It needs to be said: People who have heard Atom & His Package albums or seen him live and still think he is a no-talent geek, an absolute moron making dumb songs for dweebs, are probably mean to their parents and hate babies. On the other hand, fans of Atom...

It honestly may not matter how fast a man can shear a single sheep, or how many words can be written on the back of a stamp, or any of the other odds and ends that fill up The Guinness Book of World Records. But somewhere in that mountain of...

Sometimes, it's all about getting back to the basics. For Darren Emerson, formerly of the band Underworld, the basics mean getting back behind the turntables as a club DJ. The attraction to DJing is almost like an addiction, something that Emerson could not put behind him, even with the fame...

About 80 years after the Wright brothers figured out how to use their flying machine, another pair of Wright brothers (Rob and John) figured out how to use theirs, when they formed Nomeansno. And Nomeansno's 14 albums for Alternative Tentacles (beginning with its 1985 debut, Sex Mad) are definitely like...

Lagwagon, The Vandals Five years ago, Lagwagon and The Vandals were enjoying the first tastes of nationwide fame after releasing their most popular albums: Lagwagon's 1995 effort Hoss and their Live Fast, Diarrhea in 1996, and The Vandals' The Quickening in 1996. I had all those albums and I was...

This Valentine's Day is the one in which you're really going to impress that special someone in your life. You've been, you know, kind of dating, but you're not quite sure what the situation is between you two. Some unexpected but very welcome kisses have been exchanged, and you are...

Labor agitation doesn't seem to end up in rioting, disturbing the peace, and threatening the security of the state the way it used to. Which is a shame really. The advent of the National Labor Relations Board and negotiations have taken the place of policemen bashing striking workers on the...

Honesty can be a tricky or even dangerous thing to possess and to use in your everyday life, depending on how you choose to use it. For example, look at the protagonist of Albert Camus' The Stranger. He shoots a man--ostensibly in self-defense--during a scuffle, and has enough witnesses and...