Silent Night was actually originally written for guitar?

While many often-humorous myths have been espoused over the years to romanticize why, it is a known, solid fact that it was only originally written for voice and guitar— not an organ. Silent Night's lyrics were penned by priest (and accomplished guitarist) Joseph Mohr in 1816; then in 1818 he gave them to Franz Xaver Gruber, who composed the music— directly for guitar.

Genres – All forms of Rock, Hardcore, Punk, Hip-Hop (Rap), Electronic,
and more

Stations –

California:
San Luis Obispo — 107.7 FM
Santa Maria-Lompoc — 91.5 FM

Michigan:
Midland / Mount Pleasant — 101.7 FM
St. Louis / Alma — 96.7 FM

New York:
Fredonia / Dunkirk — 88.5 FM

Ohio:
Circleville — 100.5 FM
Columbus — 88.7 FM
Dayton — 102.5 FM
Mount Vernon — 102.1 FM
Springfield — 98.7 FM
Zanesville — 103.3 FM

Oklahoma:
Oklahoma City — 90.5 FM

Washington:
Seattle-Tacoma — 106.5 FM
Seattle — 89.1 FM

Also, Free, High-Quality Streaming
(both online and via Android or iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad apps)

Rating – 5 & 1/3 Stars

Links:

RadioU.com
(The official RadioU site.)

AndroidZoom.com/
Android_Applications/
Entertainment/RadioU-Where-Music-Is-Going_OKXW.html
(The official RadioU Android app.)

iTunes.Apple.com/App/id395923426?mt=8
(The official RadioU iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad app.)

UnleashTheMusic.org
(The official RadioU donation site.)

Genre – Screamo

Ratings –
The Changing Of Times — Not Yet Rated
They're Only Chasing Safety—
Not Yet Rated
Define The Great Line — 5 Stars
Survive, Kaleidoscope (Live CD/DVD)—
Not Yet Rated
Lost In The Sound Of Separation —
5 & 1/3 Stars
Ø (Disambiguation)— Not Yet Rated
Live Show — 5 Stars

Links:

Underoath777.com
(The official Underoath site.)

Hear the entire Define The Great
Line album online!

Hear the entire Lost In The Sound
Of Separation album online!

SolidStateRecords.com
(Underoath's record label.)

ToothAndNail.com
(The record label that owns Solid State.)

Genre – Rock with a little
Hip-Hop (Rap) flavor
(Newest Album)

Ratings –
Momentum — 5 & 1/4 Stars
Momentum Re:Mix (Remix)— 5 Stars
Welcome To Diverse City — 5 & 1/2 Stars
Renovating Diverse City (Remix)—
4 & 3/4 Stars
Portable Sounds — 5 & 1/3 Stars
Alive And Transported (Live CD/DVD)—
5 & 1/2 Stars
Tonight — 5 & 1/2 Stars
Live Show — 5 & 1/2 Stars

Links:

tobyMac.com
(The official tobyMac site.)

Hear the entire Momentum
album online!

Hear the entire Momentum Re:Mix
Remix album online!

Hear the entire Welcome To Diverse City album online!

Hear the entire Renovating Diverse City Remix album online!

Hear the entire Portable Sounds album online!

Hear the entire Tonight
album online!

ForefrontRecords.com
(tobyMac's record label.)

Genre – Hard Rock
(Newest Album)

Ratings –
Set It Off — 4 & 3/4 Stars
Phenomenon — 5 & 1/3 Stars
The Art Of Breaking — 5 Stars
The Flame In All Of Us — 5 & 1/2 Stars
Welcome To The Masquerade —
5 & 1/2 Stars
Live Show — 5 & 1/4 Stars

Links:

ThousandFootKrutch.com
(The official Thousand Foot Krutch site.)

Hear the entire Set It Off
Rerelease online!

Hear the entire Phenomenon
album online!

Hear the entire The Art Of Breaking album online!

Hear the entire The Flame In
All Of Us album online!

Hear the entire Welcome To The Masquerade album online!

ToothAndNail.com
(TFK's record label.)

Genre – Rock

Ratings –
The Legend Of Chin — 3 & 3/4 Stars
New Way To Be Human — 4 & 3/4 Stars
Learning To Breathe — 3 & 3/4 Stars
The Beautiful Letdown — 5 & 1/3 Stars
Switchfoot: The Early Years (1997-2000) (Compilation)— [See Review]
Nothing Is Sound — 5 & 1/3 Stars
Oh! Gravity. — 4 & 3/4 Stars
The Best Yet (Best-Of Compilation)—
Not Yet Rated
Hello Hurricane — 5 & 1/3 Stars
Vice Verses — 5 & 1/3 Stars
Live Show — 5 & 1/4 Stars

Links:

Switchfoot.com
(The official Switchfoot site.)

