Year: 2004
![Review: JOKERMAN 8 – RICHARD EMIDIO MELO](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/jokerman-8.jpg)
Review: JOKERMAN 8 – RICHARD EMIDIO MELO
JOKERMAN 8 RICHARD EMIDIO MELO Soft Skull Press Street: 08.31.04 One of my favorite books that I was “forced” to read when I was a Freshman at the University was The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. It was a thrilling ride with a group of Eco-terrorists who took aim at corporations who thrived on
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Review: STRAIGHT WHISKY: A LIVING HISTORY OF SEX, DRUGS AND...
STRAIGHT WHISKY: A LIVING HISTORY OF SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ON THE SUNSET STRIP ERIK QUISLING & AUSTIN WILLIAMS Bonus Books Street: 01.13.04 I never knew that David Bowie was beaten to within an inch of his life on September 6, 1974 in a private bar above the Rainbow Bar and Grill by
![Local Reviews August 2004](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2004/08/Local_August_2004-1024x614.jpg)
Local Reviews August 2004
Reviews of Local albums for August 2004! … read more
![Indie Label Spotlight: Carcrash Records](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2004/09/Screen-Shot-2015-12-14-at-11.23.07-AM-1024x624.png)
Indie Label Spotlight: Carcrash Records
Some things just grab your attention, like driving past a car crash. Sweden’s Carcrash Records produces the kind of arresting music that you can’t fail to prick up your ears to, with some of the most captivating bands that have taken the aftermath of punk-influenced music to a whole nuther level, like International Noise Conspiracy
![An Interview with Le Force](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2004/09/13-267x4001.jpg)
An Interview with Le Force
If there is one local group that would have been pirates in their past lives, Le Force fits the mold, from drummer Jud Powell’s chest tattoo of world maps to guitarist Erik Olsen’s scruffy beard to guitarist Chris Evans nursing a hangover. Their music can inspire pillaging, plundering and most of all, drinking. [Le Force
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Long Jon Silverfishman
Jon Lech Johansen is from Norway, land of the Vikings. Like them, he is a pirate; unlike them, he has less than a thimble full of testosterone. Like the high school jocks who now bag (and teabag?) Maddox‘s groceries, old-school knuckleheads have gotten their comeuppance. The virtual ocean (and therefore the world) is now navigated by
![Maddox Editorial – September 2004](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2004/09/lfjasdf.jpg)
Maddox Editorial – September 2004
It Rocks, But Is It Pirate-Worthy? Maddox Editorial have been trying to answer one question about pirates for years now: what is it about pirates that make them so awesome? This debate came to rest with newly discovered evidence of pirates having giant, life-threatening penises with which they regularly bludgeoned women, children and weaker men. However,
![R.I.P. JOHNNY RAMONE](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2004/09/johnny-ramone-1024x782.jpg)
R.I.P. JOHNNY RAMONE
JOHNNY RAMONE STATEMENT FROM MARKY RAMONE: “Johnny Ramone was my bandmate and brother for over 15 years. The bond between band members was closer than any others in the Ramones’ organization… John kept things in control when they could have spun out of control very easily. I’ll never forget the day he asked me to
![Dear Dickheads – September 2004](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2004/09/6830-DDatsize-1.jpg)
Dear Dickheads – September 2004
Dear Dickheads, What’s up, I love your magazine and Sabbathon was great. I bought one of those Death By Salt CD’s, three disc’s of local music for ten bucks? That fucking rocks. However, I have a complaint with that Kevlar7 dude. What the fuck is up with him always making fun of emo and screamo!?Dear