October 2003 - Jazz producer and record label honcho Joel Dorn makes his third Cosmik Debris appearance. Why? He's a blast to interview, that's why; Eric Blumrich discusses the fine art of making political statements through Flash graphic presentations on the web, and trust me, it is art when this guy does it; The Coma Savants' keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter, Stephanie Rearick, discusses her outstanding new solo CD, The Bucket Rider; The 13 O'Clock News covers the White House, Iraq, the ALCS and NLCS, the Gates and more. Plus plenty of reviews of all kinds and some columns to chew on. All in the October issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine.

September 2003 - A Cosmik Conversation with Slash Records' Bob Biggs, who is back with a new perspective and a new plan; Pete Shelley graces our screens with a Cosmik Quickie; we journey to the Reggae on the River festival; and coming up at 13 O'Clock, of course, we have all the news that fun to print. Plus columns, CD and Everything Else reviews, and a new guy. What more could you ask?

August 2003 - Heartbeat Records' Chris Wilson talks about how he became a reggae fan, gathered encyclopedia-like knowledge and how that turned into a great career path for him; Never Heard Of It shares their Warped Tour diary with Cosmik's readers; Sunset Daydreams, the ultimate jam band concert venue and gathering spot, needs your help; Alan Wright takes A Closer Look at the Wailers' new re-releases; and the 13 O'Clock news this month will knock your socks off. All that on top of 117 CD reviews, lots of Everything Else in Review, and our usual collection of Cosmik Columns. We're glad you're here... have a ball!

July 2003 - Jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli discusses his career, being the son of Bucky Pizzarelli, the 7-string guitar and playing Birdland; Sebastien Hould of Montreal's great garage band, The Chains, talks about gigging in that town and the prospects of hitting the road now that they have a killer CD on Get Hip Records; A close look at something millions of people are extremely excited about: the 2-disc, five and a half hour Led Zeppelin DVD that addresses the question... were Zeppelin the best live band of all time? Plus reviews of CDs, DVDs, movies, books and other things, and our usual slate of columns from the Cosmik Debris Columnist Party Headquarters. The 4th of July is over, but the Issue of July is just beginning.

June 2003 - It's our 8th Anniversary and we've cooked up a celebration on an issue! First off, as always on our anniversary, we have summed up our year in Cosmik Conversations. Come time trippin' with us! We also talked with Carlos Guitarlos (of Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs) about what he's been up to, Janis Siegel (of Manhattan Transfer) told us about her Friday Night Special, and we uncovered a bunch of bizarre 13 O'Clock news stories, one of which is frighteningly true. More than enough CD & Record reviews to go around, plus Everything Else reviewed, along with the usual fine columns... it's a feast! Enjoy it with us!

May 2003 - Pete Miser discusses his adventures in the world of hip-hop and his brilliant new album, Radio Free Brooklyn; Patrick Goodwin of Dirty Power on what it's like to go from a band that's just having a good time to one that's getting all kinds of press and fan support; Hugh Hopper, formerly of 60s art rockers Soft Machine, talks about his current band, Soft Works, which happens to be made up entirely of Soft Machine alumni. Gary Pig Gold says farewell to a Brother Gibb, Jason Thornberry cranks up the Turbonegro, Eric Steiner brings you another batch o' blues, Karl Cable zooms OUT on the Saddam statue scene, and Rusty Pipes gets a case of the spins. All this and stacks and stacks of reviews in the May edition of Cosmik Debris Magazine!

April 2003 - We talk with David Gans about his latest venture in life, head (hed) P.E. Jahred fills us in on his Blackout, Maria Muldaur is carrying a torch for Peggy Lee, there's a great new set of Jazz CD samplers out, and Eleanor Roosevelt's legacy lives on. There's news you ain't seeing and we've got it, plus 100 CD reviews, a smorgasbord of other reviews, and columns to enlighten you. Another eclectic issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine!

February/March 2003 - Mike Smith, former frontman and keyboardist for the legendary British invasion band, The Dave Clark Five, returns to America nearly 40 years later with his new band, Mike Smith's Rock Engine. He talks about old times and new. Art cars? They're vehicles that have been turned into works of art, and few do that with the creative flair of Herrod Blank, the subject of John Sekerka's Tape Hiss Interview. Timothy Gassen's book, The Knights Of Fuzz, is one of the few accepted "bibles" of garage rock, and a few years ago it was updated and issued on CDROM, opening it to a larger audience. The musician and author is interviewed by Fred Mills. Music attorney Dina LaPolt returns with another entry in the popular series known as Music Business Microscope, this time telling us about royalties recording artists in America ain't gettin', and defining the new rules on webcasting royalties and how an artist goes about gettin' those. The 13 O'Clock news brings you all the strangeness CNN forgot to mention, while our columns are bursting with great reading on everything from Resident Bush's rush to war to Senators for the blues to sleeping to rap to dirty media tricks to a sendoff for Zally. All that plus a ridiculous number of reviews of all kinds await you in the March issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine.

