With the 2006 regular season all but over, Scott Miller spends his Insider on his annual awards -- and revisits his preseason predictions, with mixed emotions.
LAKE IN THE HILLS – During one of four screenings for his karate black belt exam, Brian Goldfarb did 200 karate kicks to prove that he was ready. "If you cry, they just tell you, 'Another six months,' " the Lake in the Hills 11-year-old said. "They're not trying to be mean.
As the Gulf Coast faces the magnitude of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the music community continues to rally around the recovery effort.
The USA Is a Monster's virulent war stomp. Sunset at the End of the Industrial Age is an instant classic. In fact, it's the USA Is a Monster's third in a row since 2003, which means the Brooklyn duo is totally peaking like Black Flag and the Minutemen circa '84.