Oh man. Things have been so hectic around here. Me and Hans got all dramatical for a minute just added to the stress. I can’t wait to just take a few hours to depressurize and chillax. That said, there’s a million things to do this weekend. Get out there…

When’s it actually going to be like nice weather Spring-time? I’m getting sick of all this rain…

I saw Iron Man last night and i must say it was everything i wanted it to be and left very satisfied. I’m not going to spoil anything for you but i will tell you this. Robert Downey Jr. is awesome as Tony Stark Just as was expected. The gadgetry is dope, the action […]

There’s a lot going on and the weather is properly spring-like.  Too bad I’ll be in Washington D.C. Anyway, on to the fun stuff…

Pitchforkmedia is known for being a sort of indie rock tastemaker. It’s usually not known for it’s heavy metal coverage. That said, the site’s Show No Mercy column is consistantly good. Today they posted an interview with the Philly sludge-metal band Javelina (say it ha-va-LEE-na). Pitchfork give props Javelina’s self titled debut album on Translation Loss Records. Javelina big […]

Let’s play good news/bad news: The good news is that I’m not puking my face off this week. The bad news is that you are potentially not puking your face off this weekend because there’s not a whole lot to choose from. I mean, if you wanna puke, you got choices…

Yeah, I know that there is a writers strike going on and all that but the kids need their mathed out tech metal-hardcore fix.
Crazily, Conan O’Brien is happy to oblige the metalcore masses - New Jersey’s Dillinger Escape Plan are slated to be the musical guest on tonights Late Night with Conan O’Brien.  Is this the first […]

I’ve stated on here in that past that when I was growing up all South Jersey in the ’80’s I was a dorky thrash metal dirtbag. Somehow, thrash (and skateboarding) led me to punk rock and hardcore and, once I discovered that stuff, I quickly dismissed all things metal as stupid and all things punk […]

I’m going to keep it simple this weekend.  There’s still a lot going on but the things I have listed come very highly rated from me to you…

I’m sure everyone has had a situation in his/her life that, in some way, seemed like a scene out of the movie Clerks. “Oh man that’s like when Dante blah blah blah!” “Dude!” Well I can’t recall ever having a moment like that until this past weekend and I’m glad 1) it made me chuckle […]

Happy Halloween, my dear fun vampires. Here are some “horror” themed videos to check out.

Christ! I thought that last Friday was out of control but this Friday night may be even wilder - and the weekend just gets better and better after that.

Princeton University’s WPRB is one of (if not THEE) best college radio stations in the entire country. Recently, the student senior board and the station’s Board of Trustees decided that a community-based solution centering on a membership drive was needed to strengthen the station’s future. YIKES!

Just because I’ve gotten older, I have not stopped going to shows as have so many of my peers. I do, however, go to a lot less of them. Long gone are the days of 24/7 tinnitus from having my ears assaulted nearly every night. If this is telling of the current music scene’s offerings […]

Oh man! I’m seeing Van Halen in South Philly tonight. I haven’t seen them since 1988 and I’ve never seen them with Diamond Dave singing. Don’t tell me that you are too punk rock or whatever for the mighty VH. To bastardize a quote from my main man Damone “Can you honestly tell […]

This weekend pretty much has something for everyone. You’ve got your indie-rock nerd shows, your dance-til-you-puke DJ events, your Mexican wrestling, your eternal salvation and enlightenment…you get the idea.

I won’t front. Mike Quinn is one of my favorite people in all of Philadelphia.
I was pretty excited when I saw this article about him and his excellent No Quarter record label in the City Paper. The article is pretty dead on - the guy works A LOT of hours carting around Penn students in order to be […]

The internet has been boiling over with poop excitement since the free diy record label poibella released its debut album, compoi0. The album is free to download and contains 29 banging and semi-banging tracks from a variety of “artists.” Poibella plans to release several solo albums this year (also free) and then compoi1 next summer. […]

There has been much ado about the hit Sav Rocca was served by Antwan Barnes. Youtube videos, internet messageboards, etc have lit up with the footage and plenty of commentary about it being an “unnecessary hit”, a “cheapshot” and the like. But less people are taking the time to find out Sav’s take on this.

During my spare time at work, I’ve been searching the web high and low for the most terrible, horrible, awful tattoos out there. I started a blog (awfultattoos.blogspot.com), realized I didn’t have enough time to update it daily, and have now moved to a snazzy new home at FV! To start off my posting here, […]