W.A.S.P. is a band I have only had a passing affiliation with over the years. I never listened to them much in their heyday. I am not sure why this was, they certainly have a sound and swagger that is right up my alley. I did have a copy of The Headless Children that I was quite fond of, but that is as far as it went. Years later, 2005 as a matter of fact, I saw them headline a bill of metal acts that...
Yep, here’s some more almost punk as too many of you bastards thought New Bondage was tough enough to be labeled punk! Fiendens Musik was a bunch of older blokes from the capital of Denmark,... Punk | Powerpop | Mod | Hard Core
Week 12 of the HP Fantasy Challenge is in the books and Gator Glory still clings to a lead. It looks like only two teams have a chance to catch him–Fantasy College Blitz and Herschel For Heisman. Remember, while the grand prize for the HP Fantasy Challenge is two tickets to the BCS title game, [...]
The year that I turned forty I celebrated by doing three big things. Two were planned. One was not. Lets go backwards, shall we? Well it was just under two months to my fortieth when I came home from a Capsule victory in which I had played quite well, a two to one victory over our biggest rival, a game in which I had set up both goals with a couple of sweet passes, if I do say so myself. Then a couple...
Buckets Of Bile (Brooklyn, NY) buckets of bile – “geodynamics” from jackie doh on Vimeo. Gospel Gossip w/ Magic Castles & Ratt Poison Message me if you need further details..
Stephanie Pratt was arrested after she left Holly Montag’s birthday at Empire nightclub on Oct. 18th and given a DUI. Pratt’s attorney pled “not guilty” for her DUI arrest but told the judge she’s going to enroll in rehab. P ratt will enroll in a 30-day residential facility, reports TMZ. This isn’t Pratt’s first stint at rehab. In May 2009, Pratt [...]
strong><span class="subhead">KC kids rockin’ the boat</span></strong> Ten local rock ’n’ roll students have set sail on the trip of a lifetime: A cruise where they’ll get to perform alongside heavy metal giants Skid Row, Tessla, Queensryche and Ratt.
Ten local rock 'n' roll students set sail on Saturday on the trip of a lifetime: A cruise where they'll get to perform alongside heavy metal giants Skid Row, Tessla, Queensryche and Ratt.
Bytesized labnotes has An illustrated guide to seven ways to kill an idea . Enlarge the image to see the delicate illustrations by Scott C in their full glory. If you like his style you should check out his Double Fine action comics .
Week 10 of the HP Fantasy Challenge is in the books and we have a new leader. After nine weeks of dominance, team Anderson has ceded the lead to Gator Glory, who benefitted from 38 points scored by C.J. Spiller. Here is the top 6 with the rest of the leaderboard after the jump: The HP Fantasy [...]
Dammit. For all the projects I take, I occasionally get a client who finds me after the deadline's passed. At which point I whip up a corrupted Word file for him/her to hand in to buy some time. Which is easy enough: just paste in a Word file header and some jpg data from an html editor. Turns out some enterprising cats through up a website dedicated to selling such files: corrupted-files.com . For...
Blind Shake Lover! (x-Lost Sounds/Reatards Bass Drum of Death (Oxford, MS;Fat Possum Records) Rat Poison France Has the Bomb Bass Drum of Death – Spare Room (MP3) from WeeklyTapeDeck.com Just one of the many Oxford, MS natives that you will probably hear us talk about in the future. Focusing on John Barret’s Bass Drum of Death, I’m sure the initial imagery points to a metal-manic...
Film critics are almost as bad as film studios when it comes to festivals. So desperate are we to herald hidden gold that we will endure some serious crap because it sounds promising. (Speaking of which, go see The Horseman...
Hard Rock Hell IIIStage timesLast year the timings ran very close to time, so now it's time to pick and choose which bands I most want to see. The 3 stages are all very close so you don't have to spend more than a minute or two walking from hall to hall.Thursday - The Viking Fancy Dress Heavy Metal Ball17:30 - 18:00 Riot:Noise18:15 - 18:50 New Device19:05 - 19:35 Raw Glory20:00 - 20:40 Attica