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Ramones box set boasts over 75 tunes on six discs

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, NOV. 13, 2013 By Steve Newton Like the band itself, there's nothing fancy about the new Ramones boxed set, The Sire Years: 1976-1981. The seminal NYC punks just collected their first six albums—Ramones ('76), Leave Home and Rocket to Russia ('77), Road to Ruin ('78), the Phil Spector-produced End of the Century ('80), and Pleasant Dreams ('81)—and stuck 'em in a little box. … Continue reading Ramones box set boasts over 75 tunes on six discs

Teen-horror travesty Idle Hands is an inane chunk o’ junk

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MAY 6, 1999 By Steve Newton The teen-horror genre hits a new low with this inane chunk o’ junk from Rodman Flender, the illustrious director of Leprechaun 2. Actually, Flender is not the real culprit here; it’s the numbingly bad screenwriting team of Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer. Idle Hands is their … Continue reading Teen-horror travesty Idle Hands is an inane chunk o’ junk