Hear the entire The Legend Of Chin album online!

Hear the entire New Way To Be Human album online!

Hear the entire Learning To Breathe album online!

Hear the entire The Beautiful Letdown album online!

Hear the entire Nothing Is Sound album online!

Hear the entire Oh! Gravity.
album online!

Hear the entire Hello Hurricane album online!

Genre – Rock/Hardcore

Ratings –
On Your Feet — Not Yet Rated
What Remains — Not Yet Rated
Echoes Of The Spirit Still Dwell —
Not Yet Rated
Spoken: Greatest Hits (Best-Of Compilation)— Not Yet Rated
A Moment Of Imperfect Clarity —
4 & 3/4 Stars
Last Chance To Breathe — 5 & 1/2 Stars
Spoken — 5 & 1/4 Stars
Live Show — 5 Stars

Links:

SpokenMusic.com
(The official Spoken site.)

Hear the entire A Moment Of Imperfect Clarity album online!

Hear the entire Last Chance
To Breathe album online!

Hear the entire Spoken
album online!

ToothAndNail.com
(Spoken's record label.)

Genre – Rock/Hardcore with
some Punk elements
(Newest Album)

Ratings –
No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical —
5 & 1/4 Stars
Age Of Reptiles — 5 & 1/2 Stars
Anorexia / Nervosa —
5 Stars / 4 & 3/4 Stars
The Fear Of God — 5 & 1/4 Stars
Live Show — 5 & 1/3 Stars

Links:

Showbread.net
(The official Showbread site.)

Hear the entire No Sir, Nihilism
Is Not Practical album online!

Hear the entire Age Of Reptiles album online!

Hear the entire The Fear Of God album online!

ComeAndLive.com
(Showbread's record label.)

Genre – Rock
(Newest Album)

Ratings –
2000 A.D.D. (EP)— [See Review]
Relient K — 4 Stars
The Creepy EP — [See Review]
Anatomy Of The Tongue In Cheek — 5 Stars
Employee Of The Month EP — 5 Stars
Two Lefts Don't Make A Right... But
Three Do — 5 Stars
The Vinyl Countdown (Limited Edition Vinyl EP)— [See Review]
Deck The Halls, Bruise Your Hand (Limited Edition Christmas EP)— 5 & 1/2 Stars
Mmhmm — 5 & 1/3 Stars
Apathetic EP — 5 & 1/4 Stars
Five Score And Seven Years Ago —
5 & 1/3 Stars
Let It Snow Baby... Let It Reindeer (Christmas CD)— 5 & 1/2 Stars
The Bird And The Bee Sides (EP/B-sides/Rarities)— 5 & 1/3 Stars
Forget And Not Slow Down — 5 Stars
The First Three Gears (2000-2003) (Compilation)— [See Review]
Is For Karaoke EP (EP) — (Review Coming Soon)
Is For Karaoke EP Pt. 2 (EP) — (Review Coming Soon)
Live Show — 5 & 1/4 Stars

Links:

RelientK.com
(The official Relient K site.)

Hear the entire Relient K
album online!

Hear the entire Anatomy Of The Tongue In Cheek album online!

Hear the entire Two Lefts Don't Make A Right... But Three Do album online!

Hear the entire Mmhmm
album online!

Hear the entire Apathetic EP
online!

Hear the entire Five Score And
Seven Years Ago album online!

Hear the entire Let It Snow Baby... Let It Reindeer album online!

Hear the entire The Bird And
The Bee Sides album online!

Hear the entire Forget And Not
Slow Down album online!

MonoVsStereo.com
(Relient K's record label.)

Agnes
(Our review of former member Dave Douglas' original side band.)

Matthew Thiessen And The Earthquakes
(Our review of Matt Thiessen's side band.)

