Gamingforce Music Exposure Club™

Artist: Ookla the Mok
Album: Oh Okay L.A.
Genre: Rock
Year: 2003



1: W.W.S.D.
2: F. People
3: P.M. Prima Donna
4: A.M. Suicide
5: La (La Land)
6: Sts-107
7: Go On
8: Ex
9: Mr. W
10: O Sting
11: Buffalo, CA
12: Hollywood's Ending

Good luck finding a professional review of Ookla the Mok. It's not as though they're too new or too progressive to attract attention, it's that most reviewers are too pretentious to get within earshot of an Ookla the Mok show. See, the band doesn't play the usual bars and clubs; they've carved out a more eclectic and appreciative niche by catering to a largely overlooked demographic: dorks. You're more likely to catch them performing at a comic show or sci-fi convention than in some darkened pub. Many of Ookla the Mok's songs make numerous references to obscure pop culture references from the geekiest sources imaginable. Even their band name is a tip of the hat to their fanbase (+20 nerd points if you immediately recognized this fact). But despite their shameless geekhood, the Ooklas carry out their prime directive with grace and ingenuity. Their songs are as fun and catchy as anything you could overhear on the radio (perhaps moreso) but they prefer to dwell in the shadows of notoriety where nobody minds their blatant love of all things Star Trek. So seamless is their sound that you almost forget you're listening to music for nerds, by nerds. If you can accept your inner child long enough to give them a listen, you'll probably agree that we need more musicians that aren't afraid to be themselves, like Ookla the Mok.

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Artist: Great Big Sea
Album: Up
Genre: Celtic Rock
Year: 1996



1: Run Runaway
2: Goin' Up
3: Fast As I Can
4: Mari-Mac
5: Dancing With Mrs. White
6: Something to It
7: Buying Time
8: Lukey
9: The Old Black Rum
10: The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)
11: Wave Over Wave
12: Billy Peddle
13: Nothing Out of Nothing
14: The Jolly Butcher
15: Rant and Roar

Allmusic Review

Although Great Big Sea initially started out as a fairly traditional Newfoundland outfit, Up shows the band adding more rock muscle to the fiddles and accordions. It's still a pretty traditional sound by most standards, with jigs and reels galore, but it allows the band to do a revved-up cover of Slade's "Run Runaway" and make it appealing to both the traditionalist and the rock fan. There's everything you'd expect from a bunch of young Maritime musicians from Canada: a good dose of Celtic, songs about the sea and about drinking, a good dose of fun, but a healthy reverence for the musical tradition. "Mari-Mac," where the lyrics accelerate to a terrifying speed by the end, is worth the price of admission alone.

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Jam it back in, in the dark.