CHUNKLET TO GO GO
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Vinyl and Ebay: A Fascinating Relationship (Volume Two)
At some point last year, an acquaintance made me aware of RecordFlipper, a blog that aims to serve as an investment tip sheet for the release and future release of hyperlimited vinyl titles. I decided to interview one of the main flippers about it. Full story
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Best Musical Questions for the 21st Century—Kim Fowley Interviews Chris Darrow
In this revelatory meeting of the minds: two visionaries converge as Kim Fowley quizzes longtime friend Chris Darrow providing a music history lesson and questions galore that run the gamut from Facebook, drug use, alcohol, and fast food. Full story
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Bringing in the String Section with Mars' Mark Cunningham
Mars never made a bad album. In fact, during its fleeting, 36-month lifespan, the NYC no wave combo never made any kind of album. Full story
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The F***s to S***s Ratio
Two give-a-shits strains the threshold of tolerability. Beyond two shits is technically mental illness. That’s where you care so much about what you’re doing, you can’t even handle being a human being. This is where you kick somebody’s teeth in for talking during your set when yo… Full story
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The Secret Sin of Mark Driscoll
Here are the tracks which Mark Driscoll has been allowing to seep into his gel-soaked, faux-hawked-like-a-third-grader, hair, then down into his hard, NASA hard, skull. Full story
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Straight White Guys, Just Stop It
How about this, if you had to sing the song you're thinking of covering in front of a group of non-white people would you feel comfortable, or uncomfortable? Full story
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Problematic Lyrics Within Ten Pop Songs
Let us not forget that the junior high boys from ten years ago, the ones who commented at Suicide Girls forums and had a kind of sour smell to them, they, too, had a hard time swallowing Bright Eyes lyrics. Full story
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Rocking Your Jock: The Wide World of Sports and Where It Has Intersected With Music
When it comes to pro sports, money doesn’t just “talk” anymore. It $hreds. It also yodel$, jam$, drops phat ba$$ and of course, $pit$ mad flow. Full story
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Defending Reggae to White People Who Don’t Like Reggae
To not like reggae based on the five unassailable tenets of Reggae No Thank You is to do the world a disservice. And you've done that enough, Whitey. Full story
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The Theory of Rock Entropy
Let’s say for the sake of still taking, that the Theory of Rock Entropy is something you’d be interested in hearing about. In this case, possible questions you’d have include "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Full story
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Dawn of the Dusk
Interpol says they got a picture of a one year old child in a roasting pan like a piglet. Had an apple in his mouth and everything. Full story
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Vinyl and Ebay: A Fascinating Relationship
Ok, so why did you open and handle the record with your big, fluid-gorged sausage fingers? Why can I see the record in your picture? Because you needed to check the color? Check this color, hoss (helps to visualize an extended middle digit right now). Full story
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Every Critic’s Dream
Do you have a DJ night? You should have a DJ night. I would go to your DJ night just to hear all of the songs that you think are good because I bet I would think they’re good too. I would either dance to the songs or quietly and reverently listen to them. Full story
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Ignorance Is Bliss
We could instead be… I don’t know, fucking? Yeah, that doesn’t take any knowledge of anything. Let’s all just fuck and pick our butts like a bunch of gross hairy beasts and stop pretending to be so smart, you guys. Full story
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Monoshock Reissue Kills Time Dead
It’s a free country, and there’s no sweeter freedom than spending a little cash to almost not like something even though it’s the kind of thing you think is great. Full story
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History of the Rock Grunt
Hey: how about when you're listening to rock music and the singer, instead of singing words, just lets out a real primal grunt? Isn't that the best? Yes, it is the best. What follows is a historical tour through some of Rock's Great Grunts. Full story
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Steve Miller's Account of Intercepting a Box of Records Addressed to His Son
Fan Fiction based on inner dialogues of hilarious generational dissonance: legendary classic rock guitarist Steve Miller’s first-person account. Full story
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Bringing in the String Section with Michael Gira
Michael Gira is not known for making tepid, lightweight albums. Swans exudes a superhuman intensity. Even the band's recent reunion has transcended expectations. Full story
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Recalibrating Your Opinions so the World Doesn’t Bother You
Sometimes, thanks to the internet, it’s “fuk u idiot” instead of “LA LA LA LA LA,” but the idea is roughly the same. People dislike hearing things they don’t instantly agree with. Full story
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The Wheel of Punk Part Two
The good news about The Wheel of Punk™ is we don’t have to decide who is more punk. We can just say “however punk you think The Ramones are, the Sex Pistols are equally punk and vice versa, only the Sex Pistols are on the ‘artier’ side of the circle and the Ramones are on the ‘du… Full story
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The Wheel of Punk
This is what we've needed all along, a surefire way to determine what's punk, and what's more punk. Use codeword: BANANAS in the comments section for an added sense of intellectual superiority. Full story
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The Sad Cult of H.I.M.
