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  • Film

    July 15, 2009

    (Kenneth) Anger Management, at Anthology

    Screening the latest as the film and art worlds compete for his star

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Wow, That Ridiculous J. Mascis Skateboarding Trick Was Actually Performed by J. Mascis

    SOTC buddy Ryan Dombal gets to the bottom of Dinosaur Jr.'s video for "I'm Over It," in which the band's three aging members do obviously stunt-doubled tricks on one skateboard and two BMX bikes. Except some of it--and not just the part where J. Mascis awkwardly cruises into the frame, and then si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Want to See J. Mascis Do a Kickflip?

    Continuing their streak of awesomely, defiantly old-school gestures, Dinosaur Jr. chose to make the video to "I'm Over It" an homage to skateboarding and BMX biking: J. and Murph and Lou cruising around town, Mascis on a skateboard, his rhythm section on bikes. 90% of the tricks here are pretty ob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    Interview: Wavves' Nathan Williams on Drugs and the Beach

    "Musically...the Beach Boys...I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. I'm really high right now." Nathan Williams has spent 2009 busy and stoned. Rapturous press attention for his lo-fi pop project Wavves quickly translated into a Fat Possum record deal and a transcontinental tour schedule--b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Bacon Bits--Skateboards for Pork Lovers

    With deck designs this tasty, it will be difficult to focus on your ollies. StargazerDesigns' porcine skateboards can be purchased at Zazzle. [Walyou via Cold Mud]

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Studies in Criticism: Professional Basketball Player Paul Shirley on Merriwether Post Pavilion

    Paul Shirley, professional basketball player, music critic: Try as I might, I can't tell much about an album during its first playback. With that in mind,I thought it would be fun to journal my efforts to grasp something new. First, though, I needed an album I thought would be worth my time. Anim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Touch & Go's Downsizing: Revisiting the Great Butthole Surfers Debacle

    Today's announcement that Chicago's Touch & Go Records is radically, traumatically downsizing has major implications for indie labels in general: Owner Corey Rusk's official statement, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, lists the labels for whom it will no longer be able to provide manufacturing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Year in Review: Paranoid Park, Skating For Dummies

    Today's announcement that Chicago's Touch & Go Records is radically, traumatically downsizing has major implications for indie labels in general: Owner Corey Rusk's official statement, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, lists the labels for whom it will no longer be able to provide manufacturing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Happy Birthday, Spike Jonze!

    Today's announcement that Chicago's Touch & Go Records is radically, traumatically downsizing has major implications for indie labels in general: Owner Corey Rusk's official statement, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, lists the labels for whom it will no longer be able to provide manufacturing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    Anna Faris, Inadvertent Skateploitator?

    Today's announcement that Chicago's Touch & Go Records is radically, traumatically downsizing has major implications for indie labels in general: Owner Corey Rusk's official statement, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, lists the labels for whom it will no longer be able to provide manufacturing ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2008

    Back to School With the Butthole Surfers

    They're collaborating with teenagers now. Terrible idea. Wonderful idea.

  • Film

    April 8, 2008

    Bra Boys: Tough Guys Surf

    Aussie doc digs into an outsider culture

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2006

    Lupe Fiasco: Already Turning Weird

    Aussie doc digs into an outsider culture

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