January 2003 - Our annual exercise in agony in which each of our writers is forced to whittle a years worth of music down to his or her five favorite releases. Also, interviews with Per Stalberg of Sweden's coolest band, Division Of Laura Lee, and the always controversial Frank Discussion of The Feederz. Underrated returns with the spotlight on Mother's Army, a band made up of four heavyweights of hard rock who chose not to go the big PR route and are therefore not well known, despite being a house-shaking band. Plus our usual slate of excellent columns, a pile of reviews and a special edition of Cosmik Radio hosted by musician and frequent Cosmik contributor, Skip Heller. It's "A Show From California," with a California feel, from current urban themes to historical folk to the most requested song in state history. It's all in and around the January issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine.

December 2002 - The worlds of electronic music and big time animation collide in the personage of Gabor Csupo, so we sent Rusty Pipes into the convergence zone; Holly Day had a chat with Flaming Lips' multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd about the making of their latest album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot; Jazz musician and music journalist Skip Heller takes a close look at Keith Shadwick's new biography of jazz pianist extraordinare Bill Evans; The 13 O'Clock News risks governmental wrath in order to bring you a bunch of articles that aren't true... even though many of them really almost are. Hey, sounds kinda like the regular news, donnit? We have all that, columns, over 100 reviews and we're all wearing clean underwear because we knew you were coming by the read the mag, so enjoy!

November 2002 - Rusty Pipes talks with DJ Louie DeVito, and newcomer Tod Hardin turns us on to the Gore Gore Girls; DJ Johnson celebrates the life and music of Warren Zevon; Shaun Dale takes a closer look at the Spade Kitty Records label; and Jason Thornberry gives us a refresher on Napalm Death and tells us about their new CD, Order of The Leech. It's 13 O'Clock news time once again, and we also of course have over 100 CD reviews, as well as reviews of other stuff our writers got to see and hear this month. All of this plus our columns... Another fully packed issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine.

October 2002 - Bill Holmes interviews former J. Geils frontman Peter Wolf, DJ Johnson talks with the original queen of rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, and Erick Mertz does coffee with Larry O. Dean. We're also pleased to bring you Skip Heller's article on the great Lord Buckley. For those of you who are sick of real news, we have The 13 O'Clock News, but watch out... it's not that far from the truth. All that, plus over 100 CD reviews, a stack of book, movie, DVD and other reviews, columns, and a list of songs we like to listen to on Halloween. Consider it a suggestion list for that mix tape you're going to be making for your party this year. All in this issue of Cosmik Debris.

September 2002 - Music's "everything-man," Skip Heller, is finally rounded up for a Cosmik Conversation, as is Bob Log III. Plus, we take close looks at country artist Grey De Lisle and Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, remember jazz giant Lionel Hampton, and check in with the 13 O'Clock News. Add to that DVD reviews, concert reviews, and book reviews, not to mention well over 100 CD reviews, and our special brew of Cosmik Columns, and you've got yet another great issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine, Jack.

August 2002 - Bassist Bob Daisley discusses his ongoing battle with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne over unpaid royalties, uncredited performances, and now, the ultimate sin: Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake have had their performances removed from Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary of a Madman. Also, we catch a little chat time with Dalek, front man of one of the most powerful hip-hop crews... ever. Holly Day talks to Glover Gill about his latest soundtrack, we say goodbye to Alan Lomax, a man who had more of an impact on popular music than anyone else we can think of, when it gets right down to it, and we do tell you why, and we bring you the 13 O'Clock News for all your intellectual fulfillment needs. All that and more await you, so get it in gear!

July 2002 - We can't believe that we are having to say goodbye to yet another of our favorite rockers. We talk about the musical career of John Enwistle, and the fact that the Who have decided that the show must go on. Also in this issue are an interview with Wayne Kramer, the music industry versus the internet, a reprisal of Dean Martin's work on Reprise, a look at slack key guitarist John Keawe, and an evening spent with Phil Lesh and Friends. The usual slew of reviews, CD and otherwise, columns... all the stuff you are used to finding, in the July 2002 issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine!

