Greetings and Dark Salutations!

The NC music community and the music world lost a fine musician yesterday with the death of Matt  Brown, drummer for the award-winning band John Howie, Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff.  Our heartfelt condolences go out to Matt’s family and friends.   He will be sorely missed.

Stay tuned for a review of the Darnell Woodies’ second release!  Just posted is a review of the fabulous P-90′s debut CD “Limited Edition”.   Bands such as the P-90′s, Raging Nipple, and Awesome Grey are a welcome antidote to the pseudo Pop Punk that has unfortunately infested the airwaves like some malignant species.   Be sure to  check out the review of The Black Sheep and their stunning debut CD, as well as Fetus X’s awesome, yet lamentably unpublished demo.     I had nearly forgotten what it was like to hear live Punk music until my recent trip to The Cave in Chapel Hill, NC to hear Raging Nipple and the P-90′s.   See the event review for details and pics.    Meanwhile, reviews the reviews of Eli August’s “The Bottom of the Sea” , and the Knutz’s “Ghost Dance party”.   See the previous reviews of  Mr. August’s EP  “I Was Already Too Late” and Isolation Division’s fine CD  “Sotto Voce”  as well.    Midnight Calling is a proud supporter of The Age of Decay,  the largest Deathrock festival in the Southern US, scheduled for April 2012. Stay tuned for an interview from LESTAT.

On Oct. 7th I was privileged to once again see Eli August on the stage at Davenport and Winkleperry in Pittsboro NC.   The homey and relaxed atmosphere was perfect for Mr. August’s fine acoustic performance, once again demonstrating his uncanny ability to evoke a mad range of feelings from forlorn nostalgia to just plain fun.  He is a delightful conversationalist as well.   You can see videos of his performance at the Midnight Calling Ezine page on Youtube as well as other performers from the past and present:

http://www.youtube.com/user/midnightcallingezine

We are having some glitches on the website.  The content buttons at the top of the page do not work (except for the Issue and Staff pages.)  However, you can access all of our reviews and articles by on “The Issue” button at the top, clicking “next” at the bottom, and then scrolling through all back content from there.  Or  if you are only interested in reviews, culture, etc.  you can click on the category headings on the right, then click on “next page” at the bottom.   Not long ago I added much of our material from our original website back in 2003, some interesting stuff that well worth perusing!

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