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Arthouse Movie Listings March 28-April 3, 2012

Awkward! The Top Five Most Uncomfortable Grammy Moments

​This Sunday, Rihanna and Chris Brown are both going to be present at the always-prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It's been just three years since they both were forced to drop out of the show last minute, due to Brown having beaten the crap out of Ri-Ri on their way over. We kno ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings January 11-17

​This Sunday, Rihanna and Chris Brown are both going to be present at the always-prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It's been just three years since they both were forced to drop out of the show last minute, due to Brown having beaten the crap out of Ri-Ri on their way over. We kno ... More >>

Halloween Laughs: The Top 5 Cheesiest Songs From Horror Movie Soundtracks

​In a recent piece for the UK Guardian, Stephen Thrower discussed the dramatic function of a good horror movie soundtrack. Citing examples like the themes from Halloweenand The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well as Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" (memorably used in The Exorcist), Thrower identif ... More >>

Beavis and Butt-Head Return Tonight. Here Are Six of Their Greatest Musical Insights

They're back! The horror!​The world-at-large is bound to associate a few things with Beavis and Butt-Head: the '90s, a ballsier MTV, low-grade animation, juvenile delinquency, crude sex talk, and two idiots who loved fire, cappuccinos, and causing mayhem. Another major B&B element that should ... More >>

Eight Rock 'n' Roll Poop Bombs: Exploring Pop Music and Shit

Dookie​Three of my sons have reached the age where they've begun exhibiting the symptoms of chronic privy mouth. Shakespeare relished a good poop quip every now and then (see Henry V). Ditto for Marquis de Sade and Geoffrey Chaucer. Graffiti from the buried Roman city of Pompeii featured humor ... More >>

Tom Waits No Longer To Be Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Instagram username TomWaitsForNoMan (Wait, is that headline confusing? "No longer" modifies the verb "waits," not the compound adjective "to be inducted." Sorry if that seemed sensationalistic. But while we're on the subject of names that parse as verbs, consider the difficulty of writing a snappy h ... More >>

Get High on Motor City: Here's Detroit Rock 'N' Roll and the Fat Buds To Go with It

​Hear this while high: Part 2 of Julian Cope's excessive and entirely essential Detroit rock sampler. (Click for free download.) Behind the buzz: This second massive installment of vintage Motor City psychosis provides the Yang-like get-down-everybody's-gonna-leave-their-seat to last week's tum ... More >>

Julian Cope's Massive Detroit Rock Sampler -- and the Weed to Go with It

Julian Cope: rock archivist extraordinaire, weird dude.​Listen to this while high: Detroit Rock Sampler Part 1, by Julian Cope, courtesy of Head Heritage. Behind the buzz: The blogged musings of onetime rockstars aren't normally considered any "public service," but there's little normal about Ju ... More >>

Sugar Sugar

Julian Cope: rock archivist extraordinaire, weird dude.​Listen to this while high: Detroit Rock Sampler Part 1, by Julian Cope, courtesy of Head Heritage. Behind the buzz: The blogged musings of onetime rockstars aren't normally considered any "public service," but there's little normal about Ju ... More >>

The Five Weirdest Movie Performances By Rock Musicians

Putting rock musicians in movies has been a catchpenny ploy since about fifteen minutes after rock music began to hit nationwide in the mid-1950s. The crusty-nosed brats buying all the records were, after all, the very same unruly vermin clogging American drive-ins every weekend. At first, acts were ... More >>

Pink Inside

Ariel Pink isn't afraid to share the details.

