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Drake, Bieber and the pop riots

June 17, 2010 / 1 Comment

A riot broke out at New York’s South Street Seaport during a free concert Tuesday. And what nefarious musician inspired such a disastrous public event? The newest shock rocker to hit the scene? Some “evil” death metal band? An anarchist cult yelling at the crowds to fight the government conspiracy? Nope. It was Drake, hip-hop and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Altamont, death metal, Drake, Hanson, Hell on Earth, hip-hop, Justin Bieber, MMMBop, music, New York, Ninjasonik, Pop music, riot, South Street Seaport, Thank Me Later, Village Voice, Zach Baron

Will Matt Groening stop drawing Life in Hell?

November 7, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Quitting is an action most won’t peg on Matt Groening. After all, The Simpsons has been going strong for a couple of decades with no sign of slowing down. Yet, at a panel on alternative comics for the Chicago Humanities Festival, Groening revealed he may quit making his weekly comic strip “Life is Hell.” The … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: alternative comics, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Reader, Chris Ware, Jules Feiffer, Life In Hell, Lynda Barry, Matt Groening, The Simpsons, Village Voice

SDRE + The Jealous Sound…

June 24, 2009 / Leave a Comment

The Jealous Sound have confirmed a rumor I tracked down a little while ago: they are in fact touring with Sunny Day Real Estate and sharing bass players, one Nate Mendel. Whoa, is Mendel trying to one-up his bandmate Dave Grohl on the how-many-bands-can-I-perform-in-at-one-time? So far, Mendel’s got Foo Fighters, SDRE, and The Jealous Sound… … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Andy Greenwald, Dave Grohl, emo, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Killing Joke, music, Nine Inch Nails, Nothing Feels Good, Probot, Queens of the Stone Age, SDRE, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sunny Day Real Estate reunion, The Jealous Sound, Village Voice

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