Lollipop Magazine

Donnie Darko – Review

April 18, 2003

It’s a true labyrinth, one where even the most trivial scene takes on new meanings when a crucial bit of information is gleaned.

Death Becomes You: The Tarnished Tapes of Transylvania – Review

April 18, 2003

Not many unsigned bands have a full-length CD and DVD. The music is a mixture of Gwar and the Misfits, and the homage to horror movies is a cut above camp.

Bounty Dog – Review

April 18, 2003

It’s got all the marks of the genre: Impossibly-shaped women, futuristic weapons, major violence, and technologically-based bad guys.

Best of Bowie – Review

April 18, 2003

A two-DVD, career-long collection of videos. The material is outstanding, with a generous helping of impossible-to-track down TV broadcasts of early songs.

Marilyn Manson: Guns, God, and Government World Tour – Review

January 3, 2003

Love him or hate him (or claim you hate him but silently think he’s pretty damn cool, if a little silly), Marilyn Manson puts on one helluva show.

Mad Monster Party – Review

January 3, 2003

The same type of animation as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and those stop-motion holiday classics, but starring the likes of Dracula and the Wolf Man.

Lizzy Borden: The Murderess Metal Road Show Live – Review

January 3, 2003

A celebrated ’85 presentation, but you gotta laugh at Lizzy’s get-ups. Getting past that, the band is spot-on, much more progressive than their reputation.

Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses – Review

January 3, 2003

The group got back together and hit the road with an old school stage show that allowed them to create fresh material in front of a live audience.

Judas Priest – Live in London – Review

January 3, 2003

The sound is perfect, the guitars afire, Ripper executing his cool, ever-so-slightly rock-ironic stage moves, his effortless highs, his comfortable growls.

Hitch-hike – Review

January 3, 2003

While chatting, Hess mentioned a film I’d never heard of called Hitch-hike. He said that it was another of his demented criminal roles that made him infamous.