A. Wolfe
Sad on Purpose
'Depression Quest' is a a text-based role-playing game that, according to its website, is “not meant to be a fun or lighthearted experience.” Its objective is to simulate the misery of clinical depression, which probably qualifies it as the most...
Portland's Wildfang Wants to Clothe Hot Tomboys
Nestled closely to that reindeer Portland sign you see at the opening credits of 'Portlandia' are the offices for the newest clothing collection you were destined to love: Wildfang.
A Free Show on Skid Row
Skid Row is not just a hack 80s hair band, or a fabled place of destitution. It’s an actual neighborhood in Los Angeles where real people live. Not that most of LA would know.
The Sound Guy Who Really Needs You to Wind Those Cords Correctly
Audio engineer Jason Powers is a “cool guy" who works with Matthew Dear (among others), and owns/operates the studio Type Foundry in Portland.
You Can’t Ever Sing “Don’t Stop Believing” at Karaoke Because of This Guy
We interviewed Howard Paar, the guy responsible for the soundtrack to Gregg Araki's 'Nowhere,' as well as choosing songs for 'The L Word' and 'Monster.'
College Radio Guy Who Can’t Find Tim Allen’s Phone Number, You Got It?
It’s National College Radio Station Week, and to show appreciation to the basements and studios where many of us in the music industry got our start, we’re talking with program director Kevin Yelvington of my alma mater, 89.1 WIDR-FM Kalamazoo, from...
Record Label Wants You to Go to Acupuncture School, Stop Pissing in Sandbox
As indie labels shutter their offices in domino succession, Temporary Residence Ltd. seems to have become the go-to model for how to run a record label. But it seems the secret to his success is similar to those of our past interviewees: NEVER FUCKING...
Guy Who Hates Your Goddamn Indian Collages
"Well I think most people can make as much money as I do in the music world, as it really is not that much money. A monkey that performed KISS covers on the streets of Portland could make as much as I do in a year."
FYF Fest, LA: Everyone Is Fucking Nice and Pretty
"Then about six bong rippers next to me started noodle-dancing, while the singer crooned theatrically about what I can only assume is a bunch of stories about elves."
Have You Hugged a Music Publicist Today?
Music publicists are here to help you, not to spam you, and certainly not to get rich off you. We talked to two of them about what their jobs are like.
Grumpy Record Store Clerk
A Living Diary of a Dying Industry is a new column about people who still manage to earn a (perhaps not always decent) wage in the business of music.
A Tale of Two Davids and the Toll of Chrysta Bell
David Lynch has called Chrysta Bell a “sexy alien,” and after watching her slither around the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles last week, I can think of no other explanation for her existence than David Lynch summoning her from some dark moon waters to...