June 2002 - It's our 7th anniversary, and as is our custom we celebrate by bringing you a look back at the conversations from the year gone by. A 7th Year Of Cosmik Conversations will bring back fond memories for our regular readers and show the new folks why Cosmik is still the best, most diverse magazine around. We've also got new interviews with Rick Shea, who has just released a sweeeet Americana/country/folk/bluegrass/everything album with Brantley Kearns, and another with Rich Buhler, a very interesting chap who runs TruthOrFiction.com, where you can find out which of those upsetting stories going 'round the Net are for real and which are for the birds. Dina LaPolt brings us part 3 in our series on the music business, and this time around she gets down to the nitty gritty, as in "how do I go about bypassing record labels and doing it all myself?" And those daring young men of International Rescue are back with the completion of the Thunderbirds DVD series. They're fearless, they're heroic... they're puppets whose television show was canceled over 35 years ago, but their cult following is growing rapidly. Then there's the usual ridiculously huge mountain of CD reviews, our ever expanding "Everything Else In Review" section, which now features several DVD reviews as well as movie, concert, book and film reviews, and the fascinating ramblings of our columnist party. Yep, we're 7 years old now, and we're feelin' good. Come on in, have some cake and enjoy the 84th issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine.

May 2002 - Due to popular demand, we've brought you the second official Power Pop Special Issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine, featuring interviews with The Bears, The Westside Daredevils, and Brick Layer Cake. But you know us; we HAD to step outside the genre a bit, so we offer examinations of the Crescent City Soul series and more Real Folk Blues. Plus boocooreevyoos (our own house spelling) of CDs, DVDs, movies, concerts and other goodies, and our usual slate of Cosmik Columns. It's all here in the May issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine. Dig in!

April 2002 - Interviews with Stew of The Negro Problem, James Emery of the String Trio of New York, and Frenchy - a painter of a different color. We continue our series on the abuses suffered by artists at the hands of the record industry. More History of Art Rock, and another new column to add to the mix. 90 CD REVIEWS, DVDs and other stuff reviewed... What? You want more? Start reading!

March 2002 - Interviews with Dave Alvin of The Blasters, Jim Roll, and porn legend/stand up comedian Ron Jeremy. We begin our series on the abuses suffered by artists at the hands of the record industry. Our farewell to Waylon Jennings had to show his warm, gentle nature, and we decided nothing did that as well as our 1998 interview with him, so we've reprised it in his memory. Plus columns, stacks and stacks of CD and other reviews, and...uh...gee, I guess that's it.

February 2002 - Interviews with power pop heirs apparent Sugarcult and ultra cool funksters Porterhouse, an article about The Monkey Power Trio, who only meet one day a year to make some of the strangest music on record, reviews of Blackhawk Down and more CDs than you can shake a bulldozer at. In the columns column, Rusty gets philosophical about pretzels, Eric checks on the state of the blues in 2002, Gary compares Micks, and we introduce Jason Thornberry's new column, Mass Appeal Madness. Jump on in!

January 2002 - Cosmik's staffers and contributors pick their top five CDs of 2001; Interviews with Al Hodge of the Louisiana heavy metal band Tungsten and Robert Fisher of Willard Grant Conspiracy; Part Four in Rusty Pipes' Art Rock series; The life and music of Fela Ransome Kuti; Bill Holmes tells you just how underrated Enuff Z'Nuff was and still is; plus reviews and columns served just the way you like 'em.

December 2001 - The staff of Cosmik Debris says farewell to George Harrison, despite the fact that we can't believe he's really gone; We also wave bye bye as Ken Kesey's multi-colored bus drives off into the hereafter. Then it's time for interviews with rock and roll artist Kevin Salem, pop newcomer The Incredible Moses Leroy and electronic wizard and music scene survivor Momus. All that plus Gary Pig Gold's 8-question quiz for rockabilly guitar slinger James Richard Oliver, Rusty Pipes' look at the predictions in the film 2001, Eric Steiner's blue(s) Christmas and Bill Holmes, absent from the MP3 Files desk for too long, does double-time and brings you ten bands you should get an earful of.

