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Hare Krishna hardcorer Screamor Whatever-the-fuck-genre-Flogging-Molly-playsr There's no denying it: Punk rock has gone through some seriously bizarre permutations. And in keeping with the big-tent g... More >>
According to Wikipedia (The Free Encyclopedia), the term peak oil refers to "the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enter... More >>
Every generation lampoons those that came before it. Nothing is easier to parody than the '60s: the hair, the beads, the vibes, maaan. In the '70s, everybody's pants were fucking huge, until their ha... More >>
Christmas, ehr Like, holiday cheerr Good tidingsr The smell of fresh baked cookies, the embrace of eggnog as it coats your tongue and throat, the sounds of sleigh-bells and carolersr BAH HUMBUG. We u... More >>
Meaty post-punk trio Beings was a South Florida rock crew that transcended the micro-genres -- hardcore, No Wave, metal, shoegaze, rock 'n' roll -- that influenced its high-energy, pogo-friendly anthe... More >>
Maybe we were born too late. Or in the wrong part of the country. But quintessential '80s hair-metal extravaganza rockers KISS have always come off as kinda goofy. Alice Cooper, The Stooges, Black Sa... More >>
No local band could better encapsulate Neil Young's doom-y axiom that "It's better to burn out/than to fade away" than defunct trio Beings, who took the SoFla scene by storm, toured with Torche, relea... More >>
The Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton, is all about the latest Nielsen Soundscan totals, which feature a number of the gossip blogger's faves, like Lady GaGa and boring old Adele. For Crossfade, thoug... More >>
After the Wu-Tang mother ship crashed full force into pop culture with the release of the 1993 gangsta rap classic Enter the Wu-Tang (36... More >>
Oh, Black Friday! Every year after Thanksgiving, a shopping warzone breaks out as holiday cheer and good tidings soon give way to flying elbows and weeping grandmothers who scream in the deep-throate... More >>
John Sayles is a Renaissance man in the truest sense of the term. He self-produced his first feature film, 1979’s Return of the... More >>
Odd Future leader and notorious lyrical provocateur Tyler, The Creator recently explained to Spin Magazine that his signature hateful and sordid subject matter -- like rape and dismemberment -- "just ... More >>
Postmodernism is slipperier than a greased watermelon. Society used to have simple standards and reasonable expectations: up was up, men and women... More >>
Straight from the horse's mouth: MTV2 is bringing back beloved old-school MTV hip-hop showcase Yo! MTV Raps for a special thirty-minute retrospective to be aired after the first-ever Sucker Free Award... More >>
Remember when the Wade County police department teamed up with a veteran rogue enforcer named Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat won the first and only NBA championship of its existencer Yeah, ther... More >>
Rock 'n' roll makes ordinary men and women immortal. Almost. They're regular people who were born unfamous and will someday die, just like us. But because they're awesome at playing the guitar or ho... More >>
Why is Wednesday known all across the world as Hump Dayr Well, the phoney-boloney, PG explanation is that Wednesday's middle-of-the-week placement makes it something like a fleshy protuberance on the... More >>
While onstage at Coachella this past April, goofball swag rapper Lil' B (AKA Brandon McCartney) announced to the world that his new album would be called I'm Gay. And everybody -- in the audience, on ... More >>
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rEver wish you had taken the time to really get to know author and filmmaker John Saylesr Like, really get to know him, not just re-Tumblr his ROFLcopters or poke him on Facebookr This week, Sayles i... More >>
South Florida "funniest comics you've never heard of," the Have-Nots have teamed up with Just the Funny -- Coral Way's comedy clubhouse for sketch and improv. They're doing a television broadcast that... More >>
Miami muralist and graphic designer, Jason Seife, linked up with Big Sean and Nicki Minaj to paint the background for their extra bootylicious "Dance (Ass) Remix." The jam is right up to date wi... More >>
Tinariwen With Sophie Hunger Presented by Rhythm Foundation Grand Central Thursday, November 11, 2011 Better Than: Being exiled from your native land and wandering the desert in search of rock 'n'... More >>
While hardcore has long been colonized by pampered yet meatheaded suburbanites, the original purveyors of NYC's first wave of punker-than-punk rock 'n' roll were actually meatheads from the unforgivin... More >>
Family Circus creator Bil Keane just passed away at the age of 89. For over 41 years, his daily one-panel comic has set and upheld the standard for innocence and wholesome all-ages wisdom within our n... More >>
