LEXICON DEVIL: THE FAST TIMES AND SHORT LIFE OF DARBY CRASH AND THE GERMS BRENDAN MULLEN, DON BOLLES AND ADAM PARFREY Feral House Street: 04.15.02 Darby Crash walked a fine line between lunacy and lucidity, idiocy and genius, sociopath and scared little boy. Before anyone could find out who he really was, he intentionally overdosed
While Phil made a final comment, “If you like the Liars new record, then you will like our new stuff,” the three of them stepped out into the night. The door slammed shut and I was alone, quaking from the encounter. The storm raged outside. My mind began to deconstruct the events of the evening,
I was assigned to interview members of Flogging Molly. I was looking forward to it; particularly the part about talking to Matt Hensley, the accordion player. I’ve hung out with him before and he’s always been a real nice guy. For those who may be unaware, he also was a skateboarding legend. In the early
This months’ bellydancing column is about Tamar, the director of the Giza School in SLC. [Tamar]Middle Eastern dance or belly dance, is considered to be a derivative of some of the world’s oldest known dance forms. Middle Eastern or Oriental dance is a multi faceted art, and the term, belly dance, applies to several different
All about exhibits 80 Something, Explorations of Myth and Lore and Decay for Gallery Stroll Oct. 15, 2004. Gallery Stroll is held on the third Friday of every month when the local galleries stay open until 9pm for all of us working folk to check out art by the locals and the yokels. This event
Dear Dickheads, I have spent the last four years listening to ‘sheep’ who have had their political information chewed up and given to them by Sean Hannity, Dr. Laura, Bill O’Reilly, et al. These retarded rednecks then regurgitate the bits of ‘fact’ they have received and see themselves as able political ‘debaters’. I am goddamn
CD ART: INNOVATION IN CD PACKAGING DESIGN Charlotte Rivers Rotovision Street: 11.02.03 Charlotte Rivers had an unusual number of challenges when she chose to write a book about CD design: The writing had to be solid and interesting. The layout of the book had to be foxy, but could not overstep its role as
ROCK FACES: WORLD’S TOP ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THEIR GREATEST IMAGES Oliver Craske Rockport Publishers Street: 08.2004 From one’s youth and throughout one’s life, there will always be a photograph or a number of photographs that touch the very heart of your existence. A powerful, artistically rendered photograph can establish an intriguing rock-star
DESTRUCTO MAXIMUS ANTiSEEN Steel Cage Books Street: 01.01.03 This book drips blood; I’m not kidding. The pure destructo rock evil of ANTiSEEN inhabits it. A black leather cover and silver foil lettering is more than appropriate for a book I can’t put down, which I’m a little afraid of. Destructo Maximus is a collection of