It's all Bam's fault. Full story
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AIDS? You Can Get Grunge From That
It’s airtight. AIDS caused grunge. Full story
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I Broke Even Buying Records
I’m the Ray fucking Allen of sandwich wrappers that are metaphors for records over here. Full story
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Attention Crybabies
“I’m this thing, not THAT thing.” ET CETERA. Full story
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Regular Human Beings
We just buy CDs at Target and play them in the car. Full story
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Co-MVPs of Time Wasting
Baseball’s Rick Ankiel and GNOD. Full story
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How the Internet Works
The internet is great. It’s like getting a tattoo of everything you or anybody else has ever said. Full story
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Cracking the Code of Rock Record Write-Ups
Those blurbs record store clerks write on albums are bullshit. Full story
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Twee Twerps and Twee Twits
Cotton ball clouds… balls of yarn… guitars on a minimum of capo five. Full story
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Bringing in the String Section with Dan Bejar
You tried for the gold, but all you grasped was a trash bag full of cake farts. Full story
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When Was the Last Time You Were the Godfather of Something?
R.I.P. Chuck Brown 1936-2012. Full story
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Bringing in the String Section with Bob Nanna (Braid)
You reached for the stars and all you grasped was the sweet pube-mound of infinite failure. Accept it. Full story
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A Guide to Filler
No song needs a third solo. Full story
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"Cool" Comes from Borderline Autistic People
There is a 96 percent chance I have barbecue sauce on some part of me. I can assure you I am not cool. Full story
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We Are All Shitty Buddhists
Saying you’re a Buddhist is less work than burning up your entire buzz trying to explain secular humanism. Full story
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Karaoke Master
It would be a healthy idea to familiarize yourself with the singles history of Shania Twain. Full story
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How to Best Ruin Your Band’s Legacy
Before you form a band, you should figure out how to best generate nostalgia that would make someone want to see your hypothetical band at a later date in the distant future. Full story
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Bringing in the String Section with Sohrab Habibion
You changed it up and you fucked it up. Accept it. Full story
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I'm Not Allowed to Like A.C. Anymore Since They Signed to Earache
Even the best, most talented bands make amazing mistakes. Surviving them and moving on is a skill most of us could use in our day-to-day lives. Full story
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Record Store Clerk Therapy: It's Not Just a Snob, It's an Adventure
Despite needing us (people who still pay for music) more now than ever, record store clerks still manage to treat us like something they found scuttling out of an ancient box of cassingles. Full story
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How to Sell Records Like The Smiths
It's the holiday season, which means the record industry--or, more appropriately, what's left of it--is scrambling to sell music which is widely available for free all over the 'net. Full story
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Snobby Record Store Clerk Therapy: Portland
I love Mississippi Records in Portland, but that one guy with the hat is a fucking dick. I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire. I don't care if he reads this. Full story
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Local Music: The Genre
Your album is in the "local" section because it sucks, not because of where your house is. Full story
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Slayer Has Some Cool T-Shirts, but Fuck if We'll Wear Them
"Why not support one of your favorite bands?" you might ask. Simple: The majority of their fans are fucking idiots. Full story
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I Don't Have the Stones to Be a Crime Reporter
I tried covering the Tia Sharp case but just felt guilty the whole time.