Last Night: The Black Lips, Nobunny, and Personal & the Pizzas

​The Black Lips, Nobunny, Personal & the PizzasThursday, Jan. 21, 2010Great American Music HallThe Black Lips are excellent purveyors of their own mythology. Labeling themselves as "flower punk" or even "the kings of psychedelic garage rock," the young Atlanta foursome have worked hard to crea ... More >>

Halloween Tricks: The 10 Creepiest Singers of All Time

For all of America's pretty pop idols, we also have a healthy appreciation for singers who make us really uncomfortable. Who give us the creeps, if you will. As a special Halloween treat, here are the top ten performers who give us that special form of skeeves:1. Corey Taylor bill from jersey city†... More >>

Halloween Clips: The Ten Scariest Music Videos of All Time

1. Alice Cooper - "Welcome To My Nightmare"You can't have Halloween without Alice Cooper. From his decapitation-happy live shows to his self-mocking sense of humor, he's rock's king demon. (Sorry, Marilyn--we know how hard you try.) But was Cooper ever better than when accompanied by the Muppets? ... More >>

The Demystifying Adventures of the Amazing Randi

1. Alice Cooper - "Welcome To My Nightmare"You can't have Halloween without Alice Cooper. From his decapitation-happy live shows to his self-mocking sense of humor, he's rock's king demon. (Sorry, Marilyn--we know how hard you try.) But was Cooper ever better than when accompanied by the Muppets? ... More >>

Last Night: The Gutter Twins at the Independent

The Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan) February 11, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Joaquin Phoenix' new rap career The audience: Reg'lar folks, mostly dressed in shades of the bruise palette. Two parkas, one with a fur-lined hood. Three trilbies. Smatterings of plaid. One army coat tr ... More >>

Last Night: Wednesday 13 at Slim's

The Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan) February 11, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Joaquin Phoenix' new rap career The audience: Reg'lar folks, mostly dressed in shades of the bruise palette. Two parkas, one with a fur-lined hood. Three trilbies. Smatterings of plaid. One army coat tr ... More >>

Coachella, Mortified confessions, Ascended Master and the Golding Collection of Rock Art - Your Monday Morning Hangover

The Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan) February 11, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Joaquin Phoenix' new rap career The audience: Reg'lar folks, mostly dressed in shades of the bruise palette. Two parkas, one with a fur-lined hood. Three trilbies. Smatterings of plaid. One army coat tr ... More >>

Top 10 Cockblocking Songs of V-Day

The Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan) February 11, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Joaquin Phoenix' new rap career The audience: Reg'lar folks, mostly dressed in shades of the bruise palette. Two parkas, one with a fur-lined hood. Three trilbies. Smatterings of plaid. One army coat tr ... More >>

Earlimart, Bruce Hornsby, Marilyn Manson -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Thursday, August 23

The Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan) February 11, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Joaquin Phoenix' new rap career The audience: Reg'lar folks, mostly dressed in shades of the bruise palette. Two parkas, one with a fur-lined hood. Three trilbies. Smatterings of plaid. One army coat tr ... More >>

Still Not Gonna Take It

New DVD collects Twisted Sister's video 'bangers

It's so easy being green: Jim Henson's lasting music legacy

New DVD collects Twisted Sister's video 'bangers

Danava

Danava (Kemado)

It's a Big Prog Party

Portland's Danava gives hard rock an art bent

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester

Farewell Aldebaran

The Mother Hips

Red Tandy

Jello Biafra With the Melvins

Sieg Howdy!

Parchman Farm

Mining San Francisco's psych-rock past to forge a bright new future

Repertory Theaters

Mining San Francisco's psych-rock past to forge a bright new future

Fairest of Them All

MirrorMask is a thing of beauty, a joy forever, etc.

The Black Metal Arts

This town has one of the most thriving metal scenes in the world. Local faves Ludicra offer tips on how to cash in on that action.

Ryan Adams

Rock N Roll|Love Is Hell, Pt. 1|Love Is Hell, Pt. 2

Good Times

Reliving the decade we never had

Sonic Dissidents

Stop Bush! Stop the Republicans! Slackers unite: It's time, once again, to "Rock the Vote."

Various Artists

Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit (Sympathy for the Record Industry)

Check Your Head

If it's loud, lewd, or crude, it's bound to be on Reality Check

House Of Tudor

Reality Check; "Tribute to William Shatner"; Urban Iditarod; Thor

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Barbarian at the Gate

Heavy-metal titan Glenn Danzig inaugurates his own comic book line with Verotik Publishing