I was excited to see a new reality show on A&E. How guilty of a pleasure could a reality show be if it involves rollergirls?

Well, unfortunately, there wasn't much actual pleasure involved. The producers of Laguna Beach (perhaps the worst show on TV at the moment) infused Rollergirls with their annoying half-reality-show/half-cinematic style. ( Read more... )

I had a recording session at school the other day, so I checked the schedule to see the name of the band. “Ha! That sounds like a Christian hard-core band… oh wait.” In a few hours, my instincts were verified with uncomfortably annoying results ( Read more... )

Last weekend, for New Year’s Eve, we played an over-priced show at thee Parkside, opening for… the Groovie Ghoulies! Who’re overrated and played for too long. Also performing that night, though, were the Hi-Fives. I wasn’t sure what to expect, since Kendra had told me that their former re-unions had been under-whelming and Chris himself said ( Read more... )

I'd always thought of rock time exclusively in regards to shows starting at least an hour after the advertised starting time. Lately, however, I've found that rock time has creeped into all aspects of my musical existence. The Makes Nice recording session, supposedly to be one quick mid-November weekend, has sprawled into the new year, still ( Read more... )

Last week, something happened for the first time in a long time... due to school, sickness, and general holiday business, I had NO real band practices or shows. I was very much at a loss. What to do with my life ( Read more... )

I played a bunch of shows last week, and managed to unload a bunch of zines. A couple of them happened to be reunion shows, one of the Dragonmen and another of the Khans ( Read more... )

A few years into the new century, in the age of blogs and Myspace, it feels unimaginably archaic to think about launching or re-launching a print zine. - Larry Livermore


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...I was using my credit card to make a purchase. The cashier lady was handing me a clicky ballpoint pen to sign the receipt, so I reached to take it from her. In doing so, I guess I inadvertently clicked the pen off. I tried to take it, but she wouldn't let go of the fucking pen ( Read more... )

I just looked at four hundred horrible band photos here. I swear I can stop any time I want...

This past weekend was a special weekend. Why? It was Carlos’ new girlfriend’s first time reading this! Also, it saw the visitation of two great Canadian rocknroll bands, the Riff Randalls and the King Khan and BBQ Show. The Mothballs were lucky enough to play two shows with them ( Read more... )