All Else Failed News Today

When government relief efforts fail, individuals step up.

All Else Failed: The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid Crisis, by Dana Sachs, Bellevue Literary Press, 304 pages, $19.99 There is a story…

So many who brave dangerous treks across unfriendly terrain and tumultuous oceans to escape war, violence, and poverty find themselves stuck in camps that do not satisfy the most basic human needs: sanitation, enough food, dry clothes. Author Dana Sachs explains how a grassroots volunteer effort has sprung up where governments and NGOs have failed.

This Saturday is Earth Day, but Memphis is celebrating all week long.

CD Review of Ebony Tears "Evil As Hell" (Century Media)

'The Crimson Corridor' isn't just one of Zao's best album in their 28 years together, it's also one of 2021's greatest heavy albums.

Review: All Else Failed (Abacus / Now or Never) Erratic hardcore without the chugga chugga guitars or breakdowns.  Throaty, scratchy vocals are thinly stretched over manic guitars and out of control percussions.  Edgy structures to go with the edgy guitar jabs.  The singer could learn to match his dynamics to the music.  There are a few tracks where he pulls out his “singing” voice, and it comes off rather whiny and emo.  The band occasionally pulls it all down real quiet, avoiding a m...