November 2001 - Cosmik POPS! That's right, we foresake diversity for an issue and focus on good old pop music, beginning with Gary Pig Gold's interview with David Bash, organizer of the International Pop Overthrow festival in NYC; Shaun Dale has the lowdown on and some discussion with the French pop band Fugu; DJ Johnson takes a look back on the careers of Blondie and The Jackson 5... but not at the same time... cuz that'd just be nuts; Eric Steiner notices hints that power pop is still alive and well on top 40 radio. Plus the usual slate of columns and reviews galore

October 2001 - We act like psychotics once again in celebration of Halloween, the official Cosmik Debris holiday. Not to be confused with our official Cosmik Debris Holly Day... oh dear... that might get confusing. Never mind. Get ready for a trio of interviews of the ghoulish variety. We take our lives in our hands and chat with The Witches, Electric Frankenstein and Vampire Beach Babes. On a not so fun note, we say goodbye to somebody you may not have been aware of but shoulda been, dammit. We're talking about Herman Brood. Send-off articles are sad, but this one may be the beginning of a new musical love for you, so check it out, along with our columns and reviews.

September 2001 - Uber-bassist Jeff Berlin discusses his new solo album, In Harmony's Way; Toni Halliday of Curve reflects on the changes in their career that brought them to the release of their new CD, Gift; Michael Shermer, the editor of The Skeptic and famous debunker of frauds, explains the difference between blanket disbelief and critical thinking; Reggae legends Steel Pulse add to the flavor of the WOMAD festival; Jerry Cantrell live at the Orlando House Of Blues. Plus columns that include the return of The MP3 Files, and a review section that breaks our old record of 111 reviews (new record? 116!)

August 2001 - Into the melting pot with Transglobal Underground; Concerts galore, including the kickoff of a monster King Crimson tour, Eric Clapton's theoretical farewell gig, and Crosby, Pevar and Raymond (CPR). Rusty Pipes munches some popcorn in the Cineplex whilst watching A.I. and Final Fantasy, and on top of that he also brings us installment 3 in The Golden Age Of Art Rock. AND Closet Philosophy. How does he do it? Uppers, we suspect. Gary Pig Gold tosses his eight favorite questions Mark Helm's way, and to top it all off we have lots and lots and lots of reviews.

July 2001 - Hanging out with The Southern Rock All-Stars; Flamenco star Ottmar Liebert talks changes; KCRW Los Angeles' Nic Harcourt on Morning Becomes Eclcectic; Hip-hop artist and label owner Shyan Selah takes to the lecture circuit; The L.A. leg of the G3 tour with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Dream Theater's John Petrucci; Everclear takes the stage with a whole new approach. Plus reviews, columns and the usual stuff.

June 2001 - For our 6th birthday, our original artist-once-in-residence, coLeSLAw, returned to bake us a cover (thanks, Slaw!). The issue features our annual Cosmik Conversations piece, a brew of snippets of every interview from the past year. We also bring you a conversation with Jason Noble of Shipping News, part 2 in our series on art rock, an 2-in-1 article that is a review of a concert and an explanation of why you should only drink shade- grown coffee, a look at a newly unearthed vintage B.B. King video, Rusty sneaks into an Ike Willis and Project/Object concert, and a few friends of the Cosmik family check out Mike Keneally at a Taylor Guitar workshop. Plus all the reviews you can snort, ornate columns holding everything up and, again, our smiling birthday boy about to make a wish and lose his teeth! All in the 6th Anniversary Issue of Cosmik Debris Magazine, now arguably the longest-lived, continuously published music magazine on the World Wide Web that features graphics, sounds and dancing girls. Remember, lawyers, we said "arguably!"

May 2001 - Interviews with Country singer and songwriter Phil Vassar, who has sent several of his buddies to the top of the charts with his songs already and has now been there himself with "Just Another Day In Paradise", and Ike Willis, an 11-year veteran of Frank Zappa's band, now touring with Project/Object. Articles covering the butt-kickin' country band Red Meat and the Victoriaville Avant-Garde Jazz Festival, which is comin' soon! Then we have our CD reviews and the Everything Else In Review section, which includes a review of a Jonatha Brooke concert, and columns, which features a rebuttal to a previous column. (Sekerka -vs- Gold! What ARE the best Canadian records?)

April 2001 - Our second delightful conversation with the legendary jazz producer (and founder of Label M), Joel Dorn; An interview with Mark Cline of Love Tractor on returning when they never went away; The Tape Hiss Interview with Texas Terri (of Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones), which comes with a parental warning and a donut counter; Rusty Pipes kicks off a semi- regular feature on art rock with a look at side-long songs; and in the Everything Else In Review section you'll find reviews of David Lindley and Jazz Is Dead concerts, among other things. All this plus CD reviews, columns, and all that which you expect to find in the pages of Cosmik Debris Magazine. And an almost brand new Cosmik Radio, too!

