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Sep 3, 2008
The Art of Screaming! DVD & CD
Kurt Cobain damaged something inside rock 'n' roll. His go-for-broke cathartic styling, which sacrificed health and safety, had a residual effect on hard rock....
Aug 20, 2008
924 Gilman St.: Let’s Talk About Tact and Timing … DVD
It's a funny thing to see the punk generation grow old. In America, raging against the machine must be done either ironically or moronically,...
May 14, 2008
From Trash to Treasure … and Back Again
There's an old African proverb: "If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing." This is as opposed to,...
Apr 16, 2008
The Sword Plunges Into Metal’s Dorky Past
I'm still wearing black. Nearly a month after the death of Gary Gygax, creator of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, I still wear...
Mar 19, 2008
Punk Curmudgeons
Okay, so we could glue llama hair on the first thousand!"
This is not the first thing you expect to hear upon entering a Haight...
Feb 13, 2008
Punk-Rock Parking Lot
I'd been warned to get to 924 Gilman Street early on Sunday, because the show would almost certainly sell out. "Pinhead Gunpowder, dude!" my...
Jan 23, 2008
Just Metal, No Hyphen
A recent study by this reporter has shown that eating spaghetti is made much more difficult while listening to heavy metal. The act of...
Jan 9, 2008
Going the Distance
Long-distance relationships are almost inevitably doomed. The loss of immediacy and being surrounded by other people at all times makes the notion of abstract...