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Abstract Fantasy: Dopey and Friendship
by Nate Pollard

Abstract Fantasy: Dopey and Friendship

V/A – Chemical X DVD Zine
reviewed by Jackson Ellis

V/A – Chemical X DVD Zine

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 No matter the size or format, I can appreciate a zine that exudes the passion and enthusiasm of its [...]

Do No Harm
words by Jakes | photos by Shawn May

Do No Harm

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 It started as a project to document the abandoned symbols of our failed American infrastructure; steel mills and power [...]

Can I Get An Amen, Brother?
words by Desmond Williams

Can I Get An Amen, Brother?

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Composers of music tailor its amorphous fabric into melodies that suit listeners of varying and discerning tastes. Fundamentally, this [...]

MAKING SCENES: REGGAE, PUNK, AND DEATH METAL IN 1990S BALI by Emma Baulch
reviewed by Nathaniel G. Moore

MAKING SCENES: REGGAE, PUNK, AND DEATH METAL IN 1990S BALI by Emma Baulch

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Duke University Press, 226 pages, paperback, $21.95 When we think of independent music in our local city, we think [...]

SOME PHOTOS by Aaron Ruell
reviewed by Celeste Gallegos

SOME PHOTOS by Aaron Ruell

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Nazraeli Press, 120 pages (50 four-color plates), 12 x 13 hardcover, $65.00 As I looked through this book I [...]

Interview: The Fashion
words by Heather Schofner | photo by Jonas Kjær

Interview: The Fashion

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Things have been moving at light speed for The Fashion. Jakob Printzlau, lead vocalist of the band, says, “In [...]

Interview: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
words by Jakes | photo courtesy of Audible Treats

Interview: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 What about working with Ice Cube on the George Clinton inspired album I Wish My Brother George Was Here [...]

NUMB
reviewed by Asher Ellis

NUMB

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Insight Film & Proud Mary Entertainment Productions 93 min., dir. by Harris Goldberg, with Matthew Perry, Kevin Pollak, and [...]

Interview: The Briggs
words by Christopher Connal | photo by Gary Copeland

Interview: The Briggs

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 There is an exciting consistency to California punk band The Briggs, a band who tour endlessly and seem to [...]

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?
reviewed by Asher Ellis

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Sony Pictures Classics 92 min., dir. by Anand Tucker, with Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, and Jim Broadbent After a [...]

Searching For The Tribe: Two Stories
words by Mark Huddle | artwork by Michael Twohig

Searching For The Tribe: Two Stories

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Winter 1984. I’d been living in the Washington, DC area for about five months. To be specific, I was [...]

Interview: We Are Scientists
words by Nate Pollard | photo by Dan Monick

Interview: We Are Scientists

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Even if you don’t like their particular brand of clever, ironic, hipster indie flavored major label pop rock, you [...]

Interview: Olivia Munn
words by Jakes

Interview: Olivia Munn

You’ve admitted to sucking at video games, but you co-host a video game show. How did you make it through the rigorous video game host [...]

Piss Testing
words by Raegan Butcher | photo by Eran Chesnutt

Piss Testing

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 After I’d been at AHCC for about nine months I got piss tested. What happened was I was in [...]