Axel
Pauporté
Upon
touching the wad of paper, this person pushes your hand down
into your meal and the entire table explodes in laughter. In
an instant, with your entire hand now drenched in pasta sauce,
you’ve become the latest prank victim of Axel Pauporté.
More than likely you will not meet this witty Belgian in such
a brash or alarming instance, but trust me, the shenanigans
in which I met Axel were, by far, much worse. read
on>>
Donahue,
Matt
Don’t call it a come back. Don’t call it a disappearance
either. If you want to call Matt Donahue anything, call him
Leo La Dome. A patient predator who is a incredible survivor
of difficult times. To soothe his pain he …nds sanctuary in
his music, from guitars to organs, Šutes to trumpets, Leo is
able to captivate his audience. read
on>>
Joel
Meinholz
I like San Francisco, ‘cause it’s a skateboarding
mecca. You’re ingesting skateboarding 24 hours a day. It’s
either skateboarding talking, skateboarding people, or just
skateboarding itself.
I don’t know, it’s so much fun that that’s what
you wanna do, you know? read
on>>
My
Name’s Pat Smith
Words are just meager representations of the crazy thoughts
that fly through my head. It is hard to articulate my ideas
correctly so that others will interpret them the way I meant.
So just take my words lightly. read
on>>
The
Sheckler Heckler Interview
Ryan Sheckler pretty much kicks ass, but I probably shouldn’t
say “ass” because he’s only nine years old and
I wouldn’t want to be responsible for exposing his virgin
ears to such vulgar language. Maybe I can tell his Mom, Gretchen,
to cross out the word “ass” before he gets the magazine. read on>>
Music
Articles
Bluetip
When he’s not recording or touring relentlessly with Bluetip,
he’s busy designing innovative album covers for bands like
Lungfish, Ignition, Make-Up, Seven Gone, Damnation AD, Hoover,
Fugazi, Swiz, and his current band, Bluetip, just to name a
few. read on>>
Mr.
Bungle
The idea was to get them spouting off about nothing in particular,
in the hopes of capturing some insights into their enigmatic
style, and maybe some idea as to just how a band like this survives
aboard Warner Brothers. The result is this, a lumberjack-sized
dose of verbal diarrhea, peppered with diamonds. read
on>>
The
Dwarves
The Dwarves embody all that is punk. They don’t care what
you think when they only play a ten minute set and send the
crowd into a murderous frenzy. They don’t care if you like
their records, or even understand what they are trying to achieve
through their music. They just want to go on stage and wreak
havoc on some podunk town and get the hell off stage. read
on>>
Freestylers
I’m not pullin’ your cock, these guys know how to
lay down a funky ass groove. With a debut rekkid entitled We
Rock Hard put out by Mammoth in May of this year, Freestylers
fans have been recruited by the thousands. We Rock Hard is a
ruffneck blend of dub and house influenced hip hop that breaks
all molds and surpasses all barriers. read
on>>
[A
conversation with Jesse Michaels]
Ten years ago, a band from the Berkeley area called Operation
Ivy put out an LP entitled Energy. I was 17 at the time and
knew most of the songs already from seeing them live. I played
the album constantly for a couple years, and it always seemed
as fresh as the day I bought it. I wasn’t the only one;
Operation Ivy is almost single handedly responsible for every
ska-punk hybrid band that existed over the last ten years. read
on>>
No
Motiv
Defining themselves with a “hard-work” ethic, they’ve
been touring continuously and spreading the word of “rock”
to the masses for sometime now. No Motiv is blurring the lines
of musical boundaries with their freshly pressed And The Sadness
Prevails... album on Vagrant Records, proving they are a band
to look out for in the future. read
on>>
Nebula
My first experience with Nebula was at Slim’s in S.F. I
was originally interested in seeing my idols Mudhoney for the
third time when I bumped into Mark Arm standing in the crowd.
“Have you seen Nebula?” he asked. No I replied. “You’re
in for a real treat my friend.” Wow I thought, if Mark
really likes them, then I can’t wait to see them. And what
I saw was nothing short of phenomenal.
read on>>
Rye
Coalition
Sometimes, the attitude that they present during their performance
does spill over into their interactions with people in the scene.
They really are nice people, I promise. Cuseglio recounts, “The
biggest misconception about our band is that we are really mean
people..." read
on>>
Mr.
Bungle
