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Black Rain (Epic)
La Lechuza (Latest Flame)
What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.
What's indie rock? Who cares. Here are ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.
Return to Cookie Mountain (4AD UK)
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SF Weekly
Gay porn star Michael Brandon goes from meth addict to anti-drug crusader--and back.
By Ashley Harrell
Dallas Observer
Andrew and Freddy Velez are the first brothers to die in America's War on Terror.
By Megan Feldman
Westword
Llewellyn Werner thinks a few half-pipes could get Baghdad's economy rolling.
By Jared Jacang Maher
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Rain (Epic)
Published on July 12, 2007
What is Ozzy now, 100 or something? You´d think the old coot would call it a career rather than further tarnish his legacy. Like most icons past their prime, though, maybe he just doesn´t know when to say when. He´s clearly saddled by idiots. Why else would he choose to whore himself out on MTV? But even if someone did have the stones to attempt to dissuade him, Ozzy´s never needed anyone´s validation. And he doesn´t need it now, a point he makes clear on ¨I Don´t Want to Stop¨: ¨I don´t know what they´re talking about/I´m making my own decisions/This thing that I found ain´t gonna bring me down/I´m like a junkie without an addiction. ¨ In fact, on Black Rain, he sounds more invigorated than he has in years. Granted, there are few surprises and even fewer decent tunes, but Oz can still sing his ass off.