Seven Signs Now on DVD

If you want a  glimpse of the contemporary, raw,  rural South you need to pick up the film Seven Signs. It’s the directorial debut for the Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers front man J.D. Wilkes, in collaboration with  the  Lexington, Kentucky based independent production company JuddFilms, the film offers a document of the  eccentricities, traditions, myths and superstitions of  some of the most marginalized ares in America. Think Deliverance meets Errol Morris. Makes a great stocking stuffer for your [...]

The Best of 2008 (For Reals)

Propaganda has been honed to a fine art in the last half century. Americans have been convinced to fight wars, hand over civil and employee rights and consume ever crappier beer, food and, alas, music.

Mainstream Country Music is one of the few genres in the 21st century that tolerates no real deviation from certified Music Row and mainstream radio product. Sure there are exceptions, the Outlaw Movement cooped a largely ignored youth movement, Garth tweaked the business model and stage [...]