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The Worst Restaurant in the World
A night at the Jack in the Box of the Damned.
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Alexis Neiers’s Pretty Wild Road to Recovery
She robbed celebrities, abused drugs, inspired a movie, and now she's clean.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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Oxford Has Put Heavy Metal, Mesopotamians, and Noh Theater Together at Last
With inspiration from Tangerine Dream.
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VICE News: Triple Hate - Part 1
A documentary about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan, and the Crips.
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Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #88
Nobuyoshi Araki's new photo show is the prettiest thing in Jersey.
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Munchies: Hatos Bar
We all got suitably wasted before cooking up some barbecue.
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Some Guys on Reddit Claim Quitting Porn Is Good for Your Complexion
I took the 30-day challenge.
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Teens Are Being Trapped in Abusive 'Drug Rehab Centers'
How an anti-drug cult from the 60s has evolved into a billion-dollar industry.
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Australian Scientists Think We Can Grow Our Limbs Back Like Salamanders
I am a human, so if my limbs fall off, they stay off. This is unfortunate.
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Rave and Hardcore YouTube Comments Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
They're genuinely some of the most beautiful things I've ever read.
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The Loneliness of the Village at the End of the World
Niaqornat's residents fight alcoholism and suicide as their village sinks into the Arctic.
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Alexis Neiers’s Pretty Wild Road to Recovery
She robbed celebrities, abused drugs, inspired a movie, and now she's clean.
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Get Rich or High Trying
The smart money is increasingly looking to marijuana as the nation's biggest new business.
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Teens Are Being Trapped in Abusive 'Drug Rehab Centers'
How an anti-drug cult from the 60s has evolved into a billion-dollar industry.
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I Don't Have the Stones to Be a Crime Reporter
I tried covering the Tia Sharp case but just felt guilty the whole time.
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Ghost Wave - "Here She Comes"
Ghost Wave's New Video is Great, Unless you Hate Art and Birds
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Channelling Wheatgrass and LSD with King Khan & BBQ
Getting Old and Drinking Piss
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Some Guys on Reddit Claim Quitting Porn Is Good for Your Complexion
I took the 30-day challenge.
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Reggie Watts Has a New Show
For some reason we were invited on set to see firsthand how internet gold is made.
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Fightland Show: Pakistan - Part 2
Bashir Ahmad continues his tour of Pakistani martial arts.
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Jodorowsky's 'Dune' Would Have Been More Insane Than You Can Even Imagine
Salvador Dali was going to play the Emperor.
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My Week with Hungary's Far Right
Hungarian nationalists throw beer at people and blame Jews and Gypsies for all their problems.
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I'm Hunting Down the Fat Fetishist Who Has My Stolen Laptop
He likes big ladies and lives in a maisonette.
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Get Rich or High Trying
The smart money is increasingly looking to marijuana as the nation's biggest new business.
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My Week with Hungary's Far Right
Hungarian nationalists throw beer at people and blame Jews and Gypsies for all their problems.
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Munchies: The Marrow
He yelled a lot while juicing rhubarbs.
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Fightland Show: Pakistan - Part 1
Fightland travels to Lahore to meet Bashir Ahmad.
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Art Talk: Matt Mignanelli
A chat about his work, life, and strong American work ethic.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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VICE News: Triple Hate - Part 1
A documentary about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan, and the Crips.
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Did I Discover YelaWolf?
This. CD. It looked like… I really can’t even explain the levels of wrong this thing was.
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Did a Murderer Just Give Himself Away on Yelp?
It seems like he might have done.
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Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei: Taipei Signs
Tao shows us some of his favorite signs around Taipei.
Thought and Memory
New Fiction by Ed Park 
Malaysian Neo-Nazis
Fighting for a Pure Malay Race 
The Strongest Dwarf in New Jersey
Remembering My Tormentor 
Gay Men and Their Misogyny Problem
It's Not Cute Anymore 
Triple Hate - Part 1
The KKK vs. the Crips vs. Memphis City Council 
Saudi Arabia's Feminist Revolution
It's Not Happening 
