[07.14.08] Let’s Do It Again Breaking Up Can’t
Keep Kepi Ghoulie Down >>words
by Jake Corbin>>pic
Jocelyn McGregor
In times of difficulty, two choices
usually present themselves before a person: should I
give up, or should I keep going? In May 2007, Sacramento
punk legend Kepi Ghoulie faced this dilemma. After globetrotting
for more than 15 years as a band and releasing numerous
albums, the Groovie Ghoulies decided to hang up their
guitars for good.
For many, that could have been the end; after all, breaking
up is hard to do. But Kepi, who is still trying to decide
if he will keep the Ghoulie moniker attached to his
name, decided to take a page out of Johnny Thunders’
book and go acoustic.
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»video:
CHUCK
DUKOWSKI INTERVIEW 1980
1980 Los Angeles TV
interview with Chuck Dukowski about violence
at punk shows. Includes live footage clips
of Black Flag.
»ARTICLE:
JOHN
FANTE BIOGRAPHY EXCERPT
"Hemingway by
the Bay," From Beach Magazine. A fascinating
article about a great yet-unheralded American
author.
»books:
CITY
LIGHTS BOOKSELLERS & PUBLISHERS
Co-founded by Lawrence
Ferlinghetti, City Lights is a landmark
independent bookstore and publisher in San
Francisco that specializes in world literature,
the arts, and progressive politics.
»ANIMATION:
CLONE
HIGH
Every episode of the
short-lived cartoon that aired in 2002 on
MTV.
fiction: Self
Defense
Text by David Osborne
Pic by Craig Jewell
It’s hard to explain things to a child.
Mommy was playing a game. Mommy was just
trying to make sure her baby was extra clean.
Mommy was seeing how tough her baby was.
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MORE
more: Blues
the Prophet, Jazz the Messiah
Text by David Herrle
Pic by Daniel Altherr Though
Alexander had adored the blues since boyhood,
adult social madness complicated his adoration
and, consequently, his simultaneous love
for jazz. Instead of simple, direct teenhood
edification, adult Alexander felt like an
interloper in the post-African “blood
rite” implied in the blues.READ
MORE
art: Heart
of the City
Text by Agent Automatic
Pics by Kevin O'Rourke Kevin O’Rourke
is part of a new generation of Motor City
artists. This low-key powerhouse fuses elements
of graphic design and advertising verve
into frenetic rock art that’s cool
as liquid nitrogen. READ
MORE
more: Something
Sketchy
Text by Tobi Elkin
Pics by Molly Crabapple Molly Crabapple, functioning
on just four hours of sleep and looking
no worse for the wear, perches on a bar
stool in a t-shirt emblazoned with the words
“Art Monkey.” She’s conducting
an interview with a pair of students holding
video cameras. Her doe-eyes are rimmed in
a heavy black kohl, a fringe of fake eyelashes
emanate like
porcupines. READ
MORE
comix: Stew:
free Download!!!
By Nate Pollard
You keep taking and taking and taking and
taking and you give nothing back! FINE!
Take this free comic download and leave
me the fuck alone!
more: abstract fantasy
By Nate Pollard
Drak takes a trip to dreamville and finds
that his brain is fat with disposable cultural
references. Not for babies!
abstract
fantasy
By Nate Pollard
Tera Patrick makes a visit to the Holy Dead
Bull Head Show. This shit be awesome!
Run,
Dopey, run
By Nate Pollard Cartoon spokesanimal
Dopey the Duck makes his bid for President
of the United States of America.
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