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The Photoshop Bomber: Upcoming Movie Posters

The Photoshop Bomber: Upcoming Movie Posters

We at Verbicide love movies but hate movies posters. This inherent contradiction is pure fiction, like a woman stripping to pay for law school. In [...]

Photo Gallery: Dropkick Murphys and Chuck Ragan at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle 6/27/11
photos by Mat Hayward

Photo Gallery: Dropkick Murphys and Chuck Ragan at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle 6/27/11

Mat Hayward brings us an amazing set of photos from Dropkick Murphys’ rowdy Seattle show.

Photo Gallery: Retox at the Boulevard Cafe, Los Angeles 6/25/11
photos by Chad Elder

Photo Gallery: Retox at the Boulevard Cafe, Los Angeles 6/25/11

Chad Elder covered the Retox show over the weekend in LA and shot some great photos!

Sidewalk Empire: A Lifestyle Choice
by Eddie Ahn

Sidewalk Empire: A Lifestyle Choice

Turtles like to drink coffee in San Francisco. Eddie Ahn’s website is ehacomics.com.

JOAN OF ARC – Life Like
reviewed by Dan Chapman

JOAN OF ARC – Life Like

These four indie music veterans have been playing collectively since 1995, and after more than 10 full-length albums, the members of Joan of Arc still [...]

ICEAGE – New Brigade
reviewed by Thomas Pizzola

ICEAGE – New Brigade

There is certainly a lot of hype surrounding this Danish group of teenagers and their debut CD, with a lot of the blogosphere going crazy [...]

This Week in Pop Culture: Florence Henderson’s Crabs Edition

This Week in Pop Culture: Florence Henderson’s Crabs Edition

10. Trent Reznor‘s TV miniseries based on NIN’s 2007 concept album has finally been picked up by HBO, and Jim Uhls (who wrote the screenplay [...]

Fixed That For Ya! – Medieval Torture Edition

Fixed That For Ya! – Medieval Torture Edition

An article on Time magazine’s website suggested that flogging criminals could be a viable alternative to instituting prison sentences. Great idea! But we have some [...]

Justin Bieber and His Future Self (Jimmy Fallon) Present “Someday”

Justin Bieber and His Future Self (Jimmy Fallon) Present “Someday”

Someday…Justin Bieber will have to resort to extremely bizarre cash-grabs based to capitalize on nostalgia to maintain an income…

Black Francis and Reid Paley to Release Collaborative Album

Black Francis and Reid Paley to Release Collaborative Album

On September 13th, Sonic Unyon Records will release Paley & Francis, a collaboration between Black Francis (The Pixies) and Reid Paley. The following is an excerpt [...]

Abstract Fantasy: Higher Learning
by Nate Pollard

Abstract Fantasy: Higher Learning

SBTRKT – S/T
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

SBTRKT – S/T

If you like electronic beats with a hint of the tribal blended with smooth vocals, than the self-titled debut album from British artist SBTRKT (pronounced [...]

AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED/DESPISE YOU – And On and On
reviewed by Paul J. Comeau

AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED/DESPISE YOU – And On and On

Grind technicians Agoraphobic Nosebleed and hardcore veterans Despise You team up for the first time on this split. The Despise You tracks on here represent [...]

Fixed That For Ya – Having the Guts to Stand Up for Hate!

Fixed That For Ya – Having the Guts to Stand Up for Hate!

As you surely know by now, New York recently became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Despite this landmark victory for equality, bigots and [...]

IN ZANESVILLE by Jo Ann Beard
reviewed by Christina Drill

IN ZANESVILLE by Jo Ann Beard

Little, Brown and Company, 304 pages, hardcover, $23.99 “This is what I mean by being frightened by the universe: it can do anything, even things [...]