Tag: nerdery
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Designated Cheerleader
I got so much trouble on my mind. In 1990, I was nine years old, months away from turning ten, when Public Enemy ended any musical debate I would ever have and summed up every mental state I would ever inhabit for the rest of my life. I was a Black kid with a white…
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Zero makes THE FORCE AWAKENS make more sense.
Okay, so I’m completely convinced the original script for The Force Awakens had Finn as the Force sensitive Jedi-to-be and not Rey. There are just too many things that don’t make sense within the context of the film’s plot and just feel arbitrary and rushed. This is how I think the story should have gone: Act…
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Darryl Zero’s Albums of the Year 2014
Honorable Mention: Indian, From All Purity St. Vincent, St. Vincent Pink Avalanche, The Luminous Heart Of Nowhere Cloakroom, Lossed Over b/w Dream Warden Actress, Ghettoville Couch Slut, My Life As A Woman 10) Atari Teenage Riot – Reset Atari Teenage Riot popped back up in 2010 with Is This Hyperreal?, a pleasant extension of the band’s distinctive sound that nonetheless stayed true to…
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Zero’s “World War Z” film thoughts. ***SPOILERS
Okay, so I know what’s in the title and all, but I’m still gonna put this here: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS ABOUT THE CINEMATIC “ADAPTATION” OF WORLD WAR Z. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTENTION OF WATCHING THIS FILM, HAVE NOT YET SEEN IT, AND DON’T WANT IT SPOILED FOR YOU, DO NOT READ THIS POST. I…
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8:14 (89)
Things are starting to escape me that otherwise shouldn’t unless I give myself some kind of stimulus. It’d worry me if I weren’t expecting it. The reflex would be to say it’s because I’m getting older, that the decline I try to delay in my body is now starting to reach my brain, but I think…
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Darryl Zero’s Albums of the Year – 2012
10) Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind It’s fucking Converge. They refuse to die, and they refuse to stop kicking ass. Kurt Ballou’s guitar continues to stay up front for this album, although Jacob Bannon actually pulls out some new tricks for this album (the chorus of “Coral Blue” comes to mind). Converge…
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ZERO’S LIST OF 100 GUITARISTS WHOSE ABILITIES HE APPRECIATES MORE THAN THAT OF JIMI HENDRIX, JIMMY PAGE, ERIC CLAPTON, AND ALL THE OTHER GUITARISTS EVERYONE FREAKS OUT OVER
I have ten guitarists I love above all others: 1) Prince 2) Eddie Hazel 3) Chuck Berry 4) Ian Williams (Battles) 5) Tyondai Braxton 6) Vernon Reid 7) Dr. Know (Bad Brains) 8) Carlos Santana 9) Michael Hampton 10) Ben Verellen (Helms Alee) and the rest, numbered only to keep place–I love them all in…
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Darryl Zero’s Top Albums of 2011.
Darryl Zero’s Top Albums Of 2011 This year evaporated. For real. It seems like yesterday I was freaking out over the Yuck album—which is good, I suppose, in that it actually did have some sticking power. I also suppose this is one year in which there isn’t really much of a surprise at what’s on…
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Darryl Zero’s top albums of 2010
Darryl Zero’s Top Albums of 2010 [Edited to include the Thou album, which I meant to include but for some reason forgot.] If I thought last year was weak for albums, 2010 was even worse. It seems the music industry has finally pushed its way toward the completely single-driven business model. Not that I’m especially…