Year: 2005
Review: PLEASE FEED ME: A PUNK VEGAN COOKBOOK – NIALL...
PLEASE FEED ME: A PUNK VEGAN COOKBOOK NIALL MCGUIRK Soft Skull Press Street: 11.15.04 This cookbook is just as much a photographic and historical tour of punk in Dublin as it is a collection of delicious vegan recipes. Why punk? As author Niall McGuirk explains, “Together, we would change the world. We saw music as
Review: THE TROUBLE WITH MUSIC – MAT CALLAHAN
THE TROUBLE WITH MUSIC MAT CALLAHAN AK Press Street: 02.01.05 Who better than a seasoned musician to give us a leftist critique of the corrupt corporate music industry? As a rallying cry to independent musicians and freethinkers everywhere, Mat Callahan, guitarist for world-beat combo The Looters, felt it due time for such a diatribe and
Analogical Resurrection: An Interview with Erasure
When Erasure set out to promote 2003’s Other People’s Songs album, they hadn’t toured in four years; neither Vince Clark nor Andy Bell were sure if the fans would still be there. Perhaps they considered wearing the “irrelevant” tag the British press had so kindly tried to pin, with a nail gun, to their chest.
Smoking to the Filter
The Struggles, Troubles, Steadfast and Momentum of Smoke or Fire There once was a band called Jericho…actually, there were two bands called Jericho. One was an aging Christian rock group trying to groove their way into heaven; the other was a punk band in Boston. One will embark on a reunion tour of the Bible
Tiny Horses in a Big, Big World: An Interview with...
Every little girl wants a pony and never gets one. Every teenage boy wants to be a rock star and never becomes one. There is hope, however, in this world full of forgotten dreams and empty stables. Enter The Ponys, the Chicago four-piece responsible for making some of the most exciting music in years.
Consumer Education: A Guide to Buying Hard Goods and Some...
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to drown in the shitty seas of capitalism while trying to purchase frivolous items needed to contain our boredom between eating, shitting and fucking. Basically, that’s what we are all on this planet to do, right? Eat, shit, fuck. The rest is just killing time between the next fabulous
Soccer Dad and the People in your Neighborhood:True tales of...
Since Cab #6 (another mini-van!!) has a tape deck and shitty speakers, and seeing as how punk rock sounds better than anything else in that fidelity situation, I drove around all night listening to an old dubbed tape of mine with three entire albums on it: Propaghandi’s Less Talk, More Rock; and the Guttermouth classics
A Barney for a Bargain! Gallery Stroll
I have always thought of myself as a socialite living on a socialist budget. I dream of lounging by the pool or strolling for one-of-a-kind artwork to add to my massive collection. Alas, as I am no heir to any sized fortune. Thus began my love affair with Art Access Galleries’ 300 Plates exhibit and