March 2001 - Our third interview with one of the best (and most overlooked) talents on the planet, Mike Keneally, formerly with Frank Zappa, now the main enabler of Beer For Dolphins; The world loses steel string guitar legend John Fahey, but rather than mope, we've decided a fond look back is much better; Jeff Beck's tour bus pulls into Los Angeles for a memorable show; Eric Steiner takes his kids to see the Backstreet Boys and gets t'thinkin' about the teen idols of his youth; Butch Trucks Band live in Oregon (in Everything Else In Review). All this plus reviews, columns, and all that which you expect to find in the pages of Cosmik Debris Magazine.

February 2001 - Interviews with Chris Shinn of Unified Theory, Alley of Wise Monkey Orchestra, and Mario Escovedo of The Dragons. Plus Robben Ford in concert and reviews, reviews, reviews, columns and more reviews. You know how we are.

January 2001 - Interview with The Clarks, on the turntables with Dublab, small screen invasion of Doo Wop 50, and our picks for the best music of 2000. Plus columns, reviews and more.

December 2000 - Interviews with Big Ass Truck and lounge radical Richard Cheese; Ray Charles turns 70 and Rusty Pipes was at the House Of Blues for the festivities; The various arms of the Grateful Dead machine release records; John Sekerka's own Xmas CD guide; In Everything Else In Review we have concert coverage of Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, The Clarks and David Grissman, and a few books to check into. Plus reviews, columns and stuff!

November 2000 - Political activist, journalist, humorist and counter-culture legend Paul Krassner; Vandals drummer -- and everyone under the sun's drummer besides -- Josh Freese; Farewell to the last of the Hollywood Ten, Ring Lardner, Jr.; A return to form for Napalm Death; plus reviews, columns and stuff!

October 2000 - Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi; Evan Foster, Freddie Fortune and a handful of the artists on MuSick's new Monster Party 2000 Halloween compilation CD. Plus an archive of great interviews from Halloweens past, reviews and more.

September 2000 - The voice of The Archies, Cuff Links and Detergents - Ron Dante!; Reggae Cowboys and the black experience of the wild west; Interview with The Zen Tricksters; Stevie Wonder's classic albums remastered; Cosmik goes to the Shadow Convention; Plus concert reviews, book reviews, CD reviews, columns and a special bubblegum edition of Cosmik Radio.

August 2000 - Nigerian legend King Sunny Ade; Robin Wilson of The Gas Giants (former members of Gin Blossoms); Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick; tool sculptress Cynthia Plaster Caster; Political Playbook looks at the Greens; columns, reviews and more.

July 2000 - Gary Yerkins of The Juleps; XXX-Rated soul legend Andre Williams; Remembering Cub Koda; Mountain Aire Festival; Tuning In Time (Old Time Radio); plus reviews and more.

June 2000 - 5th anniversary issue, with Tony Joe White, Tom Lehrer, Sonny Rollins' Riverside box set, Political Playbook, a 5th year of Cosmik Conversations, the debut of Eric Steiner's Cosmik Blues column, reviews, more columns and more..

May 2000 - Cuban jazz legend Chucho Valdes, Daily Feed creator John Dryden, Four Bitchin' Babes, Ani DiFranco & Greg Brown, Marah, the debut of Bill Holmes' MP3 Files and more.

April 2000 - Ken Stringfellow of The Posies, radioman Quincy McCoy, the search for great radio on the Internet, Desmond Tutu, Zen Tricksters, Political Playbook III and more.

March 2000 - Mystery Action, Frenzal Rhomb, Chuck D., Bruce Cockburn, Political Playbook II and more.

February 2000 - Victor DeLorenzo (formerly of Violent Femmes), The Donnas, Over The Rhine, the return of Political Playbook, more.

January 2000 - Dr. Demento, jazz drummer Jerry Granelli, our picks for the best music of 1999, more.

November/December 1999 - Wayne "The Train" Hancock, The Chicken Hawks, Bud Osborne, Santana live, more.

October 1999 - Comic genius Stan Freberg, Jerry Only of The Misfits, the rerelease of Yellow Submarine, and music/aroma therapy.

September 1999 - Jazz great Les McCann, Robyn Hitchcock, and Smash Palace.

August 1999 - Julian Lennon, Bob Keane (part 2), Community Service Tour, Cowboy Junkies, Voodoo Rooster.