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13 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nikki Roger
What genre are you a fan of? It doesn't really matter to me; I don't limit myself to just one genre. I'm active in punk, indie, and house. I'd like to introduce you to Tien Ton Vuist, which translates to Ten Ton Fist in Dutch. It's a passion project...
9 Jul 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nikki Roger
Bitcoin Beats: A Bassist's Blog Do you know that feeling, the feeling of procrastination? When you tell yourself, "I really need to wait until the stars align because only then will my work be good, only then will I be credible." Well, I'm saying to...
21 Mar 2024 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“I'm not vicious really. I consider myself kind-hearted. I love my mum.”Sid Vicious “Jesus, I don't want to die alone.”Johnny Cash I used to experience sleep paralysis on a fairly regular, recurring basis. It's horrific. I never saw anything st...
7 Dec 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"I am God. I am God thinking about Godthinking about Steve McQueen."Nick Cave I was living in my van in Jerome, Arizona when One More Time With Feeling was re-released in December 2016. It had come out in September, but I'd been in New Orleans tr...
1 May 2023 3 minute read 1 comment Rio Septian
Punk may be one of the most controversial music genres in history. Punk music has had a significant influence on popular culture and fashion since the mid-1970s. Although some still question punk's status as a genre of music that is "truly" worthy o...
13 Dec 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
One of the greatest regrets of my life is missing the Iggy Pop show at the Vic Theater in Chicago in 1999 or 2000. I was strung-out on a chick at the time, and spent the night with her, instead of going to see Iggy Pop with my rockabilly friend. Th...
28 Nov 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby the state of grace of anybody who listens.” Townes Van Zandt "There's hardly anything fun to do, since they made music illegal." Fr...
31 Jul 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that." Malcolm McLaren While checking my last article for typos, I was h...
21 Jul 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The words of the prophets are written on thesubway walls, and tenement halls." Simon & Garfunkel I like street art. Always have. Nothing beats the street for checking the artistic pulse of a city. While I'm not one to criticize art museums for...
6 Feb 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I was big on Gregory Corso in the late 90s. He was my favorite Beat poet, along with Kerouac. I carried a copy of Gasoline on numerous trips; in fact I've always carried it with me, since I bought it at City Lights Books in San Francisco in '98 or...
