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When it comes to bashing mainstream rock stations, I am always first in line. The insipid drivel that they play is unforgivable when you look at the amount of genuine talent being neglected. I haven't listened to mainstream radio in years and consider it one of the best decisions I ever made. With that said, it's a bit disturbing to hear that a lot of these venues are bleeding listeners so badly that they are having to switch formats to hip-hop, R&B and Hispanic oriented programming. Philadelphia's Y100, the only source for modern rock in this top 20 market, has recently switched to R&B. This trend is closing a lot of doors for rock bands to promote concerts and their material. There is no question that demographic trends are changing, but I think a large responsibility falls on these stations for waiting for the next grunge to magically appear and not heavily promoting the cutting edge artists that could revive mainstream rock at it's core. The music revolution isn't going to tap you on the shoulder to let you know it's already started.

Read the full article at Rolling Stone and tune into Innovative Radio for the best Internet radio has to offer in cutting edge music.

	Grade: B | Genre: Fantasy/Adventure Summary: Sky Captain is smart, wholesome, family entertainment that Hollywood is running low on. Though the story is generic, everything else is very cool. This film tapped into the kid in me as I launched off with Sky Captain on his adventures to save the world, pesky damsel in distress in tow.

Starring: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Giovanni Ribisi & Angelina Jolie
Director: Kerry Conran

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a comic book come alive. I'm not talking about your modern comic book that at times can look like a soap opera in tights. No, this is your classic comic of the 40s and 50s where heroes and villians were clearly defined and a coy innocence still existed in the world.

Could Quentin Tarantino take over creative duties for "Friday the 13th?" The Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction writer/director is reportedly in "early talks with New Line Cinema, where he is scheduled to meet with executives this week." (Reuters) This should be a great move by New Line to revive a franchise that, like its menacing psycho slasher, keeps coming back for more eventhough it's been dead for some time.

Read the Reuters article.

	Grade: A+ | Genre: Reality Drama Summary: Hosted by Sly and Sugar Ray Leonard, "The Contender" is a human drama built on the same foundation that made "Rocky" so popular and widely accepted, pure heart and a desire to rise above expectations.

Starring: Sylvestor Stallone, Sugar Ray Leonard, and 16 boxing professionals
Network: NBC

Every so often, a new film will come along and connect with the human spirit in all of us. The endearing cast of characters will strum your emotional chords as they take you along on their journey of self-discovery and triumph with us cheering all the way. You won't find "The Contender" on the big screen because it's not a movie. It's not even scripted. It is Reality TV the way it should be done. Forget "Survivor" and "The Apprentice," the champions of the "unscripted" are about to get knocked out by this hard-nose and emotionally draining new show by Mark Burnett, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Sylvestor Stallone.

Ambrosia Parsley has a quirky ritual. Every Thursday, she takes a stack of daily newspapers to her favorite restaurant for a little bloody mary and huevos rancheros. She finds an interesting story and she writes it up to perform on a segment called "Ambrosia Sings the News" on Air America Network. Shivaree recently scored a record deal with Zoe records and her effort Who's Got Trouble is causing people to take notice. Quentin Tarantino used "Goodnight Moon" in the closing credits of Kill Bill v.2.

Read the full article on Shivaree at Paste Music and check back next week for a review on her latest release Who's Got Trouble?