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Here’s a recent album review by KMNR’s own, Mogli. The New Music Blog lives again! The album is from 1993, but who’s checking anyway?

Steve Vai’s “Sex and Religion” Review by Mogli
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Sex and Religion was released in 1993 as another addition to Steve Vai’s discography. The guitarist. who had played lead for Zappa and David Lee Roth (and later the Halo 2 soundtrack) and was just…

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Steve Vai's "Sex and Religion" Review by Mogli

Sex and Religion was released in 1993 as another addition to Steve Vai’s discography. The guitarist. who had played lead for Zappa and David Lee Roth (and later the Halo 2 soundtrack) and was just coming off of his very well-received Passion and Warfare record, tried to assemble an all-star team of players to collaborate with, including: Devin Townsend of future Strapping Young Lad and solo work fame; TM Stevens, the bass player for James Brown; and Terry Bozzio, also from Zappa and the possessor of one of the largest kits in the world (yes even bigger than Neil Pearts’s). But as with most supergroups, the whole was not quite the sum of its parts. No doubt the chops are amazing and surprisingly tasteful, as the band members kind of balance each other out. The songwriting is where the record suffers, though. There are a few tracks that get the balance of edgy sincerity, glossy polish, and boundary pushing experimentation, but quite a few miss the mark by seeming forced/playacted, glorified porn music, and completely up-their-own-orifice wandering.

Tracks that are worth a listen? Here and Now, Still My Bleeding Heart, Pig, and the first half of Deep Down Into the Pain. Tracks to avoid, even for die-hard fans? Road to Mt. Cavalry, last half of Deep Down Into the Pain, In My Dreams, and the title track, where the pretension of the album/s “theme” collides with some of the hookiest songwriting.

The other tracks are all right but nothing terribly remarkable. At worst they sound like Nickelodean canned rock stuff. Again, the biggest feeling around this album for this reviewer is disappointment; you can hear where the potential of all these people could have gotten, but it never really reaches. On the plus side, the bitter taste of this album and the subsequent tour partially inspired Devin Townsend to start his Strapping Young Lad project, so silver linings and all.

Mogli out

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A question was posed to our DJ population: If Snapman threw up, what would come out? Can you identify all the contents of his eighth note insides?

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Lots of our DJs are out floating on the river at Huzzah Valley Resort. What are you guys doing with your free time this summer?

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######DJ FEATURE######
Tonight from 10pm-12am you can check out #handledit or HASHTAGhandledit or #HASHTAGhandledit on KMNR. It was love at first sight when these two DJs found one another. Lebowski and PIG$ have put together an amazing duo show for the summer.

5 words to describe their show: R. Kelly, 9/11, ladies, interviews, livemusic.

Artists/Genres you might hear: R. Kelly, Indie, Punk, Hip-Hop, Misc.

Favorite Album:
Lebowski: Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Dual guitar interplay like I haven’t heard elsewhere, mixed with powerful, emotional songwriting that’s focused building and releasing tension, and a rhythm section that’s unstoppable. Plus they make their guitars chirp.
PIG$: One that I have loved for a long time is Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois.

What is your favorite part about being a DJ?:
Lebowski: Being able to play the music I want over the air, and becoming friends with all the other DJ’s in KMNR.
PIG$: Being able to play air horn noises over Lebowski’s music, and the cool people .

Would you consider yourself passive, aggressive or passive agrressive?: No

Favorite quote: No explanation needed:
“Now,um,usually I dont do this but uh….
Go head’ on and break em off wit a lil’ preview of the remix….”

If you like what you have read check out their show page HASHTAGhandledit on KMNR!

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Are you tired of hearing Hotel California on your radio five times a day? Then listen to the New Music show happening right now! The Eagles are okay and all… but we promise not to play Hotel California.

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