Genre – Rock

Ratings –
Read All About It — Not Yet Rated
Hell Is For Wimps — Not Yet Rated
Boys Will Be Boyz — Not Yet Rated
Not Ashamed — Not Yet Rated
Going Public — Not Yet Rated
Take Me To Your Leader — Not Yet Rated
Step Up To The Microphone —
Not Yet Rated
LoveLibertyDisco — Not Yet Rated
Shine: The Hits (Best-Of Compilation)—
Not Yet Rated
Thrive — Not Yet Rated
Newsboys Remixed (Remix)—
Not Yet Rated
Adoration: The Worship Album —
Not Yet Rated
Devotion — Not Yet Rated
He Reigns: The Worship Collection —
Not Yet Rated
Go — Not Yet Rated
Go Remixed (Remix)— Not Yet Rated
The Greatest Hits (Best-Of Compilation)—
Not Yet Rated
Houston We Are GO (Live CD/DVD)—
Not Yet Rated
In The Hands Of God — Not Yet Rated
Born Again — Not Yet Rated
Christmas! A Newsboys Holiday (Christmas EP) — Not Yet Rated
Live Show — 5 & 1/2 Stars

Links:

Newsboys.com
(The official Newsboys site.)

Inpop.com
(The Newsboys' record label.)

Genre – Soft Rock with some slight Pop/Punk

Ratings –
"I Hate Christmas Parties" (Single)—
4 & 1/4 Stars
"Poison Ivy" (Single)— 4 & 3/4 Stars
"The Calendar, The Energy (If This Is You Then Woe Is Me)" (Single)— 5 & 1/2 Stars
"The Warmth Of The Sun" (Single Cover)—
4 & 1/4 Stars
"Faking My Own Suicide" (Single Demo)—
5 Stars

Links:

PureVolume.com/Matthew
ThiessenAndTheEarthquakes
(Matthew Thiessen And The Earthquakes' official PureVolume page.)

MonoVsStereo.com
(Matthew Thiessen And The Earthquakes' record label.)

Relient K
(Our review of Matt Thiessen's main band.)

Genre –
Hard-Edged Rock/Rock
(Newest Reviewed Album)

Ratings –
Kutless— 5 & 1/4 Stars
Sea Of Faces— 4 & 1/2 Stars
Strong Tower— 4 & 1/2 Stars
Hearts Of The Innocent— 4 & 3/4 Stars
Live From Portland (Live CD/DVD)—
Not Yet Rated
To Know That You're Alive—
Not Yet Rated
It Is Well— Not Yet Rated
Live Show— Not Yet Rated

Links:

Kutless.com
(The official Kutless site.)

Hear the entire Kutless
album online!

Hear the entire Sea Of Faces
album online!

Hear the entire Strong Tower
album online!

Hear the entire Hearts Of The Innocent Special Edition
album online!

BECRecordings.com
(Kutless' record label.)

Genre – Metal/Screamo

Ratings –
Burning Bridges— Not Yet Rated
When Everything Falls— Not Yet Rated
Pressure The Hinges— Not Yet Rated
Dreamer— Not Yet Rated
Attack Of The Wolf King— 5 & 1/3 Stars
Live Show— Not Yet Rated

Links:

HasteTheDay.com
(The official Haste The Day site.)

Hear the entire Attack Of The Wolf King Deluxe Edition album online!

SolidStateRecords.com
(Haste The Day's record label.)

ToothAndNail.com
(The record label that owns Solid State.)

Genre – Ska

Ratings –
Upbeats And Beatdowns— 3 & 1/4 Stars
Our Newest Album Ever!— 4 & 1/2 Stars
Quantity Is Job 1 (EP)— 5 Stars
Proof That The Youth Are Revolting (Live)— 5 & 1/4 Stars
All The Hype That Money Can Buy—
4 Stars
Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo—
5 Stars
Cheeses... Of Nazareth (B-sides)— 2 Stars
The End Is ~~Near~~ Here— 5 & 1/2 Stars
Live Show— 5 & 1/2 Stars

Links:

FiveIronFrenzy.com
(The official FIF site.)

Hear the entire Our Newest Album Ever! album online!

Hear the entire Quantity Is Job 1
EP online!

Hear the entire Proof That The Youth Are Revolting Live album online!

Hear the entire Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo album online!

Hear the entire The End Is ~~Near~~ Here album online!

Genre – Electronic Crunk Rock
(Newest Album)

Ratings –
Business Up Front / Party In The Back—
5 & 1/2 Stars
Dance Or Die— 5 & 1/4 Stars
Dance Or Die With A Vengeance (Remix)— 5 Stars
"Keep The Party Alive" (Single)—
5 & 1/2 Stars
Family Force 5's Christmas Pageant (Christmas CD)— 5 & 1/3 Stars
III— Not Yet Rated
Live Show— 5 & 1/2 Stars

Links:

FF5Online.com
(The official Family Force 5 site.)

MySpace.com/FamilyForce5
(The official FF5 MySpace.)

Hear the entire Business Up Front / Party In The Back album online!

Hear the entire Dance Or Die
album online!

Hear the entire Dance Or Die With A Vengeance Remix album online!

Hear the "Keep The Party Alive" single online!

Hear the entire Family Force 5's Christmas Pageant album online!

ToothAndNail.com
(Family Force 5's record label.)

Genre – Experimental Rock
(Newest Album)

Ratings –
Crashings— 5 & 1/2 Stars
Dawn Escapes— 5 & 1/2 Stars
Exit Lights (Remix)— 5 & 1/3 Stars
Captiva— 5 Stars
Discover The Trees Again (Best-Of Compilation)— Not Yet Rated
Fangs!— 4 & 1/4 Stars
Your Sparkling Death Cometh—
Not Yet Rated
Live Show— N/A (No Longer Touring)

Links:

Hear the entire Crashings
album online!

Hear the entire Dawn Escapes
album online!

Hear the entire Exit Lights Remix album online!

Hear the entire Captiva
album online!

BECRecordings.com
(Falling Up's former record label.)

Genre – Hard Rock

Ratings –
What Was I Thinking?—
Not Yet Rated
My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy—
Not Yet Rated
This Might Sting A Little— 5 & 1/3 Stars
By God— 5 Stars
Back Again— 5 & 1/4 Stars
Disciple— 5 & 1/2 Stars
Scars Remain— 5 & 1/2 Stars
Southern Hospitality— 5 & 1/4 Stars
Horseshoes & Handgrenades—
5 & 1/3 Stars
Live Show (Short/Medium Set)—
5 & 1/3 Stars
Live Show (Long Set)— 5 & 1/2 Stars

Links:

DiscipleRocks.com
(The official Disciple site.)

Hear the entire Disciple
album online!

Hear all the bonus tracks in the Disciple Limited Edition online!

Hear the entire Scars Remain
album online!

Hear the entire Southern
Hospitality album online!

Hear the entire Horseshoes & Handgrenades album online!

Brad Noah
(Our review of studio member
Brad Noah's solo project.)

Format – Video Game

Platform(s) –
Computer (Windows/Mac),
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
(Reviewed the computer version)

Genre – First-Person Action Puzzler

ESRB Level – T for Teen
(Blood, Mild Violence)

Note:
There is a Content Advisory in this review.

Rating – 5 & 1/3 Stars

Links:

Store.SteamPowered.com/App/400/
(The official Portal download page— including the "Orientation Video"
promo trailer .)

ThinkWithPortals.com/Comic/
(An excellent short webcomic that provides both a bridge between the first and second games as well as several great little story explanations.)

Portal 2
(Our review of the sequel to Portal.)

Format – Video Game

Platform(s) –
Computer (Windows/Mac),
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
(Reviewed the computer version)

Genre – First-Person Action Puzzler

ESRB Level – E10+
(Fantasy Violence, Mild Language)

Note:
There is a Content Advisory in this review.

Rating – 5 & 1/2 Stars

Links:

ThinkWithPortals.com
(The official Portal 2 website.)

Store.SteamPowered.com/App/620/
(The official Portal 2 download page.)

ThinkWithPortals.com/Comic/
(An excellent short webcomic that provides both a bridge between the first and second games as well as several great little story explanations.)

Portal
(Our review of the original game.)

Genre – Action/Adventure Fantasy

Age/Content Recommendation – Anyone / Mid-Teen and up

Note:
There is a Content Advisory in this review.

Ratings –

("Dragons In Our Midst" series:)
Raising Dragons— 4 & 3/4 Stars
The Candlestone— 5 Stars
Circles Of Seven— 5 & 1/2 Stars
Tears Of A Dragon— 5 & 1/2 Stars

("Oracles Of Fire" sub-series:)
Eye Of The Oracle— 5 & 1/4 Stars
Enoch's Ghost— 5 & 1/2 Stars
Last Of The Nephilim— 5 & 1/3 Stars
The Bones Of Makaidos— 5 & 1/3 Stars

Links:

DragonsInOurMidst.com
(The official Dragons In Our Midst/
Oracles Of Fire website.)

Genre – Science Fiction *

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Almost all Science Fiction (that has aliens in it, at least) assumes from the start the Big Bang, billions of years, and Darwinism; so during the course of the genre's stories those assumptions might occasionally be mentioned. While we review some sci-fi because the stories are quite good, we do not endorse the genre's underlying assumptions (for good reason).

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Age/Content Recommendation – Mid-Teen and up

Note:
There is a Content Advisory in this review.

Ratings –
Heir To The Empire— 5 & 1/4 Stars
Dark Force Rising— 5 & 1/4 Stars
The Last Command— 5 & 1/4 Stars