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Two-Headed Monster

by jcurcio November 17, 2008 Uncategorized

Two-Headed Monster Collide Interview / Review James Curcio In my opinion, Collide’s recent release, Two Headed Monster, is both a culmination and a departure from their past work. Though it may remain in the same rack in the record store (those still exist, right?), you can feel that a maturation has taken place. Contrary to opinion, maturation of this [...]

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Scott Landes of Collide: a collaborative profile.

by jcurcio November 2, 2008 Uncategorized

Next week- supposing I can finally kick the plague that’s been ravaging my innards- I’m going to be writing a review of Collide’s recent release Two Headed Monster. It’ll run both on Alterati.com and Greylodge.org. This album has been three years in the making, and as you may have already heard, showcases Danny Carey from [...]

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My 404

by jcurcio October 30, 2008 Fallen Nation

This past year has held a lot of changes and challenges for me. I broke up with my girlfriend of five years, (see? I told you I’d finally mention it publicly- no details though guys, LJdrama is so 1998), I’m working a full-time day job, I’ve put my non-or-little-paying creative projects on hiatus until I [...]

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Alterati: One Year Best Of Personal Picks

by jcurcio September 12, 2008 First-hand First Fridays

One Year Best Of Personal Picks James Curcio. Last year, the editorial team and I ran over 500 articles on Alterati on topics as far reaching as sexuality and culture, underground art, event reports, black metal, … teletubbies. A year of digging off the beaten path, and I must say, the best job I’ve ever [...]

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Light to Darkness / Darkness to Light : sneak peek.

by jcurcio July 25, 2008 Fallen Nation audiobook

This is a sneak peek at a sample from the soundtrack that will be used in a performance at Terra Extremitas, put on by the Foolish People. The script and soundtrack are based on some of the eschatological themes in Fallen Nation, and will serve as a bridge between that and a future project with [...]

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Fear and Ecstacy

by jcurcio July 25, 2008

Modern myth: Fear and Ecstacy James Curcio I realize that in my last post in this column, I left a number of dangling threads which have been irking me since I hammered them out. If you’re a skeptical thinker, I’m sure you caught many of them yourselves. However, my thoughts lately have been gravitating …

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America, what will you do when you go to Walmart and the doors are closed?

by jcurcio July 17, 2008

Modern myth: America, what will you do when you go to Walmart and the doors are closed? James Curcio Let us start this piece of wild conjecture with a supposition: you, like myself and many of those I know, have been aware for some time now that some kind of storm has been …

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Mental Health Mondays #3

by jcurcio May 26, 2008

Mental Health Mondays Schizophrenic music. James Curcio For this mental health Monday, I’d like to help prove the stereotype that all musicians are mentally handicapped. Being a musician myself, I figure this post will only give me a 50% chance of going to hell. Based on my past performance, it’s probably a done deal …

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Mental Health Monday #2: Get out of my faith!

by jcurcio May 12, 2008

For all of you who ride the subways, I have a hunch you have had an encounter with this archetype. Feel free to pass on stories (or videos). They’re so much more amusing when they’re not all up in your faith. Crazy Subway Girl (with subtitles) – Watch more free videos

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Mental Health Monday

by jcurcio May 5, 2008

Mental Health Monday James Curcio Normally, I like to provide videos along with editorial commentary. But these, I think, speak for themselves. Who knows, maybe “Mental Health Monday” will become a regular feature here- tell us if you want more.

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The Well

by jcurcio April 6, 2008

The Well James Curcio Rudy Rauben has unleashed another comic, the Well. Check out the panels of the opening episode here. Alterati.com interview with Rudy Rauben.

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Fallen Nation Audiobook Episode 9

by jcurcio February 29, 2008 audiobook

From the journals of Dr. Fein. 12/17/02 17:49:31 The Journal of Dr. Fein, M.D., Ph.D. I find myself resistant to morning. Waking before the alarm, I hide next to my wife and play dead. Slow breaths, deep. Eyes closed. Relax the facial muscles, don’t clench, you’re asleep. I wonder what I will do when the [...]

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Fallen Nation: Audiobook episode 8

by jcurcio February 19, 2008 audiobooks

Jesus’ dreams from within the hospital, part 3, and the escape. That evening, Meredith sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes. There was a dream behind them, a nightmare. She was in some cell, someone had put her there by mistake. Mistaken identity? The dream was already unraveling. She was a saint of [...]

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