Review: Tape Runs Out
Hailing from Cambridge (the OG UK spot–not our own Massachusetts), Tape Runs Out is a five piece indie act with a new single out on Ear to Ear Records. Actually, let’s call it a double …
April 2015
Skrillex Soars to Pop Culture Relativity with Entry in NY Times Crossword Puzzle
This article originally appeared at the now defunct blog over at TheHundred. You can read all of Alibi Pierce’s electronic music news coverage right here, or at his TheHundred author page (while it’s still up). …
The Proper Way To Be Angry
How does one who sits from afar tell a group of angry people they know nothing about the proper way to be angry? Baltimore is a special city indeed: The “Charm City” is known for its …
David Simon Speaks on Baltimore Riots: “An affront to that man’s memory”
David Simon, creator of HBO’s “The Wire,” has spoken out on today’s violence in Baltimore. Taking to his preferred method of public communication, Simon posted to his blog today that this moment of boiled over …
Poetic Justice in Baltimore Looting of Payday Lender ACE
In what is quickly becoming a very ugly situation in Baltimore, protests have grown violent in the wake of Freddie Gray’s funeral. Gray–a black man who died of spinal injuries under suspicious circumstances while in …
Review: Half — Mind Laps
There’s that brutal climax scene in 28 Days Later–you know, the one in the rain. The one that’s less about the literal zombies decimating the human population and more about the undead within every man: …
WATCH Damien Rice Perform ‘The Blower’s Daughter’ [VIDEO]
Last weekend we were lucky enough to catch a rare intimate appearance of Damien Rice at Denver’s Twist and Shout Records in celebration of Record Store Day. After a week of figuring out how to …
Analyzing The Marijuana Red-Blue Divide [VIDEO]
In honor of the 420 holiday, NBC’s Meet the Press devoted its “Nerdscreen” segment to the marijuana vote, or, more specifically, how “the rules regarding those green plants are strongly colored by the red/blue divide …
420: A True American Holiday
When five California high school stoners set up a secret meeting to smoke weed, code naming it “420 Louis” after the time and location of the meet, little did they know they were laying the …
Confessions of a Picky Weed Waster
Ever since I got my medical license a few years ago, I’ve noticed that I’m a lot less concerned about wasting weed. I was never somebody who had to totally cash a bowl to that …
All the Naked Dudes in the Game of Thrones Season Five Premiere (NSFW)
HBO’s Game of Thrones has taken a lot of criticism for its hypersexualized depictions of female characters, including charges of misogyny and the objectification of female actors by way of sexual violence and gratuitous nudity. …
the human experience
when i was about 10 (for context, about 1987, in west tx) my parents wanted to go on a proper vacation. we chose cali. we did the whole thing, saw some family, went to the …
‘Journey into Europe:’ Akbar Ahmed Discusses Latest Project
Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University’s School of International Service, recently reported on findings from his fieldwork in Europe over the past two years and gave a preview …
Review: Black Cloud EP
If it seems like every other review we’ve done lately covers an act from Winnipeg, you’re definitely tracking right. With acts like Living Hour and Vampires pumping out great lo-fi sounds inspired by some of …
Tiny Hate Packages from Anonymous Cowards, or, Indiana and Gay Pizza
As a consumer, if a shop is open to the public you assume that business owner has matured socially, spiritually, ethically, and morally to accept all persons, potential repeat customers, as well as potential word